WI567 Class 28

 

Good afternoon

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

·      Continue present perfect verb tense

·      Finish phrasal Verbs exercises

·      Quiz3 – adverb clauses (final 25m)

 

Two-week break- Spring Break

 

Noruz- Persian New Year, Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 2:01 a.m.

-food

-music

-dancing

-fire jumping- 4-10pm, Ambleside Park ,West Vancouver, March 18th

It will be the year 1404.

 

Canada – 2025 AD anno domini- based on the birth of Jesus Christ

 

fire- gets rid of the ‘evil eye’ – bad luck

I gave him the evil eye.

 

deep clean the house

new clothes

It is a time of renewal.

Forgive and forget.

 

Spring boarding is the best of the season, IMO.

IMO- in my opinion

You will get some ‘me-time’.

 

-guitar lessons-

Practice tennis.

job search- look for work

piano lessons- My piano is gathering dust.

 

 

Verb tenses:

SIMPLE- simple present, simple past, simple future

PROGRESSIVE- present progressive, past progressive, future progressive- less commonly used

 

Next verb tense – present perfect – very useful

present perfect – started in the past, continues up to now

span of time – from then until now

 

perfect – doesn’t mean ‘Perfect!’, just a word, from Latin

 

PRESENT PERFECT – started in the past, continues until now

 

VERY COMMON USAGE of present perfect

Molly has lived in Vancouver since 1998.

has lived – present perfect verb tense

 

auxuliary verb ‘to have’  OR ‘to be’   +  past participle

 

eat    ate    eaten

She eats an apple every day. SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE

She ate an apple yesterday. SIMPLE PAST VERB TENSE

She will eat an apple tonight. SIMPLE FUTURE VERB TENSE

She is eating an apple now. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE VERB TENSE

She was eating an apple at lunchtime when she found a worm. PAST PROGRESSIVE VERB TENSE

IDIOM An apple keeps the doctor away.

She has eaten her apple already. PRESENT PERFECT VERB TENSE

 

 

 

 

 

GOOD PHRASES TO USE FOR PRESENT PERFECT

already- from the past until now

yet

for two weeks

since she was a kid

 

I have had breakfast already.

We haven’t done the quiz yet.

We have done the reflections already.

She hasn’t called me yet.

 

I have lived here for six months / for ten years.

 

Have you been to Germany?

 

Have you ever eaten sushi? Have you eaten sushi before?

I have never eaten/had sushi.

 

Have you ever been to Toronto?

Yes, I have been there several times. In fact, I went/was/visited there two months ago.

We were there two months ago.

 

Have you ever been to Toronto?

No, I have never been to Toronto.

 

No, I have never had sushi.

 

 

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If I were you, I would return the dress. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz 3

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    because     eyelashes

2.    even though       encourage

3.    if                  ocean

4.    when          children

5.    unless         sweater

6.    while           class

 

 

 

 

 

1.    donkey

2.    expand

3.    feel

4.    water