Wednesday, 14 May 2025

P1 EF5 Class 14

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Quiz2 (first 25m)

·      Begin overview of sentence types HANDOUT

·      Finish “Asking for a Job Promotion” dialogues

·      HW   Review “Simple Sentences” HANDOUT

 

Thursday

·      Begin simple sentences

·      Begin descriptive writing

 

Friday

·      “Self Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Multiple Choice exercises

·      Continue simple sentences

Quiz3 Monday

Choose vocab to review

·      Continue descriptive writing

·      Fun listening

 

Monday

·      Quiz3- simple sentences

·      Continue descriptive writing

·      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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