EF56 Class 13

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Quiz#1

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Continue everyday dialogue- “Talking to the Traffic Police”

 

·      IF TIME Teach grabbers- paragraphs

·      IF TIME Continue PLOs “Prescribed Learning Outcomes”

 

Friday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Vocab exercises

·      Listening fun

 

 

 

 

Quiz1- simple sentences

1.    SV                          boring

The movie was boring.

I watched a boring movie on Netlix last night.

2.    SSV                        interview

Jun and Sasha interviewed for the same job at Amazon.

3.    SVV                       unclear

4.    SSVV                      relax

5.    Imperative           review

(You) Review your notes before your test tomorrow. implied subject

6.    Interrogative       change

When do you change your house? phrasing

When did you move?

When do you redecorate? When did you get new furniture?

Why did you change your plans/shirt/mind?

She changed her idea mind?

He changed his lifestyle after he won the lottery.

When did you change your buy a new car?

Why did you change chairs/seats?

Would you like to change your dress?

dress- woman’s long clothes

Would you like to change your clothes/clothing?

She changed her diet.

Why doesn’t he change his lifestyle?

My nephew gets a stress and be upset on unclear and polluted days. XXX

My nephew gets stressed and upset on smoggy days. adj

I was unclear and confused with  about his unclear ideas.

The report was unclear and confusing. SV adj

I read your report and found it unclear. SVV

She finds the math easy.

He finds it cold.

I can’t accept and conduct follow/enforce an unclear rule.

 

She read frequently and explained the unclear part of art book.

FIX

She read and reread the art book many/multiple times; then she explained the unclear part to me.

 

conduct(n,v)- You must conduct yourself accordingly when you are in a job interview.

conduct(n)- behaviour

 

So many mistakes.

So many opportunities for growth.

 

too, very, so

The party was too very/quite/extremely boring.

IDIOM The party was too boring for words.

The iphone was expensive.

The iphone was very expensive.

The iphone was too expensive for me.

The iphone was so expensive that I didn’t buy it. so...that ADVERB CLAUSES

 

The iphone was so expensive. CASUAL TALKING, not for writing

Sabrina is so smart. casual talking, not for writing

Sabrina is very/pretty/quite smart. Good for writing

Sabrina is so smart. casual talking

It’s pretty cold today.  pretty=quite

 

Sabrina is so smart that she got a bunch of scholarships.

 

scholarship- $$ for school, education

fund - $$, to pay for anything Gofundme.com

I fund my son’s volleyball.

I fund my music purchases through gigs.

I have a music fund in my Vancity account.

He doesn’t feel guilty about anything.

 

budget(n,v)- manage money, organize your money, monthly, annually

She has to budget her time carefully. She has a job, goes to school, and is raising three teenagers.

He tries to stick to his daily schedule.

 

student loan – money from the government to pay for education

bursary

grant- $$ for a project

She applied for the Grant and got it.

 

full fund She got a full scholarship to go to ABC University.

IDIOM She got a full ride from ABC University.

His scholarship is contingent on him getting a certain GPA.

 

 

quite/quiet

 

He is so cool. CASUAL TALKING
He is a really cool person. writing

 

I want to change the unclear report.

 

She didn’t get enough sleep.

 

We did the interview in a meeting/conference room at the company.

 

We have a lunch meeting today. We had a working lunch.

 

The new iphone launched yesterday.

SpaceX launched a rocket last week.

The new luxury cruise ship was launched last month.

 

Isreal launched several rockets into Lebanon yesterday.

Country A started a war with Country B.

 

The City of Vancouver held an outdoor concert in Stanley Park.

 

CatsRUs launched their new website.

 

Jun opened a new restaurant.

 

Tesla launched two new cell phones last week.

launch – begin to sell

 

We set off fireworks in the kitchen by mistake.

 

We launched/organized a donation drive for the Vancouver Food Bank.

 

They made a campfire. They lit a campfire.

We built a nice fire.

 

campfire- small fire on your campfire

bonfire- huge raging fire, six-feet tall

 

eavesdrop(v)- listen to other people’s conversation

She likes to eavesdrop on their neighbour’s conversation.

 

 

Cash is king. Money talks!

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES

 

Sentence styles:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

COMPOUND-COMPLEX

 

*SIMPLE    SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative (command)   Interrogative (question)

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES

It is sunny today. We will go for a walk on the beach. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

VOCAB overcast(adj)- cloudy

 

*COMPOUND – two simple sentences, join then together into one

 

It is sunny today. JOIN We will go for a walk on the beach.

 

How do you join them together?

 

MOST TEACHERS TEACH FANBOYS. I DO NOT TEACH FANBOYS.

 

FANBOYS – 7 coordinating conjunctions used for compound sentences

FANBOYS – for and nor but or yet so

FANBOYS  for and nor but or yet so   mnemonic, memory device

 

TRUTH   , FANBOYS not realistic, not that useful, not authentic English

 

In compound sentences: for nor yet rarely used in compound sentences by English speakers

They are taught in grammar books but are not often used by native English speakers.

 

Examples of for, not, and yet in compound sentences:

 

-for  

Maria is going to carry her umbrella, for it is going to rain today.

VERY UNUSUAL, sounds like a grammar book, doesn’t sound like a real English speaker

MORE LIKELY: Maria is going to carry her umbrella because it is going to rain. COMPLEX SENT, ADVERB CLAUSE- will learn next week

because/since/as

 

-nor   Joan does not like dogs, nor does she like cats.  VERY UNUSUAL, NOT AUTHENTIC ENGLISH, like a grammar book

MORE LIKELY: Joan does not like dogs or cats. SIMPLE

 

You probably studied ‘neither...nor’. We don’t talk like that.

“either … or” – occasionally , not often

 

You spent a lot of time learning useless things like ‘whom’.

 

e.g. Two girls or one boy is/are going to the party. Nobody talks like this!!!!!

 

 

You can either get a new video game or a new pair of sneakers for your birthday.

 

-yet   It is cloudy today, yet it is still warm. NOT AUTHENTIC, SOUNDS WEIRDLY FORMAL

MORE LIKELY: It is overcast today, but it is still warm. AUTHENTIC

 

VOCAB authentic – real, natural-sounding

 

We use ‘yet’ in simple sentences.

Are you finished yet? Have you had your supper yet?

I didn’t do it yet.

NOT COMPOUND SENTENCES, THEY ARE SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

SV , yet SV. XXX

 

 

MY ADVICE: Forget about ‘for’, ‘nor’, and ‘yet’ for compound sentences.

 

FANBOYS

SOBA

Forget about FANBOYS. Use SOBA. so or but and    New mnemonic

***These are the ones we use authentically: so or but and ***

SOBA- high-frequency words

 

soba noodles- Japanese buckwheat noodles

 

**When you think about compound sentences, think about a delicious plate of yakisoba.**

 

Let’s focus on SOBA.

 

REPEAT: Some teachers teach  FANBOYS. for and nor but or yet so

for nor yet Not commonly used

Why learn them if we don’t use them?

 

Focus on the four coordinating conjunctions that we use all the time:

, SOBA   , so   , or   , but   , and

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

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Listening Questions for fun

 

1.    Which will dissolve in water: salt, sand, or gravel?

2.    What is 10% of 100.

3.    How many strings are on a violin?

4.    Does the sun rise in the west or in the east?

5.    Dog is to paw as horse is to ...what?

6.    hoof

A pig has a trotter.

A cat has a paw.

A tiger has a paw.

A seal has flippers.

A fish has fins.

A bird has wings.

An eagle has talons.

A hawk has talons.

An owl has talons.

An octopus has arms and tentacles.

Most animals have tails.