Friday, 25 July 2025

EF5 Class 18

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Return Quiz 3

Go over

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Continue adjective clauses

·      Essay work

·      Work on spoken dialogue presentations

Please give me a copy of the dialogue on the day you are doing your presentation.

·      Fun game or song lyrics

 

Monday

·      Dialogue presentations 1

·      Continue adjective clauses

Quiz tomorrow

Choose vocabulary

·      Verb tense- present perfect

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4- adjective clauses- FINAL QUIZ

·      Dialogue presentations 2

 

Wednesday

·      Dialogue presentations 3

·      Essay 1 – multiparagraph writing

 

Thursday

·      Dialogue presentations 4

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday

Final day

·      Dialogue presentations 5

·      Return essay, multiparagraph writing

Optional RW for bonus point

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and reports

I will submit final marks and reports to the office on Friday.

 

COMING UP

·      FINISH        “Odd Word Out 2” from two weeks ago

·      Verb tense- modals

 

 

 

Quiz3

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

Pass in by 9:05

1.          before                friend

My friend called me before she came over.

2.          when                  follow

Follow me when we hike up the mountain.

3.          since                   solution

She is happy since she found a solution to her problem.

4.          because             family

Her family is happy because they all get along.

PHRASAL VERB get along- good relationship

verb + prep

They don’t get along. There is conflict in their relationship.

5.          if                          piece

If you give me a piece of cake, I will eat it.

6.          unless                 improve

You can’t improve your speaking unless you talk to people.

 

Optional RW for a bonus point.

 

EXAMPLES:

I will follow you when you will become are famous one day.

He will go on vacation when he will have has free time.

 

 

1.       I need to ___________ my Spanish before I travel to Madrid.

a.       brush up on – review, relearn, refresh your knowledge

b.       put off

c.        run into

 

2.       He ___________ an old friend while shopping downtown.

a.       gave up

b.       ran into- meet unexpectedly

c.        came across- find unexpectedly

 

3.       The meeting was ___________ until next week.

a.       brought up

b.       turned down

c.        put off- delay, postpone, reschedule

 

4.       She ___________ an interesting point during the discussion.

a.       looked after

b.       brought up- raise a point, talk about an idea

c.        put out

 

5.       We need to ___________ the budget before making a final decision.

a.       look over- review, examine

b.       break into

c.        get by- survive

They get by on a small amount of money.

I can get by on my part-time job.

I have a survival job just to get by.

 

6.       He was ___________ by the noisy neighbors.

a.       put off- irritated, upset

b.       taken aback- surprised

c.        brought down

She is put off by people talking loudly on their phone.

pull up short   He pulled up short. He stopped his car suddenly. He hit the brakes.

 

7.       They’ve decided to ___________ their gym membership to save money.

a.       cut out-cancel, stop, cut from the budget, stop paying for

b.       go through

c.        give in- finally agree after a long argument

He cut out eating out in order to save money.

She cut out sugar in her diet.

She quit smoking. She cut out cigarettes.

 

The tired mother finally gave in to her crying son. She gave him some candy.

You can’t give in to kids.

 

8.       I ___________ yoga recently, and I love it!

a.       took up-started a new activity

b.       turned into

c.        came across

 

9.       Could you ___________ the lights before you leave the room?

a.       turn off- switch off

b.       bring up

c.        take on

You can turn off a phone/TV/ laptop/printer/PS4.

turn on

 

bring up- talk about an idea

She brought up buying a new car.

bring up – raise kids or animals

I brought up two kids.

 

IDIOM Let sleeping dogs lie. Don’t bring up old arguments.

 

Move on. It’s time to move on. Let’s not dwell on past mistakes.

 

 

10.    They managed to ___________ the difficult situation with teamwork.

a.       get through- overcome, manage a difficult situation

b.       pull over

c.        look up

We will get through this bad situation as a family.

She get through a difficult time with her marriage. She eventually dumped her loser husband.

divorced-

 

 

11.    She always ___________ her younger sister when their parents are away.

a.       turns down- reject, refuse, say ‘no’

b.       looks after- take care of

c.        takes up

takes care of

She turned down his marriage proposal.

 

12.    We need to ___________ early if we want to avoid traffic.

a.       set off- leave on a trip, start on a journey, depart

b.       give up

c.        take off

Next Friday, I will set off for a four-day fishing trip.

He set off for Calgary in his car.

 

13.    The teacher asked the students to ___________ their assignments by Friday.

a.       come across

b.       hand in- turn in, submit, give to the teacher

c.        give away

hand out(v) She handed out candy to the Trick-or-Treaters.

handout(n) -free gift charity

He gave a handout to the homeless man.

She is very proud, and she will not take handouts.

 

 

 

 

 

14.    If you don’t understand, I can ___________ the instructions again.

a.       go over- review, talk about again, study again, teach again, discuss again

b.       carry out

c.        break down

We’ve gone over this again and again.

 

15.    The manager decided to ___________ the job offer.

a.       break off

b.       turn down- reject, refuse, decline

c.        run into

She politely declined the job offer.

