Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Continue simple sentence work
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Continue colearner introductions
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Listening exercises
Wednesday
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Continue simple sentences
Prepare for Quiz #1
Explain the structure of quizzes
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Test#1- pass-in paragraph
I will give you an everyday topic.
(last 50m)
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HW Read “Job
Interview” dialogue
Thursday
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Quiz#1- simple sentences (first 20m of class)
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“Job Interview” dialogues
Friday
I will not be here on Friday. There will be a substitute
teacher.
Four types of
sentences-
simple compound
complex MAYBE compound-complex
-foundation of all
writing in English
-simple sentence-
most basic form of a sentence in English
-simple but
powerful, very useful
-
e.g. good choice for topic sentence in a
paragraph or thesis statement in an essay
-
anything you want someone to remember
A simple sentence is
one independent clause that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete
thought.
clause – a group of
words with a subject and a verb, S+V
Most teachers says:
one simple sentence – a complete idea
Subject and a Verb
Subject and a
Predicate
The old dog was walking slowly around the park with a
stick in her mouth. SV
The dog was walking. core SV
e.g. I like Mexican
food. For example, I love to eat tacos, enchiladas, toritillas
and empinados. sentence fragment No SV
main subject – just
one word, noun ‘dog’
complete subject-
main subject plus andy modifers, adjectives, articles
‘the old dog’
verb – action word
‘was walking’
verb= simple
predicate
complete predicate –
verb plus everthing else
‘was walking slowly
around the park with a stick in his mouth.’
The old dog was walking slowly around the park with a
stick in her mouth.
EASY LEVEL The dog
was walking in the park.
SIMPLE SENTENCE- S
V, Subject + Predicate
I request. NOT A
COMPLETE IDEA
I request a new
driver’s license.
Notice that there
are some important requirements for a simple sentence:
1. Must have a
subject and a verb.
2. Must express a
complete thought.
3. Must only have
one clause.
4. ** Begins with a
capital letter and ends with a period.
** For all
sentences.
Examples of Simple
Sentences:
1.
Joe went
to the store. SV
2.
BC is experiencing
severe flooding in many areas around the province. SV
3.
Sarah and Jessie are going swimming. SSV
4.
Xi and Biden met this week for high level discussions. SSV
5.
The frog jumped
and landed in the pond. SVV
6.
The nurse took
the patient’s blood pressure and checked
his heart rate. SVV – verb tenses
7.
Keep your
eyes open for bargains. NO SUBJECT- implied subject “You” Imperative
Imperative-
command, tell someone to do something
Please sit down. Sit
down, please.
(You) Be careful!
don’t say ‘you’, everybody understand that it is there,
implied subject –
imply(v) – suggest something but not say it out loud
5. I went to the mall and bought a dress. SVV
I went to shop in
Metrotown. XXX
I went shopping
in Metrotown. gerund
I went GERUND.
Gerund- noun ‘ing’
She went skiing.
She went shopping.
He went hiking.
I want to go
downtown. SV
6. What are you
doing next Monday night? Interrogative, question
7. The pizza smells delicious. SV
8. Here/There
There is a fly in the car with us.
There is/are
two flies in the car.
‘Here’ and ‘there’
are not subjects. They always point to something else.
There is/are people on the street. subject verb
agreement
There is/are a person on the street.
#1 error- subject
verb agreement
Here is your cell
phone.
Here are your keys.
***#1 mistake that everyone
makes***
Here are your [AH1] cell
phone. XXX
Here is your keys.
XXX
Her glasses are new.
Her pair of glasses
is new.
The scissors are
dull.
The pair of scissors
is sharp.
The students are
high-level.
The class is almost
ready for UBC.
TRICKY subject verb
agreement – verbs change to match the subject
e.g. Mary live
lives in Vancouver. agr
NOTE: At a postsecondary
level, mistakes in subject verb agreement are a big deal.
7.
Look on top of the refrigerator for the key.
“you” implied subject- imperative
8.
Please close the door. sounds more polite
9.
Close the door, please.
10.
Take the dog for a walk, please.
11.
Please take the dog for a walk.
Punctuation with
‘please’ – common usage, good model to follow
Please open the
door.
Open the door,
please.
12.
Will you
help me with the math homework?
Interrogative-
ask a question –
flip the verb around
You are happy today.
Are you happy today? Interrogative
13.
I will
pick you up today. verb will pick –
simple future
14.
Will you
pick me up today? will ... pick – still one verb, not two verbs SV
will – helping verb,
modal, modal auxiliary
will go
We will go hiking tomorrow.
Will you go with us?
can see
You can see the fireworks from my house.
Can you see the
fireworks from my house?
10. The music
is too loud. SV
Is the music too
loud.
Adapted
from :https://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/simple_sentence_examples/445/
Forms of simple sentences:
-SV subject verb
My dog is
asleep.
The ice cream looks
delicious.
Vancouver is a
nice city.
-SSV subject subject verb
The rivers and trees are beautiful.
Your sister and mother fight all the time.
Peanut butter and bananas go well together.
-SVV subject verb verb
Sara swims and plays volleyball at the community centre.
Clouds come and go.
Friends come and
go.
-SSVV Joe and Xie went to the park and had a picnic.
-Imperative – command sentence, tell somebody to do
something
(You) Come in. implied subject We don’t say ‘you’, but that’s what we mean.
Be careful, please.
Please be careful.
Watch your step, please.
Please be careful.
Watch out.
Stay safe.
Shut up!
Drop dead! – strong words for fighting, like with kids
Get out!
Sit down.
Have a cookie.
Sleep well.
