EF34 Class 11

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Begin simple verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future

·      “Family Relationships”

Small group chatting topics

 

Wednesday

·      Return Quiz#1

Talk about

Explain rewrites

·      Continue simple verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future

·      Go over idioms from “Family Relationships”

·      “Back and Forth”

·      Prepare for Test#1 tomorrow-

Paragraph- EF3, at least 80 words

                     EF4, at least 100 words

 

 

Thursday

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

*SIMPLE PRESENT       -habitual action- habit

                               good habit- She drinks a lot of water.

bad habit- She smokes and drinks.

 

-something you do normally, everyday, usual activity, routine

I eat rice everyday.

I eat breakfast every day.

I brush my teeth twice a day.

I take a shower every Tuesday.

She drinks green tea in the morning.

I get up early every weekday at 6am.

She goes to school.

I prepare lunch for my son.

I wake up at 5:15 every day.

I watch one hour of TV every night.

You walk your dog for one hour between 4 and 5 every evening.

I bring my dog, Butter, to school every Friday.

 

-         state of being, emotion

She is very happy.

He is busy.

Sarah is tall.

He is 34 years old.

Mei is very hardworking.

ADJECTIVE short, tall, smart, lazy, energetic, funny,

organized, disorganized, talkative, reticent,

quiet,

IDIOM Zip it!

 

 

-         fact, truth

The Prime Minister lives in Ottawa.

The King of England is the head of the Canadian goverment, but only as a symbolic figurehead.

Victoria is the capital of BC.

Juan is Joan’s uncle.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celcius.

Most country use the metric system.

She is from Mexico.

 

Metric and Imperial- two measurement systems

 

20kg= 45lbs

 

Water freezes at 0 C. Water freezes at 32 F.

 

COMMON ERRORS

Sarah live in Vancouver. XXX

Sarah lives in Vancouver.

 

subject verb agreement

Sarah lives in Vancouver.

Jie lives in Vancouver.

We live in Vancouver.

You live in Vancouver.

I live in Vancouver.

He/She/It/’name’ lives in Vancouver.

 

 

*SIMPLE PAST- one event in the past, finished

I went to work. SIMPLE PAST

I go to work every day. SIMPLE PRESENT\

 

I was sleeping last night. PAST PROGRESSIVE

I went to bed early yesterday. SIMPLE PAST

 

I did my homework.

I eat ate my lunch.

She drives drove to work.

 

PRONUNCIATION

talk        talked  ‘tok’t’   She talked to her husband.

move    moved ‘move d’   He moved his car.

watch   watched   We watched the fireworks.

walk      walked   He walked around the park.

 

see   saw

drink   drank The drank the orange juice.

 

forest- Canadian woods

jungle- tropical, hot and steamy

 

 

SIMPLE FUTURE

EASIER -will- I will go to math class.

I will eat pizza.

The verb form does not change:

He will eat pizza.

We will eat pizza.

The kids will eat pizza.

 

-be going to- I am going to go to math class.

I am going to eat pizza with my friends.

 

 

Three verb tenses that we will work with for the next few days:

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE FUTURE

 

*CONTINUE TOMORROW*

 

 

 

“Family Relationships”

Small group chatting topics

Get into small groups (4-5 people)

Fun relaxed talking:

TOPICS:

1.    How is family life here different from family life in your home country?

2.    Do adult children live with their families or by themselves life in your home country?

3.    Do grandparents play an important role in raising children in your home country?

4.    Do husbands help with the housework in your home country?

 

Report out to class later.

 

Write a simple sentence for each.

1.    SV   bus

2.    SSV   lunch

3.    SVV   homework

4.    SV   car

5.    Interrogative   coffee

6.    Imperative   park