EF34 Class 6

 

 

Tuesday Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Collect “Questionnaire”

·      Continue overview of sentence types

·      Go over simple sentences from homework

·      Continue colearner introductions

·      Listening exercises

 

Wednesday

·      Continue simple sentence work from homework

Practice for Quiz #1- Monday

 

Thursday

·      Continue simple sentence work from homework

Practice for Quiz #1- Monday

 

Friday

I will not be here on Friday. There will be a substitute teacher.

 

Monday

·      Quiz#1- simple sentences

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Sentence types for EF 34

Three kinds of sentences that we will learn.

SIMPLE SENTENCES- HOMEWORK

COMPOUND so or but and

COMPLEX- because when if

 

I will give an overview today.

I will teach them in detail in the next few weeks.

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE- most basic

subject and verb  S+V

subject – person, place, thing, usually it is a noun or pronoun

verb- action word

The dog is white.

Butter loves people.

SV

Examples:

She is beautiful.

I love dogs.

She has an old car.

Jun wants to buy some milk.

He is strong.

Mei needs some advice.

 

REMEMBER – capital letter and a period, fullstop

 

dot  cbc.ca

cnn.com

 

SSV

My friend and I go hiking.

go -leave here

go hiking, go to get some lunch, go pickup some groceries

 

Sarah and Tom are good friends.

Maria and Emma drink coffee together.

drink- simple present verb tense- usually, always, often

We have coffee together every Monday morning. routine, schedule

I eat breakfast every day.

every day, every week, every year, twice a day

I brush my teeth twice a day, once at 6am and again at 6:15am.

She goes to her dentist every six months for a checkup.

I make lunch for my husband everyday in the morning.

I take a shower every night.

I usually wake up early.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

always

almost always

usually

often

sometimes

rarely

seldom

almost never

never

never ever- teenager

 

I usually visit my home country every year.

She watches/reads/listens to/ follows the news everyday.

 

She reads books. She listens to music. listen+to

 

She reads books. She listens to the radio. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

She reads books, and she listens to the radio. 1 COMPOUND SENTENCE

She reads books, and I listen to the radio. 1 COMPOUND SENTENCE

 

SVV

The dog is running and barking.  Woof!

My son is eating and talking.

He watched TV and listened to music.

 

chicken- cluck

rooster- cockadoodledo

cat- Meow

 

 

SIMPLE- SV   SSV   SVV 

 

-Imperative-command

Sit down. Come in. Please be quiet. Go to bed.

Make your bed, please.

 

-Interrogative- question

How are you? How is it going? How are you doing?

How is everything with you?

Who are you going to the concert with?

Who did you go with?

I am going with my friend.

go+with

Do you want to go with me to Las Vegas?

go with- food

Ketchup goes with french fries.

This shirt does not go with these pants. They don’t match.

 

SLANG- casual taking, friendly, not for school, business What’s up?

FORMAL, BUSINESS How do you do? Please to meet you.

 

slang- words used by specific groups

idioms- used by eveTrybody

TEENAGER SLANG These kicks are lit.

kicks- shoes

lit-cool

 

SERVER Are you finished? Can I take that? Would you like anything else?

 

 

COMPOUND SENTENCE- two simple sentences joined together

The dog is barking, and the kids are playing.

SV, and SV.

 

, so

, or

, but

, and

 

 

Simple Sentence Exercises

 

Write a simple sentence using the vocabulary in each exercise. Try a variety of simple sentence types.

Remember: SV  SSV  SVV  SSSV  SVVV  SSVV  Imperative  Interrogative

Write your sentences on your own paper.

 

1.    cat   sleep

 

The cat is asleep on my lap.

is sleeping verb- present progressive

asleep(adjective)  awake(adj)

I fell asleep at 11 o’clock.

 

The cat is sleeping at the top of the cat tree.

present progressive- happening right now  is+sleeping

The cat sleeps on top of the cat tree.

simple present= always, usually sleeps

cheap

sheep

My cat last night she didn’t sleep. She was sick.

FIX

My cat didn’t sleep last night. did not sleep

I did not sleep well last night. I had insomnia.

IDIOM She was tossing and turning all night. SVV

He was awake all night.

 

PRESENT TENSE do not = don’t  contraction ‘ apostophe

PAST TENSE did not – didn’t

I don’t drink alcohol. never

I didn’t drink at the party. just once

 

My mother-in-law doesn’t speak English.

 

spouse- partner- husband/wife

 

CASUAL hubby, sweetheart, dear, honey

 

 

2.    laugh   joke

3.    children   play

My children play volleyball every Saturday.

I saw some children play on the teeter-totter in the playground yesterday. COMPLEX SENT

I saw some children on the teeter-totter in the playground yesterday. SIMPLE SENT

 

4.    sing   song

My father sings a song. simple present- always, usually

My father sang a song last night. simple past

My mother sings in the shower.

 

5.    do   homework

6.    read   book

I read new vocabulary books. SV

 

7.    play   piano

8.    listen   sound

Wake up! Listen to that sound. Can you hear that sound?

I enjoy listening to music. The sound is relaxing.

SIMPLE SENTENCES

I am listening to a great song from his guitar.

 

9.    walk   park

Have you ever walked in that park at night? present perfect

Do you walk in that park at night? simple present

 

talked

walked

listened

 

SSVV Ifrah and Carol walk in the park and chat together every morning.

 

 

10.                       bird   fly

11.                       eat   lunch

12.                       wear  shirt

Today she wore a t-shirt. SIMPLE PAST

Today she is wearing a t-shirt. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

t-shirt- crew neck, v-neck

polo shirt

button-up shirt

 

blouse- woman’s fancy shirt

 

sweatshirt- workout sweater, cotton

She is wearing a hoodie.

That shirt has a spot/stain on it.

 

13.                       have   coffee

14.                       write   story

15.                       train   arrive

The train arrives at 9 pm at the station.

The train arrives on time. always

The train arrived on time. simple past

This train arrived and left/departed on time.

trains/airplanes/ferries- arrive/arrivals- depart/departures

 

16.                       speak   group

The group of students is/are speaking about the new teacher. They are gossiping about her.

I speak with my group on Whatsapp.

He speaks.

We speak.

Your father speaks.

 

 

17.                       catch   bus

18.                       work   office

19.                       buy   bicycle

20.                       drive   car

 

 

**Colearner introductions

co-together

class partner- colearner, classmate

coworker, colleague

cooperate- work together

cosigners- take out a loan from a bank together

 

He has ten siblings. It is a blended family.

step-sister/step-brother

His future plans are to learn English and to bring his family here.

 

The Okanagan Valley has good apple orchards. There is an apple festival at UBC in the fall.

https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/news-events/events-activities/apple-festival/

 

In her home country, she was working in construction.

 

vegetarian- no meat

pescatarian -no meat , but fish is ok

vegan- no animal products- no meat, milk, cheese, eggs, butter

 

JOKE:

How do you know if a person is vegan?

They will tell you.

 

She enjoys hanging out with her friends.

IDIOM hang out- casually spend time with friends or family

Teenagers like to hang out at the mall.

 

window shopping- just looking, not buying

 

She doesn’t have a job right now.

She likes to watch TV shows.

She wants to learn how to drive. She wants to get her driver’s license.

 

He has been living in Canada for four years.

He drives with Uber.

He goes to the gym. He works out in the gym.

She did a workout yesterday.