EF45 Class 18

 

Registration for November term begins in mid-October

Next week or the week after, we will have one-on-one meetings to talk about which course you should take next term.

I will give a recommendation based on quizzes, tests, spoken and RW.

We’re aiming at about a 65% minimum.

I don’t know what I’m teaching next term. I will tell you when I find out.

Hollie will tell me in a few weeks.

I usually teach EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7      Eng 11 and 12- very rarely

I prefer EF456.

 

 

type of /kind of  - same meaning

What type of music do you like? What kind of hobbies do you have?

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue verb tenses- present progressive exercises

·      Continue dialogue “Going Shopping”

·      IF TIME Begin descriptive paragraph

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Review” Week 4

·      Vocab exercises

·      Return Quiz2

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Continue descriptive paragraph-pictures

·      Fun listening

 

Monday

·      Begin new kind of sentence- complex sentence

Adverb clauses

·      Begin past progressive

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Verb tenses:

simple present

simple past

simple future

present progressive

past progressive

present perfect

 

 

 

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Continue verb tenses- present progressive exercises

 

Present Progressive Exercises

 

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with a present progressive verb tense. Write your sentence on your own paper.

 

1.    She is reading a book right now.

2.    They are playing football in the park.

3.    I am cooking dinner at the moment.

4.    We are watching TV together.

5.    The baby is crying loudly.

6.    He is fixing his bicycle.

7.    My friends are waiting for me at the bus stop.

8.    The teacher is writing on the board.

9.    The birds are singing in the trees.

10.                       You are wearing a nice jacket today.

clothing- present progressive

She is wearing a nice blouse.

 

 

 

Exercise 2

Rewrite the following sentences in the present progressive:

 

1.    She usually writes reports in the morning.

She is writing reports right now./ this morning.

I am mowing the lawn this morning. Then I will whipper-snip. Then I rake up the grass.

 

2.    Mex lives in Burnaby.

Mex is living in Burnaby.

 

 

3.    They travel to Spain every summer.

They are travelling in/to Spain this summer/now.

She is flying to China right now.

 

 

TEACHER’S ADVICE: Learn the rules. Practice them. Then forget them.

 

VOCAB flow- begin deeply immersed in an activity that you have mastery of

 

 

4.    Edith does yoga.

Edith is doing yoga now.

 

5.    Mei goes to the gym.

Mei is going to the gym now.

 

6.    Sarah stretches every morning.

Sarah is stretching her leg.

 

7.    Joanne goes to physio for her wrist.

Joanne is going to physio at 3.

physiotherapy- physio

 

8.    Edna listens to music.

Edna is listening to music. Implies ‘now’

 

 

9.    The kids study in the library.

Kai is studying.

 

10.                       Joe stays with his brother. sounds permanent

Joe is staying with his brother. sound temporary

NEGATIVE

I am working. I am not working.

She is listening to music. She is not listening to me.

He is doing yoga. He is not doing taichi.

 

pilates

yoga

taichi

meditation

 

 

Exercise 3

Contextual Usage

1.    Imagine you are a sports commentator. Write two sentences describing what the players are doing right now using the present progressive.

Messi is going to the goal. He is passing the ball to Ronaldo. Ronaldo is shooting.

He is handling/contolling  the ball.

He is tickling the ball.

He is tackling the other player.

He is feinting to the right.

 

He is hitting the ball.

She is heading the ball.

 

She shoots and scores.

hattrick – one person has three goals in a game

 

The basketball player is dribbling the ball. He is shooting the ball.

 

The golfer is driving the ball.

 

She is putting the ball.

 

The volleyball/tennis player is serving the ball.

 

She is serving food and drinks at the party.

 

The professional skater is entering the rink. He is going straight to the bowl.

 

 

2.    Imagine you are talking to your family from a vacation spot. Describe what you are seeing.

I am drinking a margarita.

The sun is shining. My daughter is collecting shells. The sea is stunning.

stunning(adj)  The waves are rolling in and out.

The dolphins are swimming and jumping. SIMPLE SVV

The dolphins are swimming, and they are jumping. COMPOUND

 

I am diving in the  Galapagos Islands.

He is snorkeling among the fish.

She is scuba-diving.

 

Fish are swimming around.

 

 

 

3.    Write three sentences describing what is happening outside your window (real or imagined) using the present progressive.

 

Exercise 4

Look at the picture. What is happening?

She is sunbathing. She is tanning.She is getting Vitamin D.

He is splashing /throwing/ pouring water onto/on her back.

on her

She is looking around at him.

 

Look at the picture. What is happening?

He is carrying/balancing a big package on his head. He is delivering the package to someone. The pink package is wrapped in red rope.

 

He is looking very serious. He is confused.

He is frowning.

She is smiling.

He looks exhausted.

He is alone.

He is using both hands to balance the package.

 

 

 

polite way to address people

woman       ma’am

man            sir

 

Teacher Jones

Miss, Mister Smith

Chen laoshu- Mandarin-  Teacher Chen

 

Your mother says your full name- big trouble!

 

University – Professor Jones

Doctor Wong

 

Please call me Joan. My friends call me Joan.

 

 

Mrs or Ms   misses  or miz

Miss- young girl

Mrs- married

Ms- single

 

Thanks, buddy. Thank you, sir.

 

Hi guys! Hi fellas. -casual greeting, very casual

 

Hi folks. casual greeting

 

dude- very cool and casual, friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

darling- sweetheart, boyfriend, a loved one

 

honey, dear, sweetheart

 

Depends on the context

 

You’re adorable. adj  - sweet behaviour, cute, friendly, sweet

That jacket looks adorable on you.

 

That was sweet of you. You are so sweet.

 

“Warm-Up Questions”

1.    Hot Topic, Winners, Marshals, online, Amazon, Temu, thrift stores-Value Village, vintage stores, Marketplace, outlet malls, Park Royal, malls

2.     

3.    cash, plastic, gift cards, tap, layaway

 

“Vocabulary Preview”

1.    department store- I work in the women’s department.

2.    on sale – discount

The store is on sale. XXX

The products are on sale.

The store is having a sale.

3.    sweater- UK a jumper

4.    dressing room- change room, changing room, fitting room

5.    rack- clothes rack

6.    debit card

7.    account- Do you have an account with us?

8.    temporary

9.    discount- the % that is off the price  10% discount

 

 

10  bargain(n) a good buy, something you bought for a good price

The sweater was a good bargain/deal.

 bargain (v) haggle(v)- to go back and forth on price

You haggle in a bazaar.

You haggle over the price of a car.

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz2

Phones and devices away.

Write a compound sentence for each.

Pass in by 12:35

1.    and              speak

2.    but              leave

3.    also             expect

4.    therefore   cry

5.    however    cheap

6.    as a result  careful

 

 

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“Going Shopping”

Let’s get into buzz groups of 4-5 people.

Discuss “Warm-Up Questions” and “Vocabulary Preview”