Monday, 27 October 2025

EF23 Class 36

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return everything- Test 2, Presentation

Test 2 – Optional RW for 1 point

Presentation- no RW

·      Final pres

·      Prepare for Quiz6- verb tenses and sentence types, same skills as Quiz5

Quiz6          – verb tenses- simple past, present and future &

present progressive

                     -sentence types- simple, compound, complex

Choose vocab to review

·      New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

·      Continue Modals/Modal Auxiliaries

 

Tuesday

·      LAST QUIZ Quiz6- simple present, past, future and present progressive

simple, compound, complex sentences

Same topics as Quiz5

 

Wednesday

·      Review

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

You can replace one quiz or test with a new quiz or test.

You will get the new mark.

 

 

Friday- Final day

·      One-one-one final meetings, just like the midterm recommendation meetings

I will be writing final report cards and comments.

 

Presentations-

Marks

Email x/1

Check x/1

Written x/4- couple of paragraphs

Spoken x/4- coming to the front and talking to our classmates

 

x/9

 

Good job. We enjoyed the presentations.

Good practice. Hopefully, you will continue to develop speaking skills.

If you were nervous, you may feel less nervous next time.

 

Test2

Short paragraph

Choose one:

What are the best ways to have a happy life?

What are the best ways to learn English?

 

Topic sentence

-         first sentence

-         address the topic directly

 

What are the best ways to learn English?

 

TS                mention the topic, address the topic

          There are three good ways to learn English.

          I have a few ways of getting better at English.

 

EXAMPLE   You can listen to podcasts.

 

 

THINGS TO WORK ON

-         indent the first word

-         write between the margins

-         double space

-         paper orientation

 

SENTENCE WRITING

Every sentence has to be a real English sentence.

-SIMPLE SENTENCE   SV   SSV   SVV

-COMPOUND SENTENCE   SV, SOBA SV.   , so , or , but , and

-COMPLEX SENTENCE when if because after before

 

-capitalization A B C – first word in a sentence

-punctuation  comma ,   period .   question mark ?

- verb tense   simple present, past, future & present progressive 

 

wf- word form

sad(adj) The little kid is sad.

sadness(n) The little kid had sadness in his life.

angry(adj) anger(n)

happy(adj) happiness(n)

 

wf- word form

relax(v) I want to relax tonight.

relaxed(adj) She feels relaxed.

relaxation(n)  He enjoyed some relaxation on vacation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vf – verb form

want to go

need to go

want to learn

need to learn

want to eat/sleep/try

 

want to going

want to went

want to go

 

Sarah wants to buy a new phone.

Sarah needs to buy a new phone.

 

I need to clean up my house.

Mei wants to clean up her house.

 

 

 

**

Review for Quiz6

 

People love to complain.

complain(v)   He complained about the food.

compliant(n)   He made a complaint to the restaurant.

 

I want to complain about the ABC.

service/ food/ flight/ bus / Strata

 

 

I compained to Strat about ants on my balcony. They called an exterminator.

VOCAB strata- have a condo or a duplex- The people who manage the building.

 

rats

mice

 

Tomorrow Quiz 6

Verb tenses- simple present, simple past, simple future, present progressive/continuous

 

Let’s choose 10 vocab verbs to review.


1.    go

2.    say

3.    take

4.    feel

5.    spend

 

 

6.    leave

7.    send

8.    get

9.    wait

10.                    travel

 

 


Example quiz

Write a sentence for each. Use a variety of sentences: simple, compound, complex.

1.    simple future take       school

I will take my daughter to school. SIMPLE

I will take my daughter to school, and I will go to work. COMPOUND

I will take my daughter to school after we have breakfast. COMPLEX

I will take my daughter to school because my husband is busy. COMPLEX

 

 

 

 

 

2.    simple past wait    bus

I waited for the bus for 30 minutes. SIMPLE

I waited for the bus for 30 minutes, so I was late yesterday. COMPOUND

I waited for the bus for 30 minutes, but I didn’t take it. COMPOUND

When I waited for the bus for 30 minutes, it was raining. COMPLEX

I stood and waited for the bus for 5 minutes. SIMPLE SVV

 

               waited

When I was waiting for the bus,  I saw my old friend.

 

was waiting- past progressive EF4\

 

wait – present progressive

She is waiting for the bus because she wants to go to downtown.

She is waiting for the bus because she will go downtown.

 

SIMPLE PRESENT, PAST, FUTURE & PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 

I waited for the bus for 30 minutes because it was late.

 

Did you wait for long?

What will you do if you lose your money?

 

**

do/does

The card does not work.

The cards do not work.

 

I do not have a job right now.

She does have a job.

 

 

 

I do

He does

She does

 

doesn’t = does not

don’t = do not

 

ERROR subject verb agreement  #1 error

She do does not like ice cream.

We do not like ice cream.  We don’t like ice cream. 

 

She needs to call her mother.

He does not / doesn’t need to call his sister.

 

Daily usage is the key.

practice

 

 

Opportunities for using English - job, volunteer, community centre, school

 

 

Let’s choose 10 vocab verbs to review.


1.    go

2.    say

3.    take

4.    feel

5.    spend

 

 

Lets’ take the final few minutes of class and prepare for the quiz.

 

6.    leave

7.    send

8.    get

9.    wait

10.                    travel

 

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