Thursday, 11 September 2025

EF23 Class 8

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue verb tense work

“The Five Verb Tenses That You Have to Learn in EF23” HANDOUT

“Verb Tense Review” simple tenses

·      NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

 

 

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 2

·      “Multiple-Choice Vocabulary 1” 11-20

·      Go over “Correction Codes”

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Listening fun

 

Monday

·      Continue verb tenses “Simple Present Verb Tense EF23”

·      Continue NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

·      Continue or begin compound sentences

 

 

 

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Begin verb tenses

“The Five Verb Tenses That You Have to Learn in EF23” HANDOUT

We will be learning verb tenses for the next few weeks.

 

The Five Verb Tenses That You Have to Learn in EF23

 

verb tense- time periods

 

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE FUTURE

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

PAST PROGRESSIVE

 

SIMPLE PRESENT- habitual action, everyday, usually, often

          “She drinks green tea every day.”

          “He lives in Burnaby.”

          “Victoria is the capital of BC.”

 

SIMPLE PAST- one event in the past, finished

          “You ate two eggs for breakfast this morning.”

          “He watched a movie last night.”

          “She moved / came  to Canada ten years ago.”

 

PRESENT TENSE            PAST TENSE

come                               came

walk                                 walked

eat                                   ate

go                                     went goed

buy                                  buyed bought

catch                               caught

teach                               taught

drive                                drived drove

fly                                     flew

run                                   ran

think                                thinked thought

take                                 took

read                                 read

see                                   saw

 

SIMPLE PRESENT

She sees her son every day.

SIMPLE PAST

She saw her son last night.

 

feel                                  felt

 

Repeat and use!

 

 

SIMPLE FUTURE- one event in the future, to come later

          Two ways to make simple future tense. For EF23, they are about the same.

1.    be going to- already planned it, already have a plan, decided already

          I am going to watch a movie tonight.

          I’m going to have lunch with my sister today

          She is going to cook chicken kebabs and rice for supper / dinner.

 

VOCAB supper- dinner

 

2.    will- decide right now, decide at the moment

Can somebody help me? I will.

I’ll have a large double-double and a chocolate donut, please.

 

REVIEW: Simple present, simple past, and simple future

 

 

 

 

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS - happening now, these days

She is working right now. two-word verb tense

They are watching the kids play in the park.

Jun is living in Vancouver.

I am studying English.

 

She is to walk is walking around the park.

 

COMMON ERROR

She walking around the park. XXX

FIX She is walking around the park.

 

I am driving my car to Tsawwassen Mills mall.

https://www.tsawwassenmills.com/

The outlet mall is by the airport.

We will go to both of them tomorrow.

 

She is listening to the radio right now.

She is listen to the radio. XXX

She listens to the radio every day. SIMPLE PRESENT

 

We are eating lunch in the park.

You are asking great questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You listen to music every day. SIMPLE PRESENT

I usually listen to music in the car. SIMPLE PRESENT

 

You listened to music yersterday. SIMPLE PAST

I listened to music this morning in the car. SIMPLE PAST

 

You are going to listen to a new Taylor Swift song later. SIMPLE FUTURE

I will listen to my mother-in-law later today. SIMPLE FUTURE

 

You are listening to music right now. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

I am listening to you. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

 

 

 

PAST PROGRESSIVE was ‘ing’  - interrupted, someone else happened

Joe was watching a movie last night, and the phone rang.

I was talking on the phone, and the door opened.

Maris was driving home when she saw an accident.

 

Different from simple past

Joe watched a movie last night.

I talked on the phone.

Maris drove home last night.

 

She had a coffee this morning.

She was having a coffee this morning, and her phone rang.

I was talking to my friend and my food burned.

She was reading a book yesterday, and someone asked her a question.

This morning, I was having breakfast, and a bee came into the apartment.

VOCAB bee- bumblebee, honey bee

wasp, hornet

The kids were watching a movie together, and they made some popcorn. They paused the movie.

I was sleeping when you called me.

 

 

REVIEW:

Simple present

Simple past

Simple future

Present continuous

Past continuous

 

Tomorrow- start simple present, past and future

“Verb Tense Review”

See how much you know already.

 

Exercise 1

1. jumped SIMPLE PAST

2. choir    will sing/is going to sing SIMPLE FUTURE

VOCAB choir- wire fire  a group of people singing together

3.    always runs SIMPLE PRESENT

VOCAB track(n) – a running track, an oval

VOCAB track(n) – a recorded song

She sings along to karaoke tracks.

 VOCAB truck- big vehicle

4.    are going to leave / will leave SIMPLE FUTURE

honeymoon(n)- vacation after you get married

5.    sits SIMPLE PRESENT

6.    talked SIMPLE PAST

 

Exercise 2

1.    POSITIVE will go

NEGATIVE will not go / won’t go

2. studies      does not study    doesn’t study

3. hit    did not hit   didn’t hit

VOCAB swerve(v)- turn your car quickly, turn left and right quickly

4. wash    don’t wash   do not wash

5. won    did not win  didn’t win

6. will finish    is going to finish     will not finish  won’t finish

 

I will finish my work later. I won’t finish my work later.

 

Exercise 3

1.    bought

2.    eats everyday

3.    is / was

4.    will not arrive    won’t arrive    is not going to arrive   isn’t going to arrive

5.    I will come to your party. I’ll come to your party.

I will go if you really want me to (go).

Please call me. I want to you to (call me).

Clean up your room. You have to (clean it up).

You must.

You have to. REAL ENGLISH

6.    was not happy    wasn't happy

She was not happy. She did not feel happy.

7.    Will you call me?

Will he come with us?

Will you have some coffee?

Would you like some coffee? POLITE

 

MODALS

could

may

might

should

will

would

 

VOCAB the day after tomorrow – Saturday – future  will

 

Are you going to call me tomorrow?

Will you call me tomorrow?

 

Could you call me tomorrow? CASUAL

Would you call me tomorrow? POLITE, PROFESSIONAL

 

Do you call me tomorrow? XXX

 

8.    He does not go shopping very often.   doesn’t go

go shopping- leave your house

 

go shopping- leave your house, go to a store

She shops online. He goes shopping at Tsawwassen Mills.

                  

I will go get groceries. I will go to Superstore.

I am going to buy something online. SIMPLE FUTURE

I will buy something online. SIMPLE FUTURE

 

9.    Did your brother visit you two weeks ago?

Did you eat your dinner yet?

10.Does she usually wear a dress to school?

 

SIMPLE PRESENT

-usual action

-facts

 

More tomorrow!

 

**NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

Small groups of 4-5 people for chatting.

Discuss Warm-Up Questions and the Vocabulary Preview.

 

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