EF45 Class 22

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Finish complex sentences – adverb clauses

Practice

Quiz3 Wednesday

·      Dialogue “Dress Codes”

·      “Academic Vocabulary Exercise 2”

·      Continue review of verb tenses

·      “Top 100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs in English”

 

Tuesday

·      Return Test2

RW for bonus point

·      “Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices”

·      Finish complex sentences – adverb clauses

Choose vocab for quiz

·      Dialogue “Dress Codes”

·      “Academic Vocabulary Exercise 2”

·      Continue review of verb tenses

·      “Top 100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs in English”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week, we worked on complex setnences with adverb clauses

Adverb Clauses

16 words and phrases used to make adverb clauses:

 

*time - when, while, whenever, before, after, until, since, as ____ as _______

*comparison - than, as ____ as _______

*reason, purpose or cause - because, since

*condition - if, unless, although, even though, though

 

 

Let’s write some sentences using these words from you own imagination. Try a few easy ones: because if when

Then try some harder words that you are less famliar with: than, until, unless

 

EXAMPLES:

If we keep trying, one day it will be completed. passive voice

I had been living in Richmond until last June.

had been living past perfect progressive- substitute past progressive

I was living in Richmond until last June. SIMPLE

I was living in Richmond until SV last June. COMPLEX- ADV CL

I was living in Richmond until we moved last June. COMPLEX- ADV CL

I have been living in Vancouver since last July.

 

My son is more friendly friendlier than my daughter (is).  

 

ADJ – one or two syllables

warm          warmer                warmest

friendly      friendlier              friendliest

hard            harder                  hardest

old               older                     oldest

easy            easier                    easier

late              later            latest

great           greater       greatest

 

SLANG        He is the GOAT. “greatest of all time”

 

IRREGULAR

good           better                   best

bad              worse                   worst

 

 

ADJ- three or more syllables

beautiful              more beautiful             most beautiful

comfortable        more comfortable        most comfortable

I had the msot uncomfortable conversation with my ex-girlfriend yesterday.

magnificent         more magficent            most magnificent

extraordinary      more extraordinary     most extraordinary

 

You can go to the balcony if you want to smoke.

I will not go to EF6 until I pass EF5.

If you forgot your money, I can borrow some to you. ww

borrow -take

loan, lend-give

If the weather will be* is good, we will go camping this weekend.

*No future tense in adverb clauses.

She will go to school if she will feel feels well.

 

She is taller than I imagined.

Tom Cruise is shorter than I thought he woud be.

 

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Begin your sentences with capital letters.

End your sentences with periods or question marks.

 

I can’t go to school unless I can find somebody to take of my little son.

My daughter’s skating is better than mine (is).

My English is better than my husband’s (is).

My son’s English is much better than mine (is).

The population in Canada is much lower than in China. SIMPLE

The population in Canada is much lower than it is in China. COMPLEX- ADV CL

 

This is all about having choice when you are writing and speaking.

 

If I can’t improve my English, then I can’t find a job related to my last experience.

POLISH

If I can’t improve my English, then I won’t be able to find a job related to my previous experience.

If I can’t improve my English, I won’t be able to find a job related to my previous experience.

If it rains, then we won’t go the beach.

If it rains, we won’t go the beach.

If I get a job, then I’ll finally be able to buy a car.

I will go for a walk if the rain stops.

I will go for a walk if the rain lets up.

The rain let up around midnight last night.

 

 

 

 

I don’t know if he attended or not. NOUN CLAUSE  start to learn this on Wednesday

 

 

 

 

“Dress Codes”

Let’s get into our small groups of 5-6 people and talk about the “Warm-Up Questions” and the “Vocabulary Preview”.

 

A.Warm-Up Questions

1.dress codes:

come-as-you-are- very casual or formal- up to you

casual

dressed down- business vocab “Casual Fridays”- a bit more relaxed

business casual

business dress- suit and tie- business suits for men and women

a suit - pants and jacket are the same (more formal)

a sportscoat – jacket is a different colour or shade than the pants (more casual)

formal

black tie- bowtie- weddings

white tie- tuxedo with or without tails

 

pink-shirt day- anti-bullying

orange-shirt day- Residential Schools

pink-ribbon- breast cancer

 

 

costume party- Superman costumes, Hallowe’en