Monday, 16 June 2025

P2 EF56 Class 35

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Monday

·      Spoken presentations 1

·      Adjective clauses

·      Continue essays

·      Next verb tense- present perfect

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations 2

·      Essay work

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations 3

·      Essay work

 

Wednesday/Thursday

Quiz7- adjective clauses (final quiz)

Essay- pass-in

 

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


 

 

 

REVIEW ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

95% of the time -who   that   which

Less important- whom, where, whose

 

-who- people

My neighbour who is very elderly does not like my son to play in the backyard.

who is very elderly adj cl  SV

 

neighbour- person

neighborhood- area of a city

community- group of people

We have a close community in our neighborhood.

 

The girl who has long hair is very cute.

 

elderly(adj) – elder(n), senior, aged (Biblical), older(sounds polite), old (doesn’t sound polite), senior citizen

My dad is getting older. He is older now. He is 81.

 

IMPOLITE IDIOMS- one foot/paw in the grave, on his last legs, knocking on Heaven’s door, long in the tooth, ready to give up the ghost

That old dog is long in the tooth. very old

 

long in the tooth (idiom)- horses teeth grow their whole life, also mice, also beavers, rabbits

 

Sometimes people who are very elderly start to worry about going to heaven. They start going to church and praying and reading Holy books.

“They are cramming for the final.”

‘cramming for the final’ - studying all night before a big test

cram- study hard in a short period of time

‘cram schools’ – Japan, school that promote intense studying for a exam

 

 

*that- things, animals

The dog that has a white tail is very cute.

She has a phone that takes HD video.

HD- high definition

 

*which – special things, unique things(only one)

South Hiil Education Centre, which offers high school courses to adults, is on Fraser Street.

Her necklace, which her grandmother stole left for her, is very nice.

inherit, leave, will

He inherited an old house from his grandmother.

heritage- old culture, traditions

 

Heritage House- an old house in a city with historical importance

 

 

FOCUS: who   that   which

 

1.   The movie that we watched last night was really scary.

2.   She met a man who speaks/can speak five languages.

3.   The dog that barks at night belongs to our neighbor.

The dog that barked last night belongs to our neighbor.

The dog that belongs to our neighbor barks/has been barking at night.

VERB TENSES: simple past, present and future, present and past progressive, present perfect

 

4.   The house which build was built in 1890 has a lot of history. passive voice

 

She ate the apple. active voice

The apple was eaten by her. passive voice

 

5.   The teacher who taught/was teaching us retired recently.

6.   The dress that/which she wore to the party was stunning.

7.   The city that I grew up in has changed a lot over the years.

8.   The boy whose bike was stolen reported it to the police.

9.   The flowers that are in the vase were a gift from a friend.

10.       The athlete who won the/a gold medal trained hard for years.

11.       The shop _____ was very crowded. buy souvenirs

12.       The child who is playing in the park is my cousin.

13.       The child who is my cousin is playing in the yard.

 

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