 

16.    I need to ___________ my keys — I can’t find them anywhere!

a.       look for-search for

b.       take over

c.        make out

He needs to look for a new apartment.

 

17.    The company plans to ___________ a new product this summer.

a.       bring out- produce, sell, bring to the market

b.       set up

c.        take down

Apple recently brought out the iphone 17.

Apple recently launched /released the iphone 17.

Beyonce will release a new album next year.

New movies are called new releases.

NEW RELEASES

Old releases

set up- build, organize

He set up a new modem in his house.

She set up her two friends on a date. She likes to play matchmaker.

 

 

18.    On her doctor’s advice, she will ___________  sugary drinks.

a.       pick up with

b.       put down for

c.        cut down on- reduce the amount, eat less, drink less

He cut on his screen time.

She cut down on eating junk food.

The doctor said that he should cut down on drinking.

cut out smoking- completely quit

 

19.    He ___________ his jacket and left the house.

a.       put on-

b.       looked up

c.        brought about

She put on make-up.

He put on a face to his sister.

 

 

 

 

 

20.    The thief managed to ___________ with the stolen goods before the police arrived.

a.       get away-escape, ran away

b.       take off

c.        fall back- go to a lower position

Real Madrid fell back to third place.

My little sister got away with everything.

IDIOM My little sister got away with murder.

Trump gets away with murder. Nothing affects him.

 

 

Daily Phrasal Verbs – useful for people who are developing language skills

- idioms, idiomatic- don’t translate well from a dictionary, meaning is not in the dictionary, meaning is in the usage

- heart of English

 

Phrasal verbs: verb + preposition

 

verb + preposition

 

look at- look (v) + at (prep)= ‘look at’ phrasal verb

 

look after- look (v) + after (prep)= ‘look after’ phrasal verb – TOTALLY DIFFERENT MEANING

 

look up

 

look out

 

look up to – admire, respect ‘You look up to your grandmother.’

 

RESOURCES FOR SELF-STUDY:

https://7esl.com/phrasal-verbs/#Common_Phrasal_Verbs_List_from_A_to_Z

 

Focus on one topic every few days:

Family, Relationships, Travel, Telephone, Cooking, Shopping, Business Clothes, Animals, House, Party, Driving, Education, Work, Health, Innovation, Money, Sleep, Problems, Crime, Environment

 

 

1000 phrasal verbs: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.languageforlife.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Complete-PV-list.pdf

 

 

 

 

1.   The city _____ has changed a lot over the years. grow

The city that/which has grown has changed a lot over the years.

The city where I grew up has changed a lot over the years.

 

 

2.   The boy _____ reported it to the police. bike steal

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

My phone was stolen. passive voice

Her heart was stolen. He stole her heart. She fell for him.

Her heart was broken.

 

 

3.   The flowers _____ were a gift from a friend. vase

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

 

4.   The athlete _____ trained hard for years. win gold medal

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

Olympics- gold, silver, and bronze

 

5.   The shop _____ was very crowded. buy souvenirs

The shop where I bought souvenirs was very crowded.

The shop where tourists buy souvenirs was very crowded.

She bought small bottles of ice wine and maple syrup for souvenirs for her friends back home.

 

6.   The child _____ is my cousin. play yard

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

 

7.   The hotel _____ offers breathtaking views. overlook beach

The hotel that overlooks the beach offers breathtaking views.

 

VOCAB overlook(v) has a view of

Her twenty-fifth floor apartment overlooks Stanley Park. It has a nice view of Stanley Park.

overlook(v) – forget, miss something   I overlooked that bill. I forgot to pay it.

 

The girl that won the race is my sister.

WHAT I TEACH

The girl who won the race is my sister.

sounds more polite and respectful

that- things and animals

 

Levels of politeness

The guy who my sister married is a good guy.

The guy that my sister married is a loser.

 

Chinese idiom- ‘eat soft rice’ man doesn’t work, wife works

 

IDIOM freeloader- somebody who takes from people and do not contribute anything, other people support them

-able to work, but choose not to work

 

IDIOM work long hours

 

 

Listening Questions

6.    Sick people stay here. Doctors and nurses work here. What place is it?

Emergency ward, pediatric ward, maternity ward, cardiology ward

 

 

 

 

7.    If a unicorn lost its horn, what animal would it look like?

A moose has antlers.

A bull has horns.

narwhal- whale with a horn

buffalo-

 

8.    Uncle Ed repaired four pairs of boots. How many boots did he fix in all?

9.    Is Vancouver next to the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?

10.                       It’s quarter to twelve right now. What time will it be in one hour?

11:45 quarter to twelve

12:15 quarter after/past twelve

1:30 one thirty, half past one

 

1 ½  one and a half

 

 

11.                       What object is hidden for a short time during a lunar eclipse?

lunar – moon  solar -sun

lunar new year -based on the movement of the moon

 

 

12.                       Why can’t plants grow at night?

no sun, photosynthesis

 

13.                       Which produces light: a star or a planet?

14.                       How much is 14 + 15 +16? 

15.                       Which will dissolve in water: salt, sand, or gravel?

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