Thursday, 1 May 2025

P2 EF56 Class 5

 

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.

 

 

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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?

 

 

 

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Focus on simple tenses:

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.

 

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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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