WI567 Class 36

 

Good afternoon

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Go over subject verb agreement exercises from homework

·      Continue noun clauses

Quiz soon- tomorrow or Friday

·      Begin to talk about essay structure

 

Thursday

·      Quiz4 – noun clauses

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Friday

·      Begin adjective clause- final kind of clause

·      continue essay structure

Write an essay soon

 

Work to come:

causative verbs

appositives

 

Monday, April 14

·      Continue essay work

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Tuesday, April 15

·      Write an essay

 

Wednesday, April 16

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Thursday, April 17 - Final day

·      Non-instructional day

·      One-on-one meetings if you want, just like midterm

Final marks and comments

·      Preparing report cards

Submit the final marks and report cards to the office

 

 

Mary, who is a teacher, bought a pet.

who is a teacher- adjective clause Begin adj cl on Friday

 

Mary, who was a teacher, bought a pet.

Mary, who is a teacher, bought a pet. mixed verb tenses

 

Joe who is my best friend was born in Syria.

 

 

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“Subject/Verb Agreement 1”

St. = Saint

The accident victims were taken

saint – Catholic religion, performed a miracle

Saint Paul’s Hospital, Saint Peter, Saint Joseph’s Hospital

St. George’s School

3. committee(s) – collective noun

The committee is in session. The committee members are discussing your idea.

bimonthly- twice a month, once every two months

CLEARER VOCAB

biweekly- once every two weeks   Most people get paid biweekly.

once every two months

every two days

twice a day

one day on, one day off- every second day

an amount per day- He earns $50 per day walking dogs.

She practices piano two hours per day.

 

50$ XXX

$50

 

fortnight- not a common word, England – every two weeks

We will meet in a fortnight.

 

First Nations people have been here for 20,000 years?

Settlers have been here for a few hundred years.

My family has been here for about 200 years.

 

Native, First Peoples, Indigenous

Indians

 

Metis (French word- mixed)- mixed people- European and Native

First Nations

 

biracial – two races

 

white, Black, African-American, African-Canadian

coloured people people of colour

brown - Indian

yellow Asian

 

SLANG 

ABC American-born Chinese

CBC

banana-

 

We all have the same ancestors in east Africa.

 

4.High blood pressure is a problem.  causes/increases

 

6. drought- no rain

There is a pen.

There are two pens.

 

9. You take pills. You take vitamins. I take kerotin.

I eat take medicine.

He eats a sandwich. He has a coffee every day.

 

dose- amount of medicine  He took a dose of cough syrup.

doze(V)- sleep

 

group, class, team, committee, familt (s)- collective noun

The class is working hard. The students are working hard.

 

The Chen family is coming over for dinner.

The Chens are very nice people.

 

14.She will press charges.

 

20 tons of gravel was/were ordered for their driveway.

metric ton – 1000 kg

gravel- crushed rock for a road

 

20 tons (of gravel) was/were ordered for their driveway.

 

boulders, rocks, gravel, stone, sand, dirt, topsoil

 

15 boxes of pop is/are on the truck.

The pop is/are on the truck.

 

The cat (with white paws) is/are cute.

The cat’s white paws is/are cute.

 

Grammar book- subject-verb agreement

 

prepositonal phrases (on the bus)  (in the river) – not S

 

The passengers on the bus are happy.

The otters in the river are playing.

 

beaver-

 

 

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Noun Clauses

We know (that) geese are unfriendly. can omit ‘that’

We know geese are unfriendly.

 

She said that she would be late today.

She said she would be late today.

 

**subject clauses  and object clauses – too grammar book

Azar- Understanding and Using English Grammar, Betty Azar

 

What she said is right.

 

NOTE: Usually, noun clauses come at the end of sentences.

 

Whatever you want is ok with me.

 

I didn’t know/hear what he said.

 

I don’t know where he lives.

I didn’t know where my phone was. SIMPLE PAST TENSE

I don’t know where my phone is. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

I won’t know where you will be. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

 

I don’t know where SV.

I don’t know where I left my phone. mixed verb tenses

 

I’m not sure how I can go/get to the shopping centre.

 

I’m not sure how can I go to the shopping centre. XXX

How can I go to the shopping centre? question- simple sentence

 

How can I learn English?

I know how you can learn English.

 

I don’t know how can I do that. XXX

I don’t know how I can do that.

 

I don’t know how I can do that.

I don’t know how I can to do that.  MORE NATURAL WAY

She knows how to fix a laptop.

He knows how to bake bread.

 

She doesn’t think he will bring food to the potluck.

 

Please remind her that she must bring my keys.

Please remind the students that they have to register for Quarter 4.

 

-know why

 I don’t know why she is late.

The teacher explained why he could/can not/ will not attend the potluck.

 

I will let you know that if I am free when/after I talk to the manager.

 

She remembered (that) she has to work tonight.

 

This is a reminder that all passengers that recently arrived to Vancouver must pick up their bags and proceed to the Canada Border Agency.

adjective clause

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW