Monday, 12 May 2025

P1 EF5 Class 12

 

Good morning, everyone.

Mundy Park- Coquitlam

Discussion groups- VPL

I planted a garden, and the squirrels ate everything.

Volunteered cutting hair in the community.

Danced and ate at a Mothers’ Day party.

 

plant a seed- shoot- plant

roots, stem, leaves

Tree- roots, trunk, branches, twigs, leaves or needles, maybe flowers

buds- flowers

A flower blooms. A plant blossoms.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Continue progressive tenses- present progressive

NEW TENSE past progressive

COMING UP IN THE NEXT WHILE

perfect tenses- present perfect, present perfect progressive

 

Present progressive from homework

Past progressive- Exercises HANDOUT

·      Test1 – narrative paragraph (last 55m)

·      HW   “Overview of Sentence Types” HANDOUT Look over for

homework. We will start this work tomorrow.

 

Tuesday

·      Begin overview of sentence types HANDOUT

·      Continue progressive tenses- present progressive, past progressive

Quiz2 tomorrow-

Five verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future, present progressive, past progressive

Choose vocab to review

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz2

 

 

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Present progressive sentences from homework

Your examples:

1.    He nevers get to class on time. SIMPLE PRESENT

2.    She is waiting  you outside the class.

COLLOCATION/PHRASAL VERB - two words that often go together - wait for

3.    She is writing poetry for her new book. right now, these days

4.    She is adding more sugar to her coffee. right now

5.    We are adding more people to the guest list.

6.    Heather is hearing heard the news about the terrible accident.

Joe is telling Heather the news about the terrible accident.

IDIOM I am just hearing about this now. This is the first I’ve heard about/of it.

7.    Mia is exercising in the park. right now

8.    A couple is strolling through the park.

VOCAB strolling- slow, relaxed walking

9.    She is following will follow me to the grocery store when we finish school.

She is following me to the grocery store in her car.

10.                       They are beginning to write the report project today.

11.                       The sunshine is dancing through the sky.

12.                       The sun is brighting is shining brightly in my eyes.

Your eyes are shining brightly; your hair is sticking beautifully.

JOKE IDIOM bed head- messy hair when you wake up

 

 

13.                       Sue is attending to the party that is going on down the street of from her house. prep

14.                       She is considering if she needs to change her car because the old one isn’t working very well.

15.                       She is expecting a gift for her birthday party.

16.                       She is expecting gifts at her birthday party.

 

Farsi speakers – True Correct Is that correct? Is it true? Is that right?

 

Farsi – exam

quiz- short, worth a few points

test- longer, worth more points

exam- 3-4 hours, major assessment tool

 

 

IDIOM wear the pants in the family – boss in the family, decision-maker

He/She wears the pants in the family.

She wears the pants in the family when it comes to budgeting.

-         based on traditonal family model- one person is the breadwinner.

VOCAB breadwinner- works and earns money for the family

SLANG bread- money, $$

I don’t have any bread. I’m broke.

Afghani movie The Breadwinner – young girl dresses as boy, earning money for her family

 

These are the verb tenses we have learned so far:

Simple present

Simple past

Simple future

Present progressive

 

New verb tense: past progressive

auxiliary + ‘ing’

 

Present progressive:

Mei is watching a movie right now.

 

Past progressive:

Mei is was watching a movie last night.

Mei was watching a movie last night.

 

EASIEST WAY TO SAY THIS- simple past

Mei watched a movie last night.

 

** simple past and past progressive- little bit different usage

 

SIMPLE PAST- one event, finished

Mei watched a movie last night.

 

PAST PROGRESSIVE- event in the past, interrupted by something else

Mei was watching a movie last night when the electricity went out.

Mei was watching a movie last night, and her sister called.

 

EXAMPLES:

I was coming to school, and the bus stopped because of construction.

My son and I had lunch in his classmate’s home at noon yesterday.

My son and I were having lunch in his classmate’s home at noon yesterday, and he broke a glass.

She was driving her car, and a dog ran in front of her.

She was driving from Victoria to Nanaimo, and a deer ran (right) in front of my car.

There was an earthquake last Friday. Did you feel it?

Yes, I was studying at South Hill (when the earthquake happened).

Yes, I was talking to my neighbour in the backyard (when the earthquake happened).

No, I was taking a ferry, so I didn’t feel it.

I was talking to my friend when the earthquake happened.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

 

 

 

Test 1

Orient paper properly

Write full name and class

Write in pen

Doublespace

Follow the margins

Phones and devices away

Write at least 150 words

 

Narrative paragraph:

Write about a funny thing that happened to you.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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