EF34 Class 7

 

 

Tuesday Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Collect “Questionnaire”

·      Continue overview of sentence types

·      Go over simple sentences from homework

·      Continue colearner introductions

·      Listening exercises- fun

 

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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remain

remind

The smell of saffron reminds me of my mother’s cooking.

I remember/recall my mother’s cooking.

The smell of saffron brings to mind my mother’s cooking.

 

I remember that last meeting we talked about the project.  NOUN CLAUSE- learn in a few weeks

She remembered that SV.

She remembered that she has to go shopping after school. NOUN CLAUSE

He forgot that he had an appointment. COMPLEX SENTENCE- NOUN CLAUSE

He forgot to take out the garbage.

He forgot that his wife asked him to take out the garbage. NOUN CLAUSE

I forgot my homework. SIMPLE

 

VOCAB

homework- school work

housework- chores- wash the dishes, do the laundry, cook supper, sweep the floor, mop the floor, iron the clothes, fold the clothes, etc.

supper- dinner

breakfast, brunch, lunch, supper/dinner, late-night snack

 

Rolled clothes take up less space.

 

She organizes her kitchen. Her cupboards are very neat. Her drawers are tidy.

 

In your bedroom, you have a closet and a dresser.

You might have night table beside your bed.

 

In your living room, you might have an end table beside your couch. You might have a coffee table in the front of the couch.

 

You can have an entertainment centre.

centre- Canadian spelling

center- American spelling

color/colour

neighbor/neighbour

Canadian spelling is close to British spelling.

tire/tyre

airplane/aeroplane

 

Canadian and British vocab is bit different. We use some different words.

movie/film

garbage/refuse/US trash

flashlight/torch

trunk/boot

elevator/lift

eggplant/aubergine

pants/trousers

UK pants- underwear

washroom,bathroom,restroom/toilet, WC water closet

apartment/flat  I got a new flat.

grade 6/form 6

crosswalk/zebra crossing

‘zee bra’  UK ’zebra’

 

 

 

You might have a fireplace. It can be gas or wood-burning.

It can be electric, also. It is fake.

 

 

*** “Simple Sentence Exercises” ***

Types of simple sentences:

SV   SSV   SVV   Imperative- command   Interrogative-question

 

Subject + Verb

We want to to be able to write a variety of simple sentences.

 

9. walk park

SV   I walk in the park every Friday evening.

SSV  I and my son My son and I walk in the park.

Imperative   Go for a walk in the park.

Interrogative   Do Will you go with me for a walk in the park?

? question mark

 

Write a variety of simple sentence styles: SV SSV SVV Imperative Interrogative

 

I like to write story books.

She wrote a story book.

 

Today, he is working on a project.

Today, he worked on a project. SIMPLE PAST

I had a great day today. 6PM at home

How was your day today?

 

My friend and I are wearing the same shirt. Our shirts look the same.

 

I bought a new shirt, and I wore it. COMPOUND SENTENCE- next week

SVV   I bought a new shirt and wore it. SIMPLE SENTENCE

 

I want to hike up Grouse tomorrow.

want to go   want to eat   want to study

She wants to buy a new car.

 

The children play in the park. SIMPLE PRESENT- usually, always

The children are playing in the park. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE- right now

 

The children are play in the park. XXX

The children playing in the park. XXX

 

Have some lunch. IMPERATIVE

Go have some lunch.

Sit down. Go sit down.

Please sit down.

Sit down, please.

Have a seat, please.

Please take a seat.

 

She enjoys watching birds.

She does not enjoy watching birds.  doesn’t

 

My mother eats when she gets home. COMPLEX SENTENCE- ADVERB CLAUSE- Learn in two weeks

My mother eats lunch. SIMPLE SV

 

**We must walk before we run.**

 

ENGLISH    -SIMPLE SENTENCES

                     -COMPOUND SENTENCE

                     -COMPLEX SENTENSCES

 

 

**Break**

 

**Continue introductions**

 

She came to Vancouver seven months ago.

I have been in Canada for two years.

I came to Vancouver two years ago.

 

artist-painter/paint/painting

 

She wants to have good English.

She wants to speak English well.

good(adjective)

well(adverb)   She paints very well.

I cook/drive/work (very) well.

She sings extremely well.

very very

How are you? Very well. Very very well. Not bad.

How are things going? So far, so good.

 

I/We/They/You have been in Vancouver for two months.

She/He/Shirin/It has been in Vancouver for two months.

 

She likes to go swimming.

She cooked dinner for me.

 

She has been here for almost three years.

Her son is five years old.

NEW WAY She has a five-year-old son.

five-year-old   - hyphen

This is a two-hour class.

 

She is an outdoorsy person.

out door  outdoors- outside

Vancouver has a lot of outdoorsy people.

He is a stay-at-home person.

 

She is a stay-at-home mom.

 

freetime- leisure time

 

She wants to focus on her education/family/job/art.

concentrate/put your attention on

 

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Listening Questions

1.    How many legs does a dog have?

2.    Does the sun come out in the day or at night?

The sun goes down at night.

3.    Is a wheel round or square?

4.    What is the word for the yellow part of an egg? yolk

An egg has the egg white, the yolk, and the shell.

5.    Counting by tens, what number comes next: 10, 20, 30, ...?

Counting by fives, what number comes next: 10, 15, 20

Counting by three, what number comes next: 1,4,7,10,13

 

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