EF23 Class 29

 

Three weeks left in the course.

 

QT- quality time with family and friends

 

roast turkey- crisp outside, juicy inside

went to Toronto- Niagara Falls

stayed home, rested

Lynn Valley-

play golf

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue verb tenses, Quiz5 soon

·      New dialogue “Talking to a Landlord”

 

Wednesday

·      Talk about spoken presentations

·      Continue verb tenses, Quiz5 soon

·      New dialogue “Talking to a Landlord”

 

Tuesday, Oct 14

First day of registration for Nov quarter.

You will get an email from the school on Tuesday morning. You can register using the link in that email.

I will explain how to register on that day.

Did you get the email?

Did you try to register?

If it worked, you should have received a confirmation email.

If you received a confirmation email, then you can relax. You will get a registration confirmation email next week or in a couple of weeks.

REGISTRATION- request

The advisors check the requests.

 

 

 

 

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“Verb Tense Review 1”

 

Exercise 6

simple present and present progressive

 

simple present-always, habit, truth, fact

present progressive- ‘ing’- happening now

1.    goes- simple present

2.    loves- simple present

3.    are being are

4.    is being is

5.    are watching- present progressive, happening right now

6.    is feeding- present progressive, happening right now

7.    get- simple present

8.    fight- simple present

always, almost always, usually, sometimes, rarely, never- simple present

9.    gets- simple present

10.                       is not feeling / isn’t feeling- present progressive

does not feel / doesn’t feel- simple present MORE AUTHENTIC

did not feel – simple past

11.                       is smiling- present progressive

12.                       is clapping- present progressive

VOCAB applause(n) a group of people are clapping

applaud(v)

The crowd applauded the singer.

The crowd gave the singer a round of applause.

The kids applauded the performer.

The little girl clapped her hands with happiness.

13.                       think- simple present

 

14.                       wants- simple present

VERB FORM wants to V

He wants to go.

I want to go.

The cat wants to eat.

The dog wants to catch a ball.

We want to study.

We want to register for next quarter.

want to V

 

SAME

wise,desire- want to go

must- have to go

must- need to go

 

He has to go to work.

She has to pick up my kids.

He has to register for EF4.

We have to speak out loud if we want to improve our language skills.

We have to book/reserve an elevator for moving.

I have to buy an airline ticket for next week.

He wants to answer the question.

 

He needs to get milk.

She needs to drink water.

We need to do our homework.

I need to call my mother.

 

EF4 – modal auxiliaries

can

could

may

must + verb You must leave.

should

will

would

I can teach modal auxiliaries later. However, the focus of this course for verb tenses is simple present, simple past, simple future, present progressive.

Modals will be extra.

 

15.                       is calling out, is yelling

 

The little kid was yelling / calling out in his sleep. He was having a nightmare.

I call your names for attendance.

 

Exercise 7

1.    When my alarm clock rang, I was sleeping. comma

I was sleeping when my alarm clock rang. no comma

2.    When my car hit the tree, I was driving.

I was driving when my car hit the tree.

3.    When the phone rang, I was taking a shower.

I was taking a shower when the phone rang.

4.    When the teacher yelled at me, I was daydreaming.

I was daydreaming when the teacher yelled at me.

daydream(v)- mind is somewhere else

5.    When my grandmother arrived at the airport, I was waiting for her.

I was waiting for her my grandmother when my grandmother she arrived at the airport.

I was waiting for my grandmother when she arrived at the airport.

6.    When it was time to leave the office, I was still writing the report.

I was still writing the report when it was time to leave the office.

report- document, information, summary, business plan, etc.

e.g.car accident report

 

Exercise 12

All Tenses

1.    love

 

VERB FORM EF4

love

like

hate

start

begin

continue

prefer

 

-love + infinitive

love to swim

-love + gerund

love swimming

 

She loves to hike in the mountains.

She loves hiking in the mountains.

Joe likes to play guitar.

Joe likes playing guitar.

I hate to be late.

I hate being late.

We started to improve our English skills.

We started improving our English skills.

Shira began to laugh.

Shira began laughing.

You will continue to work on your English skills for your whole life.

You will continue working on your English skills for your whole life.

I prefer to stay (at) home rather than go out.

I prefer staying (at) home rather than going out.

 

3.    I remember the day  simple present

4.    I visited the Eiffel Tower.

He remembers when he met her.

remember- simple present

met- simple past

I remember when I came to Canada.

5.    People were lined up.

People were lining up. past progressive EF4

6.    fired a gun, shot a gun

VOCAB fire(n)

              fire(v)- shoot a gun, lose your job

He got fired for being late all the time.

7.    Everyone was really/very scared.

8.    did not stop

That did not stop me from GERUND

The rain did not stop me from going to the park.

9. am planning

10. will go / am going to go – simple future

11. I am very excited.

12. went

13. will go / am going to go simple future

14. am shopping  -

imagining, in your mind In my imagination- I am walking on the beach already.

Champs-Elysees- a famous street in Paris

15.                       did not have / didn’t have

I did not have time to pick up some milk.

I had time to wash the car.

She did not have time to study for the quiz.

I had not time to buy milk. NOT AUTHENTIC ENGLISH

16.                       I will go there for sure. I am going to go there for sure.

IDIOM for sure- absolutely, definitely

17.                       feel

I feel excited about my birthday.

I am feeling excited about my birthday.

felt- simple past

18.                       are lined up – imagination HIGHER LEVEL

19.                       goes off- imagination  HIGHER LEVEL

20.                       Then I wake up.

21.                       I realize that it probably will not / won’t happen again.

22.                        

23.                       I am counting down the days.

IDIOM counting down the days- thinking about exactly how many days until some event

 

Some of the review was not too difficult. Other parts were a little tricky.

VOCAB tricky- challenging, confusing, not easy to do, difficult

 

EF23 simple present, simple past, simple future, present progressive

 

Tomorrow, we will practice more verb tenses. We will do another quiz this week.

Every quiz is six sentences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Talking to a Landlord”

Let’s get into small groups (4-5 people).

Chat and discuss about Warm-Up Questions and Vocabulary Preview.

Later we can practice the dialogues.