EF12 Class 2

 

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Continue group chat

·      Articles ‘a’ ‘an’ ‘the’

·      HW “The Kiwi”

 

All of the writing on the screen will go onto my blog on the internet: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

 

***Group chatting ***

chat- casual talking, relaxed, fun

Groups of 4-5 people

1.Home

I am from Pakistan. I was born in Colombia. My home country is Canada. My mother country is South Sudan.

My mother language is Dari. My mother tongue is Urdu. My mother tongue is Spanish. My first language is Vietnamese. My second language is French. Her third language is

 

One language- monolingual(adj)

Two languages- bilinguial(adj) He is bilingual.

Three languages- trilingual She is trilingual.

Many languages- polyglot

She is a polyglot.

My English is getting better all the time. Her English is improving step by step. It is getting stronger little by little.

 

2.Family

I have one brother. I have three brothers and two sisters.

I have only sisters. He has four sisters.

I have a big family in Vancouver.

brother, sister, younger brother, older brother,

uncle, aunt auntie

nephew, neice

son, daughter

He has two sons. She has one daughter.

He has one son and one daughter.

She has two sons and one daughter. She also has two grandsons.

He has no grandchildren yet.

Are you married?

I am married. I am single. She is engaged.

engaged- will get married soon

They are divorced.

single – not married

lonely- emotion, sadness  She feels lonely in Canada. Her family is not here. She misses her family.

alone- by yourself

He is alone but not lonely. He likes being single.

You are proud of your daughter.

 

3.Jobs

Do you have a job? Are you working?

Are you looking for a job? Are you looking for work?

What kind/type of job do you have?

I work in construction. I am a finish carpenter.

I do concrete.

I want to be a businessman in the future.

I want to be a elementary school teacher.

I want to be a business owner. I want to run my own business.

I want to speak academic English.

academic(adj)- high level college, university

I am was a driver in BC. simple past verb tense

In my country, I am was an engineer. I want to be an engineer in Canada.

In Colombia, I was an industrial engineer.

In Afghanistan, I was in the textile industry.

She wants to be a nurse in Vancouver at Lions Gate Hospital.

I want to become an accountant.

I was a sociology professor in Mexico. I want to be a veterinarian.

a veterinarian- an animal doctor

I want to take care of pets.

pets- dogs, cats, birds, lizards, turtles, fish, etc.

The geese are flying south.

He cooked a goose for Christmas.

one goose, two geese

You can buy a goose at a butcher.

I like goat stew.

 

4.Travel

I wanna want to go to Dubai.

I want to go to Afghanistan.

I want to go to the US. I want to visit L.A. (Los Angeles).

I want to visit Italy.

I want to go to Colombia.

My dream is to visit Paris.

My dream is to go to Japan.

My dream is to go to Israel.

 

Simple past verb tense

She visited Russia and Finland.

He went to India.

She stayed in India for three months.

Simple future verb tense

I will go to Alaska.

I will visit London, England.

I will go to San Francisco.

I want to go to Chicago.

I want to know visit Chicago. XXX Spanish

He wants to travel to Hawaii.

I want to go to Iran.

 

will eat, will go, will buy, will walk

 

5.Hobbies- things you do for fun in your freetime

She likes to go swimming.

She likes to go shopping.

She likes to play golf.

He likes to play soccer/football/hockey/baseball/volleyball.

I like to go ballroom dancing.

He likes to go hiking.

They like to go camping.

She likes cooking.

He likes reading.

He likes watching movies.

She likes to go for a walk in the park.

He likes to read poetry.

I like to play soccer and basketball.

soccer- football

Hockey is the most popular sport in Canada.

 

6.Future plans

In the future, I will be a student. I want to be a student. I want to go to college.

He doesn’t want to to get married. He wants to get married.

They want to have children.

I want to achieve my goals.

goal- something that you want, dream, plan

I have a dream. I want to open my own business.

I want to go to college. I want to study nursing.

I want to see my mother. I miss my mother.

I want to take a ten-minute break.

 

**Writing practice**

Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Write some short sentences for these topics.

1.Home

2.Family

3.Jobs

4.Travel

5.Hobbies- things you do for fun in your freetime

6.Future plans

 

I live on Fraser Street.

  

I lived in the US. I lived in the United States.

 

I live close to Grouse Mountain. I work as a baker in Grouse Mountain.

 

I want to go North Korea.

 

Good work! This is a high level class, almost ready for UBC.

 

***The verb ‘to be’

 

is  are

Ex. She is 16 years old. Spanish- She has 16 years. Not English!

I am 27 years old.

They are 20 years old.

1.    New York is a big city.

2.    She is friendly. He is unfriendly.

3.    He is five years old.

4.    Sweden and France are countries in Europe.

5.    Her hair is long. Her hair is short. straight/curly/wavy

His combs his hair. She brushes her hair.

6.    It’s very cold today. It’s=It is

It is  very cold.  

contraction ‘ apostrophe

he’s = he is

she’ll = she will

7.    The cat is furry.

A person has hair. A cat has fur.

8.  The dog is hungry.

9.  They are friendly.

10.                       An elephant is a big animal.

11.                       Mice are small. A mouse is small.

one mouse, three mice

12.                       Apples are red. Bananas are yellow.

An apple is red. A banana is yellow. A lemon is yellow or green. A lime is green. An orange is orange.

13.                       You are talkative. You like to talk.

You are very quiet. You don’t like to talk.

14.                       Ice cream is sweet. It is cold. I like vanilla ice cream.

chocolate/strawberry/garlic

15.                       The bus is late. The bus is early. The bus is on time.

The bus arrived just in time.

16.                       He is 25 years old.

17.                       I am tired.

18.                       Mr. and Mrs. Baker are teachers.

mister  misses

19.                       We are sleepy today.  esleepy

20.                       You are intelligent.  She is clever. She is smart.

 

Exercise 3

Ex. The Mona Lisa is a painting.

1.    A cat is an animal. A cat is a small animal.

2.    Roses are flowers. A rose is a flower.

3.    A Toyota is a car. It is from Japan.

Toyota

Yoda

4.    New York and Paris are big cities. They are capital cities.

5.    Sweden is a country.