Eat healthy.
Stay cool.
Sit! Stay!
Stay tuned.
Get ready.
You must make it to work on time. NOT IMPERATIVE
must, should, can, could, will – MODALS, MODALS AUXILIARIES
-Interrogative- question
What time is it?
Who are you talking to?
What are you doing tomorrow?
Is that your dog?
Would you like to have some tea?
Where is the book?
What’s for dinner today?
Extra information to explore:
-https://englishgrammarhere.com/example-sentences/50-examples-of-simple-sentences/
-https://examples.yourdictionary.com/simple-sentence-examples.html
YOUR EXAMPLES FROM HOMEWORK
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
2. laugh joke
3. children play
Children are playing at the park. SV
children- don’t know them
the children- you know them
my children-
you own? them
I want to play as a children like a child with my son.
SIMPLE SENT
I want to play with
my son like children do.
COMPLEX SENT
I want to cook/sing like you do.
SIMPLE SSVV
SVSV- COMPOUND or COMPLEX
4. sing song
She can sing songs beautifully. adv
MODAL- can, could, may, should,
must, will, have to, be going to, etc.
She sings a song about her life. simple present verb tense- habitual
action, every day, all the time
She is singing a song about her life. present progressive/continuous-
happening right now, in action now
Maria and Joan and I Maria,
Joan, and I sang Beyonce’s song, “Halo”.
We sang Adele’s song, “Hello”.
YOUR CHOICE
Joe, Sarah, and Micheal go hiking.
Oxford comma- a little bit old-fashioned
Joe, Sarah and Micheal go hiking.
more modern style
COMMON ERROR
Joe, Sarah, Micheal go hiking. need
‘and’
Joe, Sarah, and Micheal we
go hiking.
Joe, Sarah, and Micheal We
go hiking.
Joe, Sarah, Micheal go hiking
with their parents.
They were singing the same song and dance dancing. SVV
They were performing the same song and dance. nouns SV
They were performing the same song and dancing.
verbs SVV
She sings a song and dances at the
same time. SVV
You drive your car and eat a
banana.
**Even with simple sentences,
there is a lot of variety and ways to express our ideas.
5. do homework
I must
do my homework on my own paper. SV
must – modal
I must
do my homework. You must do your
homework. Joe must do his homework.
Jo must do her homework.
I go. He goes. She goes.
I must go. He must go. She must go.
He must not go to the party. He mustn’t go
to the party.
must= have to
She has to go to the party. We have to go
to the party.
You don’t have to do anything that you don’t
feel comfortable with.
He has to. He doesn’t have to.
You don’t must don’t have to do this.
XXX
Sarah and her friend didn’t/ did not do their homewrk
yesterday. SSV
didn’t= ‘ apostrophe, contraction
did not = didn’t
let us = let’s
6. read book
Please read this story book to our/your
children tonight. Imperative
Don’t read books.
Don’t read this book.
He can read a book and listen to music at the same time. SVV
Why do you like to read crime books a lot?
Joan and Anna like to read a book books at the
library. SSV
Joan and Anna like to read books and borrow them from the
library. SSVV
He lent his friend $10. His friend borrowed mone.
lender- person or institution like a bank that lends money
You are the borrower. The bank is lender.
car loan, house mortgage
You can get a student loan to pay tuotion.
A mortgage is for a house or condo.
7. play piano
8. listen sound
9. walk park
10.
bird fly
11.
eat lunch
12.
wear
shirt
13.
have
coffee
The old men have coffee together
in the McDonalds every morning.
Can we have a cup of coffee
together? We can have a chat over coffee.
Let’s grab a coffee together.
IDIOM grab some lunch, grab a
coffee- quick and casual, relaxed
They went out for a nice meal for
their wedding anniversary.
Let’s talk business over lunch.
I have a coffee-coloured shirt.
Some people have to drink coffee
every morning. They are addicted to caffeine.
Some people have to smoke every
few hours. They are addicted to nicotine. They can try the nicotine patch or
nicotine gum.
14.
write
story
15.
train
arrive
16.
speak
group
17.
catch
bus
18.
work
office
19.
buy
bicycle
20.
drive car
**Break- back at 10:37**
**Fellow student introductions**
nanny- childcare, ECE- Early Childcare Education, Langara,
daycare
She is a nanny. That is her job.
She provided childcare for kids at a daycare.
“affordable childcare benefit”- government program
husband, wife- spouse, partner
My partner works in Iran.
SLANG hubby, sweetie, honey, babe, dear
Yes, sir.
Yes, ma’am.
buddy, pal, chum-friend
She wants to get a job in her field.
VOCAB field(n)- area of expertise, area of study
Her field is economics.
field- grassland, a farm field
You measure land in acres.
majority- more than 50%, more than half
hiking-
mountaineering,
mountain climbing-
People mountain climb in Squamish.
wall climbing- indoor climbing
My friend’s is an avid climber. He lives in Squamish.
snowboarding, skiing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing,
tubing
Mount Seymour- smallest and cheapest
Grouse Mountain- bigger, more $
Cypress Mountain- biggest, most $
Whistler Blackcomb- world-class skiing, $$$
-mountain biking, downhill biking
The Northshore Mountains has great downhill biking.
a patisserie chef- desserts, cake, cookies, cupcakes, etc.
real estate- buing and selling houses, condos, apartments, properties,
land
estate(n) – what you leave when you die
They had an estate sale when their father passed away.
heritage- your culture, the history of your people
You can donate your estate to a cause or charity. You will
put it in your will.
You can get a will for a few hundred dollars.
[AH1]agr
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