EF34 Class 39

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test#4

Optional RW for bonus point-

·      “Making Home Improvements” dialogues

·      Minimal Pairs and pictures 2.1 2.3

·      LEFTOVER Modals- practice sentences

 

Thursday, Oct.31- Hallowe’en

·      Review

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test (last 90 minutes)

 

Friday, Nov. 1 – last day

·      No instruction

·      Marks day

·      See final marks and comments

·      One-on-one meetings if you want

If you come to class, we can talk. if you do not come to class, email me and I will email your final mark back with the comments.

Email between Friday 12:00 and 2:15.

You can get your report cards in the office starting next week.

 

Hallowe’en

Will you wear a costume?

I will hand out treats to the trick-or-treaters tomorrown evening.

 

costume- clothing, disguise

custom-

customs- declare taxable purchases at a border

Do you have anything to declare?

 

Test#4

Write a paragraph on the following topic.

EF3-at least 80 words

EF4- at least 100 words

What are your plans for the week off?

 

mostly future tenses – will, be going to (simple future)

On the week off, I will visit my brother in Toronto.

I will clean my house. I will do a deep clean of my apartment.

We are going to study English every day.

I am going to play a new video game.

NEW VERB

I am planning to V.

I am planning to go shopping for my family.

I am planning to go shopping for running shoes.

running shoes- sneakers, trainers

I want to V.

I want to focus on finding a job.

She wants to concentrate on improving her tennis game.

I would like to have a coffee with my friends and catch up/chew the fat.

IDIOM chew the fat- have a casual, friendly conversation, talk and laugh

I am planning to go hunting with my friend.

Deer are active mostly at dawn and dusk.

dawn- sunrise

dusk- sunset

 

My house is a big mess.(noun)

My house is messy.(adj)

Messi

 

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I did not record down your mark for Test#4. Please show your mark.

 

 

 

Example Optional Replacement Quiz

Please replace Quiz#2.

 

Write an appropriate sentence for each.

SIMPLE SENTENCE

1.    pet                   SV

2.    park                 SSV

COMPOUND SENTENCES  SV, SOBA SV.  , so   , or   , but   , and

2. school              and

He goes to school, and he goes to work.

3. sandwich         but

COMPLEX SENTENCES because   if   when   after  before

5. sleep                 when

6. study                if

 

Verb

present                past                       participle

break                    broke                    broken

 

Verb tenses(EF56)

The little kid breaks his toys a lot. SIMPLE PRESENT

I broke my phone yesterday. SIMPLE PAST

 

broken- passive voice

The phone was broken by me.

You ate an apple.

The apple was eaten by you.

 

I have broken my phone.  present perfect(EF5) – sounds very formal

I broke my phone. MORE COMMON

She has lived in Vanouver for two months.

 

 

She like pet.

She likes pets.

She likes a/her pet.

I like my pet.

She has a nice pet.

 

She walk school. XXX

She walks to the/her school.

He goes to SHEC.

 

i like canada.  i

I like Canada.

 

We are looking for progress.

Climb the mountain. English Mountain, Education Mountain. College Mountain, Career Mountain, Life Mountain, Happiness Mountain

 

Portugese:I kill one lion per day.

English: You can eat an elephant one bite at a time.

 

Quarter 2 begins Tuesday, Novemebr 12^th.

 

 

Example Optional Replacement Test

Please replace Test#X.

Write a paragraph on the following topic.

NEW TOPIC

Discuss the US move away from the Gold Standard in 1971.

What is your favourite food?