EF34 Class 31

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Time to work on spoken presentation

·      Registration- Change midterm recommendations for students who are passing but are under 65%.

·      LEFTOVER Modals- practice sentences

·      Test#3- paragraph (last 50m)

 

Friday

·      Time to work on spoken pres, check in (1pt)

 

Monday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations

 

Friday, October 25th

·      Pro D- no school

 

 

 

So far these are the sentence types that we have been learning:

 

*SIMPLE SENTENCES

SV   SSV   SVV  Imperative   Interrogative

It is raining today.

 

*COMPOUND SENTENCES

, SOBA   , so   , or   , but   , and    – more useful in my opinion, 99.9% of the time

SV, SOBA SV.

Marin is tired, so she wants to have a nap.

SV, so SV.

SV, or SV.

SV, but SV.

SV, and SV.

 

*COMPLEX

-adverb clause- this week

 

 

** Adverb clauses***

adverb modifies a verb, usually a ‘ly’ word

She sings beautifully. ‘beautifully’ talking about the verb ‘sings’

She has a beautiful voice. adjective

 

He has a quick/fast car.

He drives quickly.

 

-adverb – describes a verb, describes an action

beautifully She sings beautifully.

-adjective, describes a noun- person, place, thing or idea

beautiful Her smile is beautiful.

The little kid is sad because she lost her stuffed bear. sad-kid  adjective

The little kid is walking sadly because she lost her stuffed bear. sad-walk adverb

happily The little kids are playing happily. They are happy.

slowly The turtle is slow. It walks slowly.

quickly He runs quickly. He is quick. Am I speaking too quickly?

Are you a rabbit or a turtle? Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

 

easily He lives his life easily. He has an easy life. I can read Persian easily. Reading Persian is easy for me. GERUND- ‘ing’ noun, looks like a verb

Skiing is fun.

friendly(adj)

elderly(adj)

good-well Her math is good. She speaks English well.

 

The little boy tied his shoes carefully.

She trimmed her bangs crookedly.

 

She smiles beautifully. adv

He smiled nervously. adv

Her smile is beautiful. adj

His smile was nervous. adj

nervously

quickly

slowly

suddenly

He walks slowly.

carefully- You drive your car carefully.

He does his work seriously.

She did the math homework correctly.

 

He hardly passed the course. He got 51%.

hardly- barely

rarely- not often, almost never She rarely bakes cookies.

 

It is hard for him to breathe.

She is having shortness of breath.

short(adj) not tall

shortness – not enough

 

good - irregular goodly well  She speaks English very well.

good (adj) The cookies look good.

well (adv) He bakes really well. He is a good baker.

Her English is good. adj

She speaks English well. adverb

She is a good speaker. adjective good  describes ‘speaker’, noun, not the verb

 

The grandmother patiently teaches her grandson how to tie his shoes.

angrily? quickly? patiently? carefully?

 

I am learning English slowly but surely.

IDIOM slowly but surely –

IDIOM Better late than never.

 

 

**expand the idea of adverbs into adverb clauses – S+V

- adverb clause- subject + verb SV

 

THREE MOST COMMON WORDS FOR ADVERB CLAUSES:

because   if   when   before/after

 

Most of the time, we use these three words. – high frequency, used often, all day long, every day

 

 

OTHER WORDS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMILIAR

since

unless

even though

until

while

 

RIGHT NOW, LET’S FOCUS ON:      because   if   when   after/before

 

**because- give a reason why

I was late today because I missed the bus. adv cl

I was late today because I woke up late. adv cl

 

She is tired today because she didn’t sleep well. adv cl

He eats ice cream because it is delicious. adv cl

I don’t like ice cream because it is not healthy/too sweet.

I eat ice cream because it makes me happy.

I eat ice cream because the weather is hot.

She had some ice cream because it was her birthday.

 

She is tired today because she was tossing and turning last night. IDIOM: tossing and turning

She couldn’t sleep because her husband was snoring.

Some people sleepwalk.

 

**if- maybe yes, maybe no, undecided

Sarah will go for a walk if the rain stops. no comma

If the rain stops, Sarah will go for a walk. comma

Sarah will go for a walk if it stops raining. no comma

If it stops raining, Sarah will go for a walk. comma

COMPOUND

It is not raining, so Sarah will go for a walk.

 

Junko will wear a skirt if it is not raining.

If it is not raining, Junko will wear a skirt.

If it is raining, she will wear pants and rainboots.

SLANG puddle jumpers - rainboots, rubber boots

 

I will go to the party if I have time.

If I have time, I will go to the party.

 

Call me when you get home.

When you get home, call me.

 

If I want to have a party, I should go shopping for supplies and food and drinks.

 

Her son will go play soccer if it is not too windy.

If it is not too windy, her son will go play soccer.

 

If it doesn’t rain, I will go to the outlet mall.

If I have money, I will be happy.

If the weather is good, I will take my children to the park.

 

JOKE: If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a wagon.

That’s a lot of ‘if’s.

 

GIVE ADVICE: If I were you, I would get better at English.

If I were you, I would go out more and talk to people.

 

 

**when- time

Call me when you get home.

She will go shopping when she has freetime.

The little kid has a nap when he is tired.

He can go to sleep when he gets home.

IDIOM When it rains, it pours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test #3

Write a paragraph on the following topic,

at least 80 words for EF3, 100 words for EF4.

 

What are you plans for after you finish at South Hill?