EF34 Class 37

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz#4 – adverb clauses

RW for bonus point

·      “Making Home Improvements”

·      Minimal Pairs and pictures 2.1 2.3

·      LEFTOVER Modals- practice sentences

·      Listening fun

 

Tuesday

·      Test#4- last paragraph

 

Wednesday

·      Return Test#4

RW for bonus point-

 

Thursday, Oct.31

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test (last hour)

 

Friday, Nov. 1 – last day

·      Marks day

·      No instruction

·      One-on-one meetings

 

Week break- Back for Quarter 2 on Tuesday, November 12^th.

Quarter 1 Sept-Nov

Q2 Nov-Jan

Q3 Feb-Apr

Q4 Apr-Jun

Summer

 

 

 

Quiz#4

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    because     school

I can’t go to school today because I have a doctor’s appointment.

Jun goes to school because she wants to learn English.

2.    if                  store

We will go to the store if it is open.

3.    when          eat

The cat eats when it is hungry.

4.    after            home

Jei watched a movie after she cleaned up her home.

5.    before        buy

6.    because     park

 

close(adj) – not far, nearby

The school is close to my house.

closed(adj)(v) – not open, locked up

The store is closed. She closed the store.

 

 

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“Making Home Improvements”

Vocabulary Preview

1.install(v)

She installed Microsoft Word on her laptop.

He installed a new door.

Jun installed a charger for her EV car. EV-electric vehicle

My son drives a hybrid.

I drive a gas guzzler. I have to pull a camper.

gas- gasoline, petrol(UK)

diesel

Mo installed a dash camera in his truck.

You can install security cameras around your house.

Ahmed installed a new map app.

2.in stock- available in the store

She bought 10 microwaves to resell.

She has Nike shoes in stock in her storage area.

“Let me see if we have then in stock. If not, I can order them for you.”

“It’s in stock at the warehouse. We can get it here by tomorrow.”

Do you have this phone in stock?

We’re sold out. We can order it.

Can you check it this item is in stock?

3.renovation- reno, means- renew

She renoed/renovated her kitchen. She got new cabinets and marble countertops.

He renewed his driver's license.

They renewed their wedding vows.

4.decimal .  decimal point  2.4 two point four

5.convert- change   They converted a bedroom into a home office.

They converted a loan into a mortgage.

She converted to Islam/Christianity.  belief(n)

She now believes in Christianity.

 

She changed her hair style.

 

We can convert inches into centimeters. You can convert pounds into kilograms.

Jhean converted Canadian dollars into Fillipino pesos.

Italian- Euro, lira

British pound

Chinese yuan

Japanese yen

Korean won

Vietnamese dong

Russian ruble

Brazilian real

Iranian rial

Somalian shilling

American dollar- the US Greenback

 

 6.estimate- make a good guess

I estimate that we will get 50 kids for Hallowe’en.

Trick or Treat-

If you want kids to come to your house, leave your outdoor light on.

If you want no kids to come to your house, leave your outdoor light off.

Hallowe’en- All Hallow’s Eve

eve- the night before Xmas Eve, New Years Eve

ancient Pagan festival- pre-Christian, thousands of years old

7. round up - $7.80-- $8

2.4 – round down to 2

2.6- round up to 3

Population growth in Japan is negative.

8.dimension  - length times width times height

The dimensions of the room are 8m by 6m by 3m.

 9.2-D or 3-D

2-D video games

3-D video games

2-D cartoons

3-D printer

3-D glasses

10. calculate(v) calculator(n)

He uses the calculator on his phone.

She used an abacus when she was a kid.

 

Dialogues-

Get into some small groups. Practice saying the dialogues out loud.

Tomorrow, we’ll perform them.

 

Exercise 2.3

1. clock, a watch a wristwatch, a pendulum clock, a grandfather clock, alarm clock, a cuckoo clock

-wrist elbow shoulder finger knuckles

You knock on the table with your knuckles.

2.