Friday, 14 March 2025

EF34 Class 28

 

 

We have only 2 ½ weeks left in the course.

 

IDIOM I am working long hours.  long shifts- 10,12 hours

 

He will volunteer at the Food Bank at UBC.

He is community-minded.

There are many working poor people. They are food-insecure.

Minimum wage is not high enough to have an easy life in Vancouver.

Prices are market-driven in our economy.

Supply and demand drives prices.

 

IDIOM chill(v)-relax   She will chill over the break. I’m going to chill tonight.

Chilliwack- First Nations word ‘going as far as you can go upriver'

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflections” Week 6

·      “Phrasal Verbs Exercises 1”

·      Change midterm recs for students 50-64% to register for next level. You can register today for the higher level for Q4.

You will get an email from the school confirming what course you are in for Q4. That will take a while.

Every registration has to be checked by an advisor.

almost 600 registrations – three advisors

We register in the order that the registrations were received.

·      Role-Play dialogues

·      “Top 100 Most Used Nouns/Verbs/Adjectives/Adverbs/ Prepositions In American English”

Adjective forms

·      Talk about Iranian holiday- Noruz (10m-after break)

 

 

Two-week Spring Break – no school

Forget all of our English

Keep up the English!

Back in school on Monday, March 31st.

Final day will be Thursday, April 17th.

Quarter 4 will begin Thursday, April 24th.

You have to attend the first day or your spot will be gone.

 

Monday

·      Present progressive verb tense

 

 

 

 

 

phrasal verbs- verb + preposition

Extremely important and hard!

-         no rules

-         all idioms

e.g verb + preposition

talk + to

talk with

talk about- discuss, gossip

talk for-

 

Changing the preposition changes the meaning. We will study a bunch after Spring Break.

You can search up phrasal verbs to learn on your own.

for example: https://albaenglish.co.uk/blog/100-common-phrasal-verbs-with-meanings-and-example-sentences/

 

1.       I need to ___________ my Spanish before I travel to Madrid.

a.       brush up on

b.       put off

c.        run into

 

2.       He ___________ an old friend while shopping downtown.

a.       gave up

b.       ran into

c.        came across

 

3.       The meeting was ___________ until next week.

a.       brought up

b.       turned down

c.        put off- postponed

 

4.       She ___________ an interesting point during the discussion.

a.       looked after

b.       brought up

c.        put out

 

5.       We need to ___________ the budget before making a final decision.

a.       look over

b.       break into

c.        get by

 

6.       He was ___________ by the noisy neighbors.

a.       put off

b.       taken aback

c.        brought down

 

7.       They’ve decided to ___________ their gym membership to save money.

a.       cut out

b.       go through

c.        give in

 

8.       I ___________ yoga recently, and I love it!

a.       took up

b.       turned into

c.        came across

 

9.       Could you ___________ the lights before you leave the room?

a.       turn off- switch off

b.       bring up

c.        take on

 

10.    They managed to ___________ the difficult situation with teamwork.

a.       get through

b.       pull over

c.        look up

 

 

 

 

11.    She always ___________ her younger sister when their parents are away.

a.       turns down

b.       looks after

c.        takes up

 

12.    We need to ___________ early if we want to avoid traffic.

a.       set off

b.       give up

c.        take off

 

13.    The teacher asked the students to ___________ their assignments by Friday.

a.       come across

b.       hand in

c.        give away

 

14.    If you don’t understand, I can ___________ the instructions again.

a.       go over- explain

b.       carry out

c.        break down

 

15.    The manager decided to ___________ the job offer.

a.       break off

b.       turn down- reject, refuse

c.        run into

 

16.    I need to ___________ my keys — I can’t find them anywhere!

a.       look for

b.       take over

c.        make out

 

17.    The company plans to ___________ a new product this summer.

a.       bring out- release, drop

The new iphone 17 will drop later this year.

Banda will drop a new single next month.

single-song

album- 10-12 songs

 

b.       set up

c.        take down

 

18.    On her doctor’s advice, she will ___________ sugary drinks.

a.       pick up with

b.       put down for

c.        cut down on

 

19.    He ___________ his jacket and left the house.

a.       put on

b.       looked up

c.        brought about

 

20.    The thief managed to ___________ with the stolen goods before the police arrived.

a.       get away

b.       take off

c.        fall back

 

 

 

 

 

**I will return your quiz next class.


Quiz4

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    because     buy

2.    if                  visit

3.    when          never

4.    after            stop

5.    before        together

6.    because     gift

 

 

 

 

“Making a Complaint” Role Play

Students in groups of two can create their own dialogues based on the Role-Play scenarios on page 6.

Afterward, we can perform these dialogues for the class tomorrow.

Choose one of the Role Plays.

 

 

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Listening Questions

11.                       Which animals have feathers and beaks? Birds or insects?

12.                       What three numbers come between 18 and 22?

13.                       What do you call a round map of the earth? a globe

14.                       What is 3 plus 6?

15.                       Is BC an eastern province or a western province?

16.                       Which is smaller: a van or a minivan?

17.                       If you cut an apple in half, how many pieces will you have?

18.                       Does the Arctic Ocean cover the North Pole or the South Pole?

19.                       Which shape is not round: a circle, a square, or a sphere?

20.                       To hit a golf ball, would you use a racquet, a club, or a bat?

 

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