Thursday, 30 October 2025

EF23 Class 39

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue Modals/Modal Auxiliaries

Practice

·      Phrasal verbs- extremely useful for authentic English

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test (last 80m)

 

Friday- Final day

·      Return replacement quiz and test

Go over

No RW

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final “Self-Assessment Reflection”

·      Final reports and comments

 

 

 

 

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Modals/Modal Auxiliaries

 

Verb tenses-

simple present, simple past, simple future & present progressive

 

Modals- not verb tense

simple/easy

 

can + to play = can play

I can play piano.

Mei can play piano.

We can play piano.

All of us can play piano.

They can play piano.

He can play piano.

The kids can play piano.

 

FUTURE

will + to visit

I will visit my mother.

Sarah will visit her mother.

John will visit his mother.

They will visit their mother.

We will visit our mother.

I will visit her mother.

 

She is visit her mother. XXX

 

VERB TENSES:

SIMPLE PRESENT          He visits his mother every week.

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE        He is visiting his mother today.

SIMPLE PAST                            He visited his mother last week.

SIMPLE FUTURE                      He will visit his mother tomorrow.

                                                    He is going to visit his mother tomorrow. He

 

MODAL He is going to might visit his mother tomorrow.

He might visit his mother. – We understand it is for the future.

He is going to visit his mother in the evening.

She will go to the gym in the morning tomorrow.

 

Verb tenses and modals are two different ways of thinking about verbs.

 

These are some areas to explore as we get better at English.

 

Other areas to get better at are simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Skills to develop- writing and speaking.

 

The work is yours to do.

Copy English you like.

Listen to native speakers and shadow them/copy them.

 

You can use my blog as much as you like, forever.

https://haleyshec.blogspot.com/

The search bar will not appear on a cell phone. It will appear on a laptop, tablet or computer.

 

 

My free advice: Don’t wait to start talking.

You do not want to live in Vancouver and have low-level English. That will be a hard life.

 

Youtube.com

Mr. English Channel

Learn English with Bob the Canadian

Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve - higher level

 

It’s up to you to find opportunities to improve your English. You can have to do it for yourself. Don’t rely on anyone else. Don’t blame anyone else for your English.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Replacement Quiz. Replace Quiz X.

Write an appropriate sentence for each.

1.    simple present-like                idea

2.    simple past- bring                  book

3.    simple future-go                     week

4.    present progressive-work    business

5.    simple past-run                       hour

6.    simple future- walk                child

 

Title: Replacement Test. Replace Test X

Write a short paragraph on the following topic.


Which English skill did you improve most this term?

 

 

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