EF45 Class 12

 

 

Some people say, “I hate Mondays!”

Wednesday is midweek.

IDIOM Wednesday is Hump Day. Happy Hump Day!

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue simple verb tenses-

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Continue “Job Interview” dialogues

·      Continue vocab exercises

 

Thursday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Continue verb tenses

·      Continue “Job Interview” dialogue

·      Continue vocab exercises

·      Prepare for Test#2 tomorrow- paragraph on an everyday topic

 

Friday

·      Continue compound sentences

Prepare for Quiz#2 Monday

·      Continue verb tenses

·      Continue “Job Interview” dialogue

·      Continue vocab exercises

·      Test#2- pass in paragraph (last 50m)

 

Monday

·      Quiz#2- compound sentences

 

 

 

travel(v) She likes to travel. She is travelling around the US.

 

trip(n) We want to take a trip to Hawaii.

 

VERY AUTHENTIC PHRASING take a trip, plan/organize a trip

 

She had a travel. XXX

FIX

She took a trip.

 

trip verb NOUN

I trip to Hawaii.

I had a plan to trip. XXXXX

FIX

I had a plan to travel.

I had a plan to take a trip.

 

My family and I took a trip to a river in Chilliwack last weekend.

 

I am on vacation in Hawaii. I am on a business trip to Seattle.

 

 

What is the nature of your visit? What is the reason for you visit.

I want to visit Seatte. I want to go to Seattle for the weekend.

Business or pleasure?

 

I want to know Seattle. SPANISH TRANSLATION

I want to visit Seattle for sightseeing. I want to visit the tourist attractions.

 

You should buy medical/travel insurance.

medical (adj)

travel (noun, functioning as an adjective)

 

She got a new water bottle.

bottle(noun)

water(noun- functioning as an adjective)

 

baseball hat

coffee cup

eyeglasses

sun glasses

moon roof   Her car has a moonroof/sunroof.

marketing word

 

kitchen knife

 

Nouns functions as adjectives all the time in English.

 

black hat – colour(adj)

 

 

 

CONTINUE WITH COMPOUND SENTENCES

 

Example of compound sentences using , SOBA:

I have a headache, so I go to a pharmacy.

headache, stomachache, earache, backache, toothache, neckache

 

I have tight muscles in my shoulder, so I have to put some heat and cold on it.

Charliehorse- an extremely painful muscle cramp

 

She is exhausted, so she will have a long hot bubble bath.

She is very friendly, so she has a lot of friends.

 

I slept wrong, and my neck is very stiff.

She can’t move her neck, so she has to go the chiropractor.

She slept on her arm, and now she has pins and needles.

IDIOM pins and needles

 

He got a cramp in his leg when he was swimming.

She got a charliehorse in her calf.

IDIOM charleyhorse – cramp

I got a charleyhorse when I was biking.

 

tingle- light, small feeling

pins and needles – very strong feeling

 

your funny bone-

She hit her funny bone and dropped her coffee.

 

alot XXX

a lot, lots

 

 

Basic model of compound sentences:

SV, SOBA SV.

I wanted to walk, but it started raining, so I stayed at home and relaxed.

FIX

I wanted to walk, but it started raining. Therefore, I stayed at home and relaxed.

 

. period, fullstop

 

SV, SOBA SV, SOBA, SV.

 

OUR MODEL: SV, SOBA SV.

 

SV, or SV. option between two things

You can sit down, or you stand up.

You can take a break, or you keep working.

Do you want a cup of tea, or do you want a cup of coffee?

Do you want a cup of tea or coffee? SIMPLE

You have to pay the house rent, or you have to vacate the premises.

leave the house- vacate the premises

You can do your homework, or you can play basketball.

You can buy some pizza, or you can make some eggs for dinner.

You can watch TV, or you can go outside.

 

**BREAK- Back at 10:29**

 

 

SECOND WAY TO MAKE COMPOUND SENTENCES

; semicolon

He forgot his credit card, so he had to pay cash. SOBA

He forgot his credit card; he had to pay cash.

, so = ;

 

Maris loves flowers, and she grows them in her garden. 1 compound

Maris loves flowers, so she grows them in her garden. 1 compound

 

You need the comma for ,SOBA.

Maris loves flowers so she grows them in her garden. XXX

Maris loves flowers, so she grows them in her garden.

 

We have options.

Maris loves flowers; she grows them in her garden. 1 compound

Maris loves flowers. She grows them in her garden. 2 simples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIRD WAY TO MAKE COMPOUND SENTENCES

; TRANS, transitional word/term

He forgot his credit card; therefore, he had to pay cash.

She will go to the party; alternatively, she will stay home with her family.

Maria wants to stay home; however, she has an appointment.

 

RW as , SOBA

He forgot his credit card, so he had to pay cash.

She will go to the party, or she will stay home with her family.

Maria wants to stay home, but she has an appointment.

 

RW as SIMPLE SENTENCES

He forgot his credit card. He had to pay cash.

She will go to the party. She will stay home with her family.

Maria wants to stay home. She has an appointment.

 

I like dogs but she likes cats. XXX

I like dogs, but she likes cats.

TALKING , comma—small pause

 

 

Maris loves flowers; in fact, she grows them in her garden. 1 compound

Jun plays soccer; also, he plays badminton.

 

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These sentence models will always work. You can rely on them.

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“Introduction to Transitional Terms”

Which ones do you know already?

Which ones do you kind of know

Which one are new to you?

 

**CONTINUE TOMORROW**

 

 

“Interviewing for a Job” dialogues

personnel(n)- staff, workers

personal(adj)- individual, private, noone’s business

IDIOMS None of your business. Mind your own business! Don’t stick your nose into my business. Don’t be nosy. Curiousity killed the cat.

curious(adj)- interested in many things

Some relatives like to dig.

 

IDIOM Dig in! Let’s eat. Bon appetite!

 

benefits- extra things you get beside salary, perks, bennies

 

 

going rate- normal price

The going rate for a new phone screen is about $80.