Good afternoon, everyone.
Today’s Agenda
·
Begin verb tenses “The Seven Most High-Frequency
Verb Tenses in English”
·
“Top 100 Most Used Verbs / Nouns in English”
HANDOUT
·
Continue “Golden Week”
·
Talk about topic sentences and grabbers for paragraphs
·
HW Review PLOs. Read over the PLOs.
Think about which PLOs you are already PROFICIENT/EXTENDING
in, and also which PLOs you are EMERGING/DEVELOPING.
Choose a few (3-4) PLOs that are interesting
to you.
We will use this for writing tomorrow and every Friday.
Friday
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1
Discuss PLOs. Vocab multiple choice exercises
·
Continue simple verb tenses, Quiz1 soon, probably
Tuesday
Simple Past exercises
Monday
·
Continue simple verb tenses, Quiz1 soon, probably
Tuesday
The Seven Most High-Frequency
Verb Tenses in English
There are 12 main verb tenses in English:
Thurs, Fri, Mon:
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
SIMPLE FUTURE
Next week
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS is working
PAST PROGRESSIVE was driving
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE low-frequency verb tense
In two weeks
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT substitute simple past
She had lived lived in Cairo for six years. -authentic English
FUTURE PERFECT
She will have worked
for 30 years by the time she retires.
I will have finished my
English courses in one year.
SUBSITUTE simple future
I will finish my English
courses in one year.
In two weeks
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
She has been living in
Canada for two years.
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Many of these vertb tenses we rarely if ever use. There is
little good reason to spend time learning verb tenses that are not used often.
I want to focus on the verb tenses that are high-frequency, the ones that we
use all the time, a lot, all day long.
These are the most useful verb tenses that we will focus on:
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
SIMPLE FUTURE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
PAST PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
We will not spend time studying these less useful verb
tenses:
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
PAST PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
12 Seven verb tenses
These verb tenses will be my focus. You can study whatever
else you want on your own.
**
Quick overview of the seven most important verb tenses.
Examples of the seven most used, high-frequency verb tenses:
-SIMPLE PRESENT- everyday, habitual action, truth
She thinks about her
elderly father everyday.
He goes to the gym
three times a year.
I like ice cream.
-SIMPLE PAST- one time event in the past, finished
She went to see a movie
last night.
They wanted to move to
a bigger apartment when they had their second child.
-SIMPLE FUTURE- one time event in the future will OR be going to
She is going to choose
which colleges to apply to.
I will help you move
those boxes right after I finish sweeping the floor.
-PRESENT PROGRESSIVE – happening right now, currently
She is video-chatting
with her mother right now.
He is planning to visit
Vietnam this summer.
-PAST PROGRESSIVE- happening in the past, often interrupted
You were riding home on
the bus when your sister called.
He was mowing the lawn when
his friend invited him to play pickleball.
-PRESENT PERFECT- started in the past, continues to now
She has thought a lot
recently about her childhood.
He has wanted to get a
new guitar for a couple of years now.
-PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE – started in the past, suggests
continuing into the future
She has been playing Baldur’s
Gate since she got home from work.
He has been thinking
about getting back in shape.
I have worked at SHEC
for 32 years. I will retire tomorrow.
I have been working at
SHEC for 32 years. I plan to stick with it.
I have been living here
for four years. – sounds like you are planning to stay
I have lived here for
four years. -future?
***
simple present
simple past
simple future
*SIMPLE PRESENT
-habitual action- habitual(adj) habit(noun)
good habit, bad
habit
something
you do normally, everyday, usual activity, routine
I
wake up at 7am (everyday).
She
goes to bed at midnight.
I
eat rice everyday.
He
eats rice everyday.
She
drinks coffee.
She
runs in the park with her son.
I
take a shower every Tuesday.
She
drinks green tea in the morning.
She
drinks black tea.
She
drinks tea with milk and sugar / honey.
HOW MUCH I drink a lot of coffee.
She drinks two litres of water every day.
a lot of
lots of
alot a lot
a little bit of She needs a little bit of help.
some He
plays some video games at night.
none
few
a little bit He
drinks a little bit of wine.
no She
drinks no alcohol. She doesn’t drink any alcohol.
She doesn’t drink.
beer, wine, spirits
I don’t drive.
She doesn't drive at night.
He doesn’t speak
French.
I
get up early every weekday (everyday).
She
goes to school.
I
prepare lunch for my son.
She
wakes up at 5:15 every day.
He
watches one hour of TV every night.
You
walk your dog for one hour between 4 and 5 every evening.
I
sometimes bring my dog, Butter, to school every Friday.
-
emotion, state of being
She
is very happy.
