EF12 Class 5

 

IDIOM         I chilled on the weekend. I relaxed.

I have only one sister. I have not brothers.

I have one sister and one brother.

There is a lot of rain.

There is a lot of water.

There are a lot of dogs.

 

There is too much water.  negative emotion- problem

There is a lot of water.

 

The iphone was expensive. She still bought it.

The iphone was too expensive. She didn’t buy it.

 

English is hard.

English is too hard.

 

Vancouver is rainy.

Vancouver is too rainy. I don’t like it. I won’t stay here.

 

Surrey is too far to walk.

 

Test#1 Rewrite- You fixed and rewrote your test. I checked some of the sentences. You got an extra point.

 

REMINDER: All of this goes onto the blog every class.

haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

REMINDER: I will be your teacher for this week, M-F. Next week, Alicia will be coming back.

 

 

 

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Return Test#1 rewrite

Bonus point

·      “Saying Hello” dialogues

·      Finish articles- a, an, the

IF TIME

·      Numbers and fractions

·      Begin past tense verb tense

 

 

“Saying Hello” dialogues

dialogue- conversation, communication, discussion

Sam and Jun had a conversation. They had a discussion.

have a conversation

have a dialogue

I had a dialogue with my manager at work.

 

“Ways to Say Hello”

Hello there! very friendly

Hey. friendly, casual

Hey. How are you doing?

Hey you! – not for saying hello, getting somebody’s attention

Hey, Joe!

Hiya. Hi, you.

Howdy. -casual way of saying hello, sounds like a cowboy

Yo. casual, sounds like a teenager

Greetings. sounds formal, very polite

Greetings to you.

Seasons’ greetings. Merry Christmas.  around Christmas time.

What’s up? informal, casual

Hey. What’s up? very natural-sounding English

What’s going on?

What’s happening?

What happened?

Good morning. 5am-noon

Good afternoon. noon-5 or 6 o’clock

Good evening. 6 o’clock-midnight

noon – 12pm

midnight- 12am

Morning. casual

 

Dialogues- talking between two people

 

meet(v) You meet somebody. new person, introduced to them

met(v)- simple past tense  He met Tom Cruise last year.

meeting(n) She had a meeting with a lawyer.

 

Get into groups of two people. Let’s practice saying the dialogues with partner. Then we will read them out loud.

 

Dialogue 1

Read aloud. Repeat.

I am = I’m

 

How are you?

I’m fine. And you?

 

Go for it.

 

Dialogue 2

How are things?

Not bad. So so.

I’m ok.

Long time no see. I haven’t seen you for a long time.

 

Dialogue 3

Nice day, isn’t it? Nice day, right? CASUAL

It’s cold, isn’t it?

The iphone is nice, isn’t it? The iphone is nice, right? CASUAL

Vancouver is an expensive city, isn’t it?

 

How are you?

I’m well. I’m good. I’m fine. I’m okay. I’m tired. I’m doing well.

I’m doing fine. I’m doing okay.

Good. Yourself?

Fine. You?

I’m doing well.

I’m great.

 

It’s cold out.

 

How are you?

Very good. Very well.

 

page 3

Practice

A.   Complete the dialogue.

a.Hello. I am Jane. My name is Jane. I’m Jane. My first name is Jane.

b. Hi. I’m Effie. My nickname is Effie. My friends call me Effie.

a. Where are you from? Where did you move from? What is your home/mother country/city?

b. I’m from Toronto. I was raised in Toronto. I was born in Toronto.

I was born in Montreal and raised in Toronto.

She was born and raised in Gorgan.

a.     I’m from Winnipeg. I come from Winnipeg.

 

 

B.    About Us

Nguyen- nwin

 

chopsticks

fork

spoon

knife

 

Bahn Mi Saigon, 5397 Victoria Dr- sandwiches

 

pho- Vietnamese noodle soup

 

 

Pronunciation Practice

 

I need to know.

 

Yo, Joe.

yoyo

 

He is talking to her.

She is talking to him.

 

one mouse/ two mice

 

Cartoons for learning English-

Dora the Explorer

Paw Patrol

Three House?

Sesame Street- not a cartoon