EF45 Class 24

 

Four weeks left! Time flies.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Math vocabulary

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Prepare for Quiz#3 Tuesday

·      Continue verb tenses- past progressive

·      Modals/modal auxiliaries

 

I have dyslexia. I never got along with math.

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz#3- adverb clauses

·      Fractions, percentages

·      Continue verb tenses- past progressive

·      Modals/modal auxiliaries

 

Wednesday

·      Make-up test for the people who emailed

New quiz, new test

 

Next few days- few extra minutes

·      Continue dialogue “Going to a Walk-In Clinic”

·      Continue verb tenses – present perfect

 

Next few weeks-

·      Reading texts- literary terms, short stories, poetry

·      EF5 multi-paragraph writing- short essays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math vocabulary

+  add(v) addition(n) 4+5=9  Four plus five equals nine.

-      subtract(v) subtraction(n) 12-7=5  Twelve minus seven equals five.

× multiply(v) multiplication(n) 4X6=24 Four times six equals twenty four.

Four multiplied by six equals twenty four. Ok- less common

÷ divide(v) division(n) 9÷3=3 Nine divided by three equals three.

Three divided into nine equals three.

12 = 3

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Twelve divided by six equals two. 12÷6=2

Six divided into twelve equals two.

Twelve divided into six equals one half. 6÷12=.5

NOTE: divided by   divided into   DIFFERENT

 

five(noun)- concept, idea

I have five dogs. noun, functioning like an adjective

 

adjectives – word form

first

second

third

fourth

fifth

sixth

seventh

eighth

ninth

tenth

eleventh

22- twenty second

33- thirty third

67- sixty seventh

 

= equal(v) equal sign(n)

 

Two times three does not equal five. It equals six.

 

SPECIALIZED VOCAB

ordinal numbers-

rational numbers-

irrational numbers-

cardinal numbers

 

4²  four squared  4X4=16

5³ five cubed 5X5X5=125

2⁴ Two to the power of four. 2X2X2X2=16

x² an exponent

 

Take a math class!

 

pi π 3.1415927   ‘pie’

 

*Any word that ends with ‘tion’. ‘sion’, ‘ance’ or ‘ence, is a noun.

education, transmission, performance, presence,

 

Fractions tomorrow

2/3  a fraction

½ one half

2/3 two thirds

 

 

Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Prepare for Quiz#3 Tuesday

Choose vocabulary for the quiz.

Let’s choose ten adverb clause terms to review.

1.    because

2.    if

3.    since

4.    before

5.    until

6.    even though

7.    when

8.    while

9.    after

10.                       as...as

 

1.    park(v,n)

2.    beautiful(adj)

3.    work(v,n)

4.    study(v)

5.    restaurant(n)

6.    library(n)

7.    walking(part of a v,n)

8.    school(n)

9.    easier(a)

10.                       course(n)

easy   easier   easiest

IDIOM get rid of = throw away, dispense with

Let’s get rid of this old computer.

She got rid of her husband and moved to LA.

 

 

as...as  school

as ADJ as – compare two equal things

My school is as good as your school. same

My school is better than your school. one is better

 

even though   walking

Even though I go walking every night, I can’t lose weight.

You can go and study in the library even though you don’t have a private room.

 

Good even though bad.

I am happy even though my life is hard.

Even though it was pouring rain, Jack decided to go hiking.

 

NO CLEAR MEANING

Even though she doesn’t go parties, she has to go to the library.

Even though she wants to go to the party, she has to go to the library.

My grandson likes to sing English songs even though he can sing Persian songs very well.

I go to the library every week even though I don’t have enough/much free time.

 

 

PRONUNCIATION

empathy(n) empathetic(adj)

sympathy(n) sympathetic(adj)

 

 

Jack is as good at biology as he is at math.

 

I got you. gotcha(only for casual talking) I understand. I have your back. I will look out for you.

 

I bought something. I bought some things.

 

You should practice every day after you’ll be successful. XXX

You should practice every day; afterwards, you’ll be successful.

 

You should practice every day after you get home from school. ADV CL

 

another- 1  He found another old book in the attic.

other- many He many other books in the basement.

 

If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we will go for a hike.

If it isn’t raining tomorrow, we will go for a hike.

If it isn’t rainy tomorrow, we will go for a hike.

 

VERB TENSE with adv cl

If it isn’t raining tomorrow, we will go for a hike.

If it will not be raining tomorrow, we will go for a hike. XXX

She will go to the gym if she will have has time.

 

She went to the gym if she had time.

 

 

when/while

when – one time

Call me when you get home.

Call me while you are driving home.

 

while- two things happening at the same time

She was watching TV while he was reading the newspaper.

 

It is sunny while it is cold. UNUSUAL SOUNDING

It is sunny but cold. SIMPLE

While it was raining on Fraser Street, it was sunny on Nanaimo Street.