WI567 Class 27

 

Good afternoon.

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

Quiz3 on adverb clauses tomorrow

Choose vocabulary

·      Continue present perfect verb tense

·      Finish phrasal Verbs exercises

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

·      Continue present perfect verb tense

·      Quiz3 – adverb clauses (final 25m)

 

Two-week Spring Break

Forget all of your English.

Keep up our English!

 

Two and half weeks left.

 

Monday

·      Advocacy letter- Amnesty letter

 

 

Final adverb clauses:

in order that   in order to   so that

 

We will learn noun clauses and adjective clauses in detail after Spring Break.

Quick introduction to noun clauses- thinking

e.g. She knows that she has to learn more English.

He understands/remembered/forgot that his sister’s birthday is tomorrow.

Mei forgot why her sister is mad at her.

 

Quick introduction to adjective clauses- who   that   which

This pen which my son gave me is red.

Her apartment which is on Renfrew has a nice view.

Ifrah’s friend who lives in Kenya is called Diana.

The phone that she bought is very small.

 

**BIG CHALLENGE: seperating in our minds the three sentence types.

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX- adverb clauses, noun clauses, adjective clauses

 

 

IDIOM You are as stubborn as a mule.

rock-headed, pig-headed-  stubborn

 

IDIOM the carrot and the stick – different ways of motivating people

carrot- give incentive

stick- punishment

 

Parents use the carrot and then the stick.

 

Mules, donkeys, and camels are pack animals. animals that carry heavy loads

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz3 on adverb clauses tomorrow

Let’s choose 10 adverb words to review. I will choose six of them.

1.    after/before

2.    because

3.    since

4.    even though

5.    if

6.    when

7.    unless

8.    although

9.    while

10.                       in order to

 

VERY AUTHENTIC ENGLISH

in order to + V basic form of the verb-  to save  infinitive, no ‘to’

People buy bus passes in order to save money on transportation.

Mei is saving money in order to buy a new purse/house/donkey.

I will leave at 5 o’clock in order to get downtown by 5:40.

I will study adverb clauses tonight in order to pass the quiz.

She studies hard in order to pass the exams. simple present- usual

She studied hard in order to pass the exam. simple past- once

 

LESS COMMONLY USED

I will leave at 5 o’clock in order that I can get downtown by 5:40.

She studied hard in order that she could pass the exam.

 

YOUR CHOICE:

A.She studied hard in order to pass the exam.

B.She studied hard in order that she could pass the exam.

Which way do you like?

English speakers most often choose A, not B.

 

 

VARIATION She studied hard to pass the exam.

She saved money to buy a new phone.

 

She saved money in order to buy a new phone.

 

She gets eight hours of sleep in order to be well-rested.

She gets eight hours of sleep in order that she can be well-rested.

She gets eight hours of sleep to be well-rested.

 

He doesn’t get enough sleep.

 

He works very hard in order to make money for his family.

He works very hard in order to support his family.

 

so that

She gets eight hours of sleep in order that she can be well-rested.

She gets eight hours of sleep so that she can be well-rested.

Get up early so that you’ll be on time for school.

He is finishing his SHEC courses so that he can apply to BCIT.

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

I will explain it again so that you understand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s choose 10 vocabulary words to review:

1.    donkey

2.    expand

3.    children

4.    encourage

5.    sweater

6.    ocean

7.    class

8.    eyelashes

9.    feel

10.                       water

 

 

 

 

10 adverb words to review.

1.    before/after

2.    because

3.    since

4.    even though

5.    if

6.    when

7.    unless

8.    although

9.    while

10.                       in order to

 

Let’s practice for the quiz.

 

 

 

 

 

10 vocabulary words to review:

1.    donkey

2.    expand

3.    children

4.    encourage

5.    sweater

6.    ocean

7.    class

8.    eyelashes

9.    feel

10.                       water

 

 

 

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Phrasal Verbs exercises

 

7.get around to it- will do it eventually

I will get around to changing the lightbulb. Maybe tomorrow. It’s on the list of things to do.

I will get around to editting my resume.

She wlll get around to taking the ABC / blood / eye / driving test.

I will get around to visiting my sister. You have to but don’t want to.

postpone – put it off – delay

She will get around to doing/filing her taxes.

 

8.looked up

9.

  It is rude to point at somebody.

11.                       He will take it apart and fix it. He is a handyman/woman.

IDIOM She is a jack-of-all-trades. She can fix anything.

12.She picked out a nice dress for the party.

She picked some apples from the tree.

She picked out some nice fruit at the market.

While I pick cherries, I eat some.

 

PH2

1.called up- rang up- phoned

fell for- fell in love

He fell for her.

2. fix it up- repair  They had to fix it up. They fixed it up.

They knocked the building down.

They tore it down.

3.He broke out of prison. He escaped.

4.catch up  I have to catch up on my homework.

She will catch the bus.

5. quit, give up

Don’t give up! Don’t quit. Keep going.

She is trying to give up smoking. She wants to quit, but it’s hard.

 

stand up to  He stood up to his boss. They had an argument.

You stood up for yourself.

Many people find it hard to stand up for themselves.

 

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