The
little girl is anxious about going to the dentist.
anxious(adj)
anxiety(n)
He
is busy.
Sarah
is tall.
Are
you happy here?
Is
your daughter worried about going to the dentist?
Is
your three-year-old son anxious about getting a haircut?
VOCAB worry(v) worried(simple
past verb, adj)
He worries about his family.
He worried about his test.
I was worried about my test. adj
She is worried about the future. adj
TEACH LATER three
years old “three-year=old” adj - hyphen
Are
you nervous about going back to school?
-
fact, truth
He is 34 years old.
The
Prime Minister lives in Ottawa.
The
new Prime Minister is Mark Carney.
Victoria
is the capital of BC.
Juan is Joan’s uncle.
Water boils at 100 degrees C.
She is from Mexico.
I live in Canada now.
It is freezing/cold here.
She is a grandma to eleven grandkids.
I am a mother of one.
I am a father of two.
I was born in
Pakistan SIMPLE PAST
#1 ERROR
AGR- subject-verb
agreement error
Sarah live in Vancouver. XXX
Sarah lives in Vancouver.
*Does not impede
meaning. However, this will hurt your marks.
Simple
Present Tense in the Negative
She
drinks coffee. She doesn’t drink coffee. She does not drink coffee.
Let’s
practice writing sentences with simple present tense.
“Top 100 Most Used
Verbs / Nouns in English” HANDOUT
Use
these verbs to write some (5? 10?) practice sentences. Many of the verbs you
will know; many will be new.
Ignore
the modal auxilaries- can would will could may should might must. They will not
work with simple present.
e.g
26.
call
Junko
calls her sister on the phone every Sunday
night.
49.
like
I
like vanilla ice cream from Earnest Ice Cream.
88.
buy
We
buy our groceries at Walmart.
46.
Maris plays football with her friends every Tuesday night.
YOUR
EXAMPLES:
Cats
live around 15 years.
Elephants
lives around 50 years.
‘to
be I am happy. He is happy.
She
lets her son play video games.
She
does not let her son play video games.
She
does her homework.
Do
you do your homework?
The
teacher leads/guides the children to the
park.
remain
-stay
She
remains/stays/waits at school until her mother picks her up.
I
keep some supper/dinner in the fridge for
my son.
breakfast brunch
lunch late lunch dinner
supper late supper
late
night snack midnight snack
She
provides for her family. She is the
breadwinner. She makes money for the family.
I
support my family.
I
support my life. XXX
I
support myself. I take care of myself.
He
expects to get the job.
He
expects that he will get the job.
He
expects me to lend him money.
I
expect you to do your homework.
The
mother expects her son to keep his room clean.
The
lunch special includes salad and lobster.
I
expect (that) this Sunday will be a sunny.
The
teacher expects the classmates to respect
each other.
accept-
She
accepts the invitation to the party.
He
accepts that he will have to do a lot of work to get good at English.
86.
consider- think about, ponder, evaluate, assess, examine
She
considers which hotel to book.
She
considers many room for the hotel.
EVERYDAY
He
considers which clothes to wear.
I
consider an idea.
I
consider you a good friend. AUTHENTIC
GRAMMAR?
I will teach it later.
I
consider SHEC a good school.
83.
offer
He
offers training opportunities to his employees.
I
always offer a seat on the bus to senior ladies.
The
company offers two options for holidays every year.
The
school offers a lunch program for the kids.
57.provide-
give
The
school offers/provides a lunch program for the kids.
I
always provide/offer a seat on the bus to senior ladies.
She
provides lots of food for the party.
**
Simple
Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs
adverb- modifies a verb
-usually,
ends with ‘ly’
quickly, slowly, easily, quietly, etc
well
frequency adverbs- how often-
never, rarely, hardly ever, seldom, sometimes, often, usually, always
Junko often drinks coffee
in the afternoon.
Junko never drinks coffee
in the afternoon.
*subject verb agreement
I never drink coffee in the
afternoon.
You never drink coffee in
the afternoon.
He never drinks coffee in
the afternoon.
She never drinks coffee in
the afternoon.
We never drink coffee in
the afternoon.
They never drink coffee
in the afternoon.
Sarah never drinks coffee
in the afternoon.
Matt never drinks coffee in
the afternoon.
frequency adverbs- how often-
never, rarely, hardly ever, seldom, sometimes, often, usually, always
I always go for a walk in
the afternoon.
I usually wake up at 7
o'clock. Today I got up at 6.
I sometimes go home by taxi.
Sometimes, I take the bus.
He seldom goes to the
movies.
She rarely visits her sister.
Jun hardly ever cooks for
himself. He almost always gets UberEats.
CONTINUE TOMORROW with SIMPLE PAST
and SIMPLE FUTURE
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