Today’s Agenda
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Quiz2 (first 25m)
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Begin overview of sentence types HANDOUT
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Finish “Asking for a Job Promotion” dialogues
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HW Review
“Simple Sentences” HANDOUT
Thursday
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Begin simple sentences
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Begin descriptive writing
Friday
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“Self Assessment Reflection” Week 3
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Multiple Choice exercises
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Continue simple sentences
Quiz3 Monday
Choose vocab to review
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Continue descriptive writing
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Fun listening
Monday
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Quiz3- simple sentences
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Continue descriptive writing
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Begin compound sentences
P1
Quiz 2
Write a sentence with an appropriate verb tense for each.
Pass in by 9:45
1. SIMPLE
FUTURE find house
2. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE talk mother
3. SIMPLE
PAST send child
4. PAST
PROGRESSIVE meet team
5. SIMPLE
PRESENT get water
6. SIMPLE
PAST ask job
Overview of Sentence
Types
*SIMPLE SENTENCE- most basic, easiest style
one part, one independent clause, one main
clause
usually short sentence
SV- subject verb
subject- the main person, place, thing, idea
in the sentence
verb- action verb, state of being
SV- one subject and one verb
The sky is
blue.
SSV
You and I are talking on the phone.
SVV
The dog is
sleeping and is snoring.
SVVV (probably the maximum}
The kids are running, yelling, and eating.
SSSV (probably the maximum)
Joe, Sarah, and Michelle went dancing.
SSVV
The old man and his granddaughter
go to the park and have fun.
Imperative, command sentence - tell somebody to do something
Come in. Watch out. Sit down. Open the window,
please.
Interrogative sentence - question, interrogate (ask questions)
What are you doing? What time is it? Where did
you park the car?
Source of confusion- ‘simple’
grammar vocab 1.
simple sentences
2. simple verb tenses
*COMPOUND SENTENCES
-First level of compound sentences , SOBA , so ,
or , but , and
FANBOYS for and nor
but or yet so RARELY USED
98% of the time , SOBA , so ,
or , but , and
It is
raining now, so we can't play soccer.
SV, so SV.
MIX VERB TENSES:
She is
lactose-intolerant, so she didn’t have
any ice cream at the party.
She is = She’s CASUAL WRITING
You can
come to school, or you can go
to work. SV, or SV.
LATER- modals
can, could, should, would, will, etc
I like chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday.
Joan likes
hiking, and she also likes skiing. SV,
and SV. She is an outdoorsy person.
VOCAB outdoorsy(adj)- prefers to be outside
doing things like hiking, walking, camping, cycling, etc.
-Next level of compound sentences: ;
substitute semicolon for, SOBA
It is raining, so we can't play soccer. , so
= ;
It is raining; we can't play soccer.
I like chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday.
, but = ;
I like chocolate; I don't eat it everyday.
Joan likes
hiking, and she also likes skiing.
Joan likes
hiking; she also likes skiing.
You can
come to school, or you can go
to work.
You can
come to school; you can go to
work.
-Next next level of compound sentences
transitional terms therefore alternatively however
also, nevertheless, to tell the truth, first, secondly, first of all, etc
OPTIONS, CHOICES:
It is raining, so we can't play soccer.
It is raining; we can't play soccer.
It is raining; therefore, we can't play
soccer.
We can’t play soccer because it is raining.
COMPLEX SENT- ADVERB CLAUSE
MODELS FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES:
You can come to school, or you can go to work.
You can come to school; you can also go to
work.
You can come to school; on the other hand, you
can go to work.
You can come to school; alternatively, you can
go to work.
I like chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday.
I like chocolate; I don't eat it everyday.
I like chocolate; however, I don't eat it
everyday.
You have choice. Choice gives you power!
Options!
COMPLEX SENTENCES
-Adverb clauses – because if when
unless until after
before although, as, as soon as,
even if, since, ever since, etc
main clause adverb clause
Sarah doesn’t
want to talk to Maria because they had
an argument.
Because Sarah and Maria had an argument, Sarah doesn’t want to talk to her.
We won’t
go to the beach if it rains.
If it rains, we won’t go to the beach.
Your choice! I’ll show you how to do it both
ways.
-Noun clauses - brain, tongue
brain- think, believe, know, guess,
understand, imagine, remember, forget, etc.
tongue- say, whisper, state, yell, remind,
claim, argue, etc.
Most commonly go with these words: that why
how
Mohammed thinks that he should call his brother. noun clause
You can use whatever verb tenses you want to:
Mohammed thought that he should have called his brother. perfect
tenses
Mohammed thinks that he should have called his brother.
He thought about how he could fix his car.
The little girl believes that there is a
monster in her closet.
Maria said that we need more printer paper.
Junko didn’t tell us why she quit her job.
I believe that it will rain tomorrow.
He guessed that a guest is coming over
tonight.
-Adjective clauses - describe nouns
90% of the time- who that which
9.999% of the time- where whose
.001% of the time – whom
who-people, that-things, animals, which-
special things, unique things Fatima's neighbour, who is 86 years old, still
lives on her own.
Marta has some nice boots that she got from a
fancy store in Tokyo.
Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a
huge ancient city
HIGHEST LEVEL- COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES
Mei loves to eat chocolate, but Junko doesn't
like it because she is allergic to it. COMPOUND COMPLEX
I don't want to go to the party that Clara is throwing, but you should go if you want
to. COMPOUND COMPLEX
We will learn about these sentnece types for
the next few weeks. Some of it you already are familiar with. Hopefully, there
will be lots of new information, as well.
Listening fun:
1. After you
eat, food is broken down in your body. What is this process called?
digestion
2. In the human
body, is blood carried to the brain through veins or arteries?
3. Tess has a
quarter and 8 pennies. Joe has 3 dimes and a nickel. Who has more money?
4. Which is an
echo: a sound that bends, or a sound that bounces back?
5. Was
Beethoven an explorer, a scientist, or a composer?
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