EF45 Class 4

 

Friday’s Agenda

·      Collect “Questionnaire”

·      Attendance

·      Begin overview of sentence types

·      Continue colearner introductions

·      Practice paragraph to pass in (last 55m)

Not for marks.

New topic.

EF4/5 Write at least a 100-word paragraph.

No phones or dictionaries out.

 

Any plans for the weekend?

https://bcparks.ca/ Provoncial park

crown land- hunt, fish, and camp on crown land (restrictions for hunting and fishing)

 

IDIOM We are going to catch up over coffee. chew the fat

 

Canada Blood Services- Oak Street, close to Children’s and Women’s Hospitals

 

alumni- people who graduated from a college or university, former student

 

potluck- everybody bring a dish to the party

 

meeting- business

get together, hang out- friends

 

 

 

 

Monday

·      Collect “Questionnaire”

·      Begin simple sentences

 

 

Overview of Sentence Types

 

You are probably already experienced with English.

We will learn the fundamental sentences styles that we use everyday. If this is new to you, let’s learn a lot about sentences. Even if you already know about them, I still have some new things to teach you.

 

Full review of the three sentence types: very important, very useful, very practical, everyday usage

We study sentences so that we can use them in your real life- school, work, social life, business, and on the street.

CHAT SLANG IRL- in real life

 

Quick overview of sentence types

1.SIMPLE

2.COMPOUND

3.COMPLEX

HIGHER LEVEL 4. COMPOUND-COMPLEX (mix of 2 and 3)

 

99% of the time, these three sentence types will allow to write anything you want.

If you want to write and speak well in English, this is what you want to do.

 

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Side Note: I had a small business where I did editing for university students, mostly nurses and nursing students. What I did is read their essays and papers and then edit their writing. I used almost exclusively simple, compound, and complex sentences.

 

ANOTHER SIDE NOTE: Every year on Tuesday nights (5-6pm) from November-January, I do an Advanced Sentence Structure Tutorial on Zoom. This is aimed at upper-level students who want to polish their sentence writing. Feel free to join my Zoom tutorial.

No homework. No assignments. No mark.

Check my blog in mid-October for the Zoom link.

 

ChatGPTand phones translators are crutches. They are not the solution to the English problem.

 

QUICK PREVIEW- I will go into detail in ensuing classes.

 

THESE ARE THE SENTENCE TYPES:

1.    SIMPLE SENTENCE – one main clause, one independent clause

Clause – group of words with a subject and a verb (SV)

 

one main clause, one independent clause = SV,

a complete idea, one idea, a sentence by itself

independent- self-contained

clause = a group of verbs with a subject and a verb

Subject+Verb, S+V

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE S=subject   V=verb

S+V “It is sunny.” It is sunny.

one underline for subject

two underlines for verb

 

SV “It is partially sunny.” It is partially sunny.  rainy- adjective

SV “Today is cold.” Today is cold.

SV “The dog likes apples.”

partial(adj) part(n)

 

IMPORTANT:      Don’t forget a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence. Don’t forget a period at the end of the sentence.

Different styles of simple sentence:

-SV

The sky is blue.

 

-SSV subject subject verb

You and I are talking on the phone.

 

-SVV “The dog is sleeping and is snoring.”

 

-SVVV (probably the maximum)

The kids are running, yelling, and eating.

 

-SSSV (probably the maximum)

Joe, Sarah, and Maria love dancing.  dancing(gerund, noun)

Joe, Sarah, and Maria  are dancing. dancing(verb)

 

-SSVV

The old man and his granddaughter go to the park and play.

 

Basic structures: SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV

 

Another style of simple sentence:

-Imperative, command sentence – tell somebody to do something

“Come in.” “Watch out.” “Sit down.” “Open the window, please.”

no subject “You come in.” implied subject, don’t say ‘you’

 

“(You) Come in, please.” Everybody understands that ‘you’ is the subject.

make it sound polite – please

IDIOM the magic word. What’s the magic word?

 

 

 

My way of using commas with ‘please’ (fairly common):

Come in, please. comma

Please come in. no comma

 

Wash the dishes, please. WITH COMMA – sounds good

Please wash the dishes.

 

-interrogative sentence – question, interrogate (ask questions)

“What are you doing?”

“What time is it?”

“Where did you park the car?”

“How long have you been here?” present perfect

 

REVIEW OF SIMPLE SENTENCES:

SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

 

 

 

2. COMPOUND SENTENCES

SV SV – two simple sentences in a row, connected together

with coordinating conjunctions

 

7 coordinating conjunctions in English- FANBOYS

 

mnemonic (memory aid) for and nor but or yet so

mnemonic pronunciation (new mon ic) Greek word?

 

English is a primarly a mix of Latinate languages, Greek, and Germanic languages

Latinate – Spanish, French, Italian

Latin – ancient language from Italy

 

any word one syllable – Anglo Saxon word

plumber – Gr

pneumonia – Gr

mnemonic

lagubrious -latin – sad

 

MY OPINION: FANBOYS – not that helpful, several are not used often in compound

FANBOYS

 

*for – used very rarely in compound sentences

Sarah is wearing a hat today, for it is cold. not common usage

Sarah is wearing a hat today because it is cold. complex – more authentic

Forget about ‘for’. People don’t talk that way.

‘for’ is used in other ways

Here is a gift for you. simple, not compound

 

*and – very often used

Michelle bought a new coat, and it is very nice. compound

 

*nor – not commonly used in compound sentences, nobody says ‘nor’

Dave does not speak Farsi, nor does he speak Arabic. very unusual, formal

Dave does not speak Farsi or Arabic. simple sentence, authentic English

 

*but – used all the time

It is sunny today, but it is supposed to rain tomorrow.

 

*or – very commonly used

You can go to the party, or you can stay home.

 

*yet – not commonly used in compound sentences

It is cold, yet we are going for a walk. weirdly formal

It is cold, but we are going for a walk. more authentic- real sounding English

SIMPLE SENTENCE Are you finished, yet?

 

*so – used all the time in compound sentences

Maria is tired, so she will take a nap.

 

My suggestion:

FANBOYS – F N Y not useful

‘for’ ‘nor’ ‘yet’ not used very often in compound sentences, low-frequency usage, ignore them for the most part

 

We are left with these: SOBA so or but and

mnemonic- SOBA

most useful, high-frequency usage: SOBA so or but and

We use these every day, all day long.

 

**CONTINUE ON MONDAY**

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice paragraph- not for marks

Write at least 100 words on the following topic.

Doublespace.

Margins.

Name and class.

Phones and devices put away.

 

What is your favourite food?