WI567 Class 16

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue with sentence types- COMPLEX- ADVERB CLAUSES

·      Continue parallelism

·      Topic Sentences “Vocab exercises”

·      Begin grabbers

 

Wednesday

·      Continue with sentence types- COMPLEX- ADVERB CLAUSES

 

Thursday

·      Quiz3 – complex sentences- adverb clauses

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Coming up!

·      Phrasal verbs

·      Modals/Modal Auxiliairies

·      Causative verbs

 

 

Adverb Clauses Examples (continue from last class)

 

-if

-even if

A                                        B                      A depends on B

Mei will go to the party if Sarah invites her. adv cl

A                                             B                B does not affect A

Mei won’t go to the party even if Sarah invites her. adv cl

 

You come to school even if you are tired.

We will hold our meeting even if you can’t make it.

 

even though-

We will hold our meeting even though you can’t make it.

Jin smokes even though her husband doesn’t like it.

Jin will go to the party even if her husband doesn’t go.

 

 

I will go to the park even though it is raining. Is it raining?

I will go to the park even if it rains. Is it raining?

 

Junko has ice cream every night even though she has diabetes.

She is keen on horror movies even though she can’t sleep after she watched them.

She watches horror movies even though they freak her out. She gets nightmares.

night

mare- horse

Old superstition- hearing horses running at night- bad omen, bad luck

 

Superstitions- culturally specific

-black cat crossing your path

-open umbrella indoors

-step on a crack on the sidewalk

Step on a crack, break your mother’s back.

-walk under a ladder

-number 13

-break a mirror, seven years back luck

-drop a fork

-give a knife as a gift

 

Good luck

-a four-leaf clover

-wish on a falling star

-wish on the first star that you see

“Starlight, star bright

First star I see tonight

I wish I may

I wish I might

Have the wish

I wish tonight.”

-dropping a coin in a fountain

-knocking on wood

 

-provided that – ‘if’ for important things

Let’s get some ice cream if you want to.

You can go to UBC provided that you are accepted.

Junko can get her PR provided that she qualifies.

 

-unless

We can go for a walk if you want to.

We can go for a walk unless you are too tired.

She will buy a new phone unless it is too expensive.

I will buy you a toy if you finish your homework.

I won’t buy you a toy unless you finish your homework.

 

I won’t pass the math class unless I study hard.

I will pass the math class if I study hard.

This project will not continue unless we get financial support.

Lily cannot go to UBC unless her marks improve.

 

DIFFERENT FEEL- indirect request

I will pick up our son unless you are able to.

Jun will make supper unless her husband already has.

I will continue with this project unless you want to do it.

 

-although, even though, though(casual)

We keep working even though we’re tired. We are tired.

We keep working even if we’re tired. tired? maybe yes, maybe no

She loves Vancouver although it rains a lot.

though- casual talking It is sunny today. It is chilly though.

It is sunny today though it is chilly.

 

-as...as - comparable, same as

She is as tall as her sister (is).

The used iphone 16 was as expensive as a new iphone 13.

She is as tall as her sister.

He sings as well as his father did.

The math is as easy as pie.

He is as skinny as a bamboo.

 

DIFFERENT USAGE

He works as a teacher.

She works as a teacher. She is a teacher.

 

English is, as we learned, a very popular language.

Like she said, the movie was really funny.

Like you just mentioned,

 

-as if

Mei acts as if she were the queen.

Shira spends money as if she were Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend.

 

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD- imagining, dreaming, not reality, pretend

If I were a millionaire, I would buy a jet.

GIVING ADVICE If I were you, I would apologize to your brother.

Nuanced verb usage- high level

 

-so...that

The kitten is so cute that I want to have it.

The math class is so hard that I need to get a tutor.

 

AVOID THIS The kitten is so cute. casual talking

The kitten is super cute. casual talking- new slang

 

The kitten is really/very cute.

 

DIFFERENT STYLE

-such as

 

She sings really well. adv

She is a really good singer. adj

 

-in order that

Junko is saving money in order that she can take a trip to Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-in order to V - very natural sounding

Junko is saving money in order to take a trip to Japan.

Mohammed is leaving early in order to get to work on time.

I have to go to Metrotown in order to get my package.

In order to go to EF6, you have to pass EF5.

 

-so that SV-

Junko is saving money so that she can take a trip to Japan.

Mohammed is leaving early so that he can get to work on time.

I have to go to Metrotown so that I can get my package.

 

I have to get to the cell repair shop in order to get my screen replaced.

 

Homework: Try some of the exercises. We will share our results tomorrow.

 

 

**Pro Tip- ChatGPT- gives good examples