Wednesday, 16 April 2025

WI567 Class 41

 

Canada

first-year

second-year

third-year

 

US

freshman

sophomore

junior

senior

 

Canada

elementary K-6

(some districts) middle-school / junior high school 7-9

high school / secondary 10-12

Vancouver 7-12

Churchill Secondary

 

**

emotion- angry?

hungry

exhausted – SLANG wiped, beat

frustrated- SLANG ticked off, POd, pissed off,

I’m POd!

 

enthusiastic, on-fire, eager, hungry to learn, willing

thirsty for knowledge, curious

 

 

 

Good afternoon

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue with adjective clauses

Appositives

·      “Sentence Type” exercises

·      Preposition exercises

·      IF TIME Causative verbs

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test. (1 hr+)

 

Thursday, April 17 - Final day

·      Option to write an essay for marks

·      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


 

Next quarter begins Thursday, April 24th.

 

 

 

** Appositives **

 

DIFFERENT WORD positive- different meaning, no relation

 

Adjective clauses and appositives are similar. They do the same job, but the grammar is different.

 

adjective clause

I like my teacher whose name is Mrs. Loo.

I like my teacher, who is named Mrs. Loo.

I like my teacher who is named Mrs. Loo.

 

appositive

I like my teacher, who is named Mrs. Loo.

I like my teacher, Mrs. Loo.

 

 

SENTENCE , NOUN or NAME

I like my teacher, Mrs. Loo.

I like my adopted city, Vancouver.

I love my new country, which is Canada.

I love my new country, Canada.

I love Canada. SIMPLE

 

I miss my old country, Colombia.

I miss my country, El Salvador.

 

ADJ CL        I miss my country, which is El Salvador.

APPOSITIVE         I miss my country, El Salvador.

You choice. Use both. Expand your repertoire.

 

An adjective clause can be shortened into an appositive.

 

 

Her new car, which is a Toyota Rav 4, is black. adj cl

Her new car, a Toyota Rav 4, is black. appositive

 

This is my daughter who is named Clara. adj cl

This is my daughter, Clara. appositive

She is going to her school, South Hill.

 

IDIOM She is the apple of my eye.

 

She is going to visit her adopted homecity, which is Shenzhen. adj cl

She is going to visit her adopted homecity, Shenzhen. appositive

 

 

I like my teacher Mrs. Loo. XXX no comma , error

 

 

PRO TIP: When there is a name in the middle of a sentence, put commas around it.

 

e.g I was talking with my friend, Michele, about the party next week.

I was talking with my friend, Michele. appositive

 

I was talking with my friend, whose name is Michele, about the party next week. adj cl

 

The girl who won the race, Gabriella, is happy.

 

I come from a very small country, Malta, which is in the Mediterranean.

You are from a small country, El Salvador, which is next to Guatemala.

appositive, adj cl

 

-name of a person, place, company, etc

 

Appositives helps to shorten sentences, especially ones with adjective clauses.

 

Examples:

The teacher, Allan, is ok.

The girl, Grace, who won the race, is happy.

 

My lunch smells great. It is an onion and garlic sandwich.

My lunch, which is an onion and garlic sandwich, smells great. adj cl

My lunch, an onion and garlic sandwich, smells great. appositive

 

Last night, her supper last night, a homemade hamburger, was delicious.

slider- tiny hamburger

 

Our class, Writing Improvement 567, will finish tomorrow.

 

He wrote an exam for his English class, English Foundations 5. It was exhausting.

 

OPTIONS

He wrote an exam for English Foundations 5. SIMPLE SENT

He wrote an exam for his English class, English Foundations 5. appositive

He wrote an exam for his English class, which is English Foundations 5. adj cl

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTION

This is my daughter, Clara.

This is Clara, my daughter.

He wrote an exam for his English class, English Foundations 5.

He wrote an exam for English Foundations 5, his English class.

 

EXAMPLE:

Fatima’s son is an engineer. He is moving to Toronto next week.

Fatima’s son, who is an engineer, is moving to Toronto next week. adj cl

Fatima’s son, an engineer, is moving to Toronto next week. appositive

 

 

Let’s try some for practice.

Combine these using appositives:

1.       Jessica is the youngest student in the class. She had the highest mark.

appositives

The youngest student in the class, Jessica, had the highest mark.

Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest mark.

 

adj cl

The youngest student in the class, whose name is Jessica, had

the highest mark.

Jessica, who was the youngest student in the class, had the highest mark.

 

2.       The baby is six months old. He does not sleep well.

The six-month-old baby does not sleep well. SIMPLE

appositive

The baby, six months old, does not sleep well.

The baby, a six-month-old, does not sleep well.

 

adj cl

The baby who is six months old does not sleep well.

The baby, who is a six-month-old, does not sleep well.

 

The horse is four years old.

The horse is a four-year-old.

 

horse racing- judge- harness racing

 

harness racing – the horse is pulling a sulky (cart)

jockey- the person who races the horse

The jockey sits in the sulky.

horse’s gait- the way it moves its legs

pacers or trotters

https://www.hastingsracecourse.com/racing/

 

 

3.       Eileen was the marketing manager. She organized the ad campaign.

appositives

The marketing manager, Eileen, organized the ad campaign.

Eileen, the marketing manager, organized the ad campaign.

 

adj cl

Eileen, who was the marketing manager, organized the ad campaign.

The marketing manager, who is Eileen, organized the ad campaign.

who is Eileen / whose name is Eileen

 

non-essential and essential clauses

Eileen, who was the marketing manager, organized the ad campaign.

Eileen who was the marketing manager organized the ad campaign.

 

SPEAKING TIP: comma- leave a little pause, breath mark

 

4.       The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight. She is a retired teacher.

adj cl

The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight who is a retired teacher.

The class was taught by a retired teacher whose name is Mrs. McKnight.  

Mrs. Knight, who is a retired teacher, taught the class.

appositives

The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, who is a retired teacher.

The class was taught by a retired teacher, Mrs. McKnight.

A retired teacher, Mrs. Knight, taught the class.

Mrs. Knight, a retired teacher, taught the class.

 

 

adj cl- who that which

The car, which my friend drives, is known for its impressive speed.

 

REVIEW OUR WORK ON ADJECTIVE CLAUSES- blog

Appositives

5.       The car was a red convertible. The car was speeding through the neighbourhood.

The car which was a red convertible was speeding through the

neighbourhood. adj cl

The car, a red convertible, was speeding through the neighbourhood.

appositive

 

6.       Friends is an American sitcom. It is very popular with ESL students.

Friends, which is an American sitcom, is very popular with ESL students. adj cl

Friend, an American sitcom, is very popular with ESL students. appositive

 

7.       The Nakdong River, the longest river in Korea, is over 500 km long. appositive No SV

The Nakdong River, which is the longest river in Korea, is over 500 km long. adj cl

The longest river in Korea, the Nakdong River, is over 500 km long. appositive

 

8.       English is the language of business. It is a challenging language to  

          learn.

English, which is the language of business, is a challenging language to learn. adj cl

English, which is the language of business, is a challenging language to learn. appositive

 

Example:

This building, which is a library, has many ancient books.

This building, a library, has many ancient books.

 

Let’s take a break, a ten-minute breather.

IDIOM breather- short break

 

 

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