WI567 Class 5

 

This week and next, two weeks- sentence types- simple, compound, complex          -verbs – tenses, forms, styles

 

Following weeks- types of paragraphs- narrative, descriptive, persuasive, process, ?

 

Final weeks – types of essays

-         business letter writing

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Go over active/passive verbs from last class

·      Return Quiz1

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Begin overview of verb tenses

 

 

Tuesday

·      Verbs with gerunds and infininitives

·      Subject verb agreement with ‘anyone, anyone, noone everyone’ etc.

·      Continue overview of verb tenses

·      Talk about paragraph writing

 

 

Exercise #1

Change active voice to passive voice in the following sentences.

1.    May drank a glass of milk. ACTIVE VOICE simple past verb tense

PASSIVE VOICE

A glass of milk was drunk by May.

drink drank drunk

auxiliary verb – was

 

Passive voice- more complicated, easy to make mistakes

-don’t know who did the action

-focus on the object

-avoid responsibilty

 

2.    Junko cleaned the kitchen.

The kitchen was cleaned by Junko. simple past

The kitchen has already been cleaned already. present perfect

already – finished

I already did EF3.

 

Commas are very personal things- some people use a lot of commas;other people don’t.

There are some basic rules for commas. There is authentic usage- what do other good writers do.

e.g. Please close the door.

Close the door, please.

Please, close the door. – sounds a bit impatient

 

 

3.    Mark baked these cookies.

These cookies were baked by Mark.

ways of cooking- bake, boil, toast, scramble, fry, roast, broil, barbecue, steam, simmer, stew, burn, char, smoke

 

Levels of cooking meat-

well done

medium well

medium rare

rare

blue

raw

 

 

4.    I am teaching you about English. ACTIVE

Your English is being taught by me. PASSIVE

The English is taught to me by him. PASSIVE VOICE

She taught me English. ACTIVE VOICE simple

 

Passive voice sounds very indirect. Sounds weak.

 

5.    He is riding a horse. ACTIVE VOICE

The horse is being ridden by him. PASSIVE VOICE

 

We know about it. You can choose to use it when it seems appropriate.

 

Write some passive and active sentences from your imagination.

6.    throw

The ball was thrown to me in the park.

The retirement party was thrown in a restaurant downtown.

through(prep)

A brick was thrown through the window.

Somebody threw a brick through the window. ACTIVE

 

The junk was thrown away by me.

PHRASAL VERB through(verb) away(prep)

 

pass(v) – hand to hand

throw(v)- through the air

 

7.    buy

The ball was bought last week.

These tennis balls were bought last week.

Mai bought these tennis balls last week. ACTIVE VOICE

 

The new Skytrain cars were bought from a German manufacturer.

The old Skytrain cars are being sold for pennies.

store(v) storage(n)- keeping old things in place

Her grandmother’s old plates are/were stored in boxes in her attic.

store(n)- retail business

She runs a boutique dress shop. boutique- fancy, fashionable, designer

He runs a boutique guitar store.

shop(n,v) She shops in a shop.

shop- sounds like a little store, small

 

They go to the grocery store.

 

addict

attic- top of the house or building

 

8.    wear

present tense- A tie is worn with a collared shirt.

past tense- Last week, poppies were worn to commemorate Remembrance Day.

future tense- Colourful dresses will be worn by Indian women for the wedding.

 

He always wears a smile. She usually wears a frown.

Parents tell kids: Turn that frown upside down.

 

9.    bring

Your dictionary should be brought to the class everyday.

Good news was brought by him. PASSIVE

He brought good news. ACTIVE

Have you brought your hiking boots? ACTIVE

 

10.                       put

put put put

The new Skytrain will be put on the tracks. The old Skytrain car will be put up for sale.

She put her car up for sale. She put it on Marketplace, ebay, and Craigslist.

Her car was put up for sale.

The letter was put in the mailbox.

 

-She puts her car up for sale. simple present- all the time, habitually XXX

-She puts her used clothes up for sale. simple present- all the time, habitually

 

-She put her car up for sale. simple past

-She will put her car up for sale. simple future

-She will put course on hold for several weeks.

postpone, delay

 

Jun’s family pictures are being stored in her sister’s attic. present perfect, passive voice

pictures/photos

 

**As a good writer, you can decide how you want to say/write things.

 

accident(n)- something gets damaged, somebody gets hurt

incident(n)- something awkward happened, uncomfortable, i.e. argument, raised voices

 

There was an incident in class today. Two students got into an argument.

There was a car accident on Highway 1.

There was a fatal car accident on the Sea-to-Sky.

Sea-to-Sky – the highway from Van to Whistler

 

fatal(adj) – causing death

 

IDIOM black ice- sections of frozen water on the road, not visible

IDIOM fender bender- a minor car accident, dented bumpers

 

“Correction Codes”

 

CS      I studied very hard. I passed.

frag   I want to be a nurse. Because my mother was a nurse.

prep

pron he/she/they- modern usage for a single person

 

vt- verb tense

vf – verb form

wf-

 

Quiz 1

1. SV            exercise

I don’t like exercise. n

I don’t like to exercise.

I don’t like exercising. gerund

like, love, hate, prefer, begin, continue- infinitive OR gerund

WILL TEACH TOMORROW

She likes NOUN.

She likes ice cream.

She likes to swim.

She likes swimming.

She doesn’t like to swim.

She doesn’t like swimming.

She doesn’t like swim. XXX

I like sleeping. I like to sleep.

 

2. SSV         break

I and my classmate My classmate and I will take a break.

 

3. SVV         mountains

4. Imperative      try

5. Interrogative   successful

How did she achieve successful in her life? wf

 

6. SSVV       work

 

Optional fix and rewrite your whole quiz on a new piece of paper. I will give it one bonus point. You can give your RW today or first thing tomorrow.

Quiz 1 RW  Full name and class

 

 

“Correction Code”

*awkward phrasing, translation-

The challenge is to become familiar with authentic English. You must interact with English speakers on a daily basis in order to build out comfort level with authentic English.