Wednesday, 11 June 2025

P2 EF56 Class 32

 

The end of the term seems to be dragging.

IDIOM drag(v) feels like it is going slow

The movie dragged on the middle.

 

karate-

kara- empty

te- hand

 

IDIOM “on fire”- really doing well, accomplished, mastery, skilled

 

 

VOCAB typo    Thar is a typo. That

give

 

typographical error- typo

 

Its a nice day.  It’s   not a typo

 

hunt and peck typing – like a chicken eating grain or rice

 

A bird pecks at the ground.

IDIOM henpeck(v)

He is a henpecked husband. sexist

 

IDIOM Live and let live.

Give people space.

Don’t micromanage people.

My boss is always looking over my shoulder.

Please don’t micromanage me.

 

micromanage, control, push- negative-sounding word

guide, teach, instruct, mentor, suggest, advise- positive-sounding words

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Quiz6 – noun clauses

·      Talk about spoken presentation

Friday- I will do a check-in with you.

I am looking for evidence you have started to plan and write the project. Worth 1 pt.

Write a first draft- first version

Do a practice presentation. Time it.

 

·      Modals/modal auxiliaries

·      Next verb tense- present perfect

·      Continue opinion writing

 


Friday

·      Test3- paragraph, final paragraph?

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      Begin essay work

 

Week 8

Quiz7- adjective clauses (final quiz)

Spoken presentations (over three days)

Essay work

 

Week 9

Monday

·      Review

 

Tuesday, June 24

·      Optional replacement test and/or quiz

Will explain more later.

 

Wednesday, June 25

Final day

·      Final marks and meetings


 

 

 

 

Modals/ Modal Auxiliaries

model

modal(adj) mode(n)

Her car has two modes- ECO and Sport.

 

Put your phone on Airplane mode.

Put your phone on vibrate.

 

music modes-

 

photocopier/printer – modes

His printer goes into Sleep mode.

 

auxiliary- extra, extra verb, helper verb

She is an auxiliary worker in the company. She is a casual worker. She works on-call.

He works permanent/regular part-time.

She was laid-off last year.   -economic downturn, eligible for EI

She was fired last year.   -your fault, ineligible for EI

She quit last month. ineligible for EI

EI- employment insurance

 

She is on a leave of absence. -leave her job temporarily

She was seconded to a college, so she took a leave of absence from her job.

She/He took maternity parental leave.

Parents can share 12 months of parental leave.

Your boss cannot fire you. You can come back to your job or some equivalent job.

 

Japan offers incentives to young families to have children.

Canada offers incentives to young families to have children.

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/canada-child-benefit-overview/canada-child-benefit-we-calculate-your-ccb.html

 

 


 

 

 

one-word modals

-can

-could

-may

-might

-must

-shall

-should- advice, suggestion,

recommendation

-will

-would

 

 

 

 

 

two-word modals

-have to

-need to- stronger than ‘have to’

-ought to- ‘should’

advice, suggestion, recommendation

-used to

 

three-word modals

-be able to

-be going to

-be supposed to

-have got to- strong ‘must’

CASUAL TALKING I got to go.

CONTRACTION I’ve got to go.


 

GRAMMAR

modal + infinitive – ‘to’

might + to go = might go      She might go home early today. not a tense

must + to try = must try        We must try to be patient.

                                                   You must try these wontons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘shall’

I shall ...  Forget it!

We shall go. NOT COMMONLY USED

 

polite invitation: Shall we go? Let’s go.

Let’s take a break, shall we?

Shall we dance?

Shall We Dance Japanese movie

 

Richard Gere is a silver fox. He is a handsome older man.

 

 

Verb structure for modals:

 

modal + infinitive – ‘to’

e.g.    will + to watch= will watch

Mei will watch her sister play violin in the orchestra tonight.

He will watch

They will watch

I will watch

The dog will watch

 

**Some grammar experts say that future ‘will’ ‘be going to’ is not a verb tense, but a modal.

 

used to + to drink

She used to drink coffee, but (now) she switched to yerba mate.

She used to drink coffee, but now she prefers yerba mate.

yerba mate- substitute for coffee, very healthy

 

I used to listen to pop music when I was young; these days, I listen to Classical Persian music.

I used to be a nurse.

She used to play badminton. habit in the past, no longer

 

No comments:

Post a Comment