Wednesday, 22 October 2025

EF45 Class 34

 

Final two weeks

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Presentations 2

·      Begin adjective clauses – final type of sentence

·      Continue dialogue “Making Home Improvements”

·      Begin essay work EF5

 

Thursday

·      Presentations 3

·      Continue adjective clauses

Quiz Monday

·      Continue essay work

 

Friday

No SCHOOL

Professional Development Day

 

 

 

Final week

Monday

·      Essay work

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz5 on adjective clauses

·      Essay

 

Wednesday

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

Do you want to gamble with a quiz and/or test?

 

Friday-final day

·      One-on-one meetings

I will be creating final marks and comments.

 

 

 

 

Sentence types:

*simple sentences SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative    Interrogative

*compound sentence SV, SOBA SV.    SV; TRANS, SV.

*complex sentence   -adverb clauses

                                         -noun clause

                                         -adjective clause

 

Final type of clause to learn about- Adjective clauses

 

adjective – describes a noun

the red hat - adjective

He is wearing a green hat.

 

COMMON ERROR FOR FARSI, ARABIC, AND SPANISH SPEAKERS

the hat red

 

 

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES/MODIFIERS: works 90% of the time

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

 

opinion- beautiful

size- small

age- ancient

shape- round

colour- sky blue

material- gold

origin- Japanese

purpose- tea

Junko has a beautiful ancient white tea cup.

Mei bought a new leather work bag.

She has a cute, adorable fat baby.

She has an adorable, cute fat baby.

He likes old Chinese paintings.

He likes old, ancient Chinese paintings.

 

Stanley Park, Park Royal

 

SIDENOTE: We often use nouns to modify nouns.

a new laptop adj

a school laptop noun- modifier, acting like an adjective

a spray bottle noun

 

a laptop computer

a cell / a mobile - a cellular telephone

 

 

 

 

 

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES/MODIFIERS:

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

Examples:

This is my school book. adj noun acting like an adjective

What category is school? purpose

This is my old school book.  old

This is my boring old school book. 

 

She has a nice diamond ring.

What category are nice and diamond? opinion material

 

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

Junko collects ancient Japanese tea sets.

The dog had a cute fluffy tail.

My grandmother broke her gorgeous sky-blue English teapot.

Mariam bought a warm purple wool/woolen sweater.

Ling bought a new wooden spoon.

We had delicious Chinese dimsum.

Marian bought some golden Canadian maple syrup.

You have a clear plastic water bottle.

Mei likes her new blue silk gloves.

 

Let’s try some. Write a few sentences using 2,3,4 modifiers from your own imagination.

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

 

, commas – two modifiers in the same category use a comma between

e.g.

She went on an exciting European vacation.

She went on an exciting, fascinating vacation.

*This is a detail. Don’t stress about it.

She has a cute, beautiful baby.

She has a cute two-month-old baby.

 

 

single adjectives – good for simple ideas

 

For more complicated ideas- need an adjective clause  S+V

An adjective clause tells us about (describes) a noun just like an adjective does.  Adjective clauses have subject and a verb.

 

Adjective clauses usually use these three words: who, that, which.

90% of the time you will be using who, that, which.

 

There are other words: whom whose where – not used often

NOTE: ‘whom’ very rarely used

MY ADVICE: You pretty much forget about ‘whom’, rarely used

EXCEPTION

Writing a letter- you don’t know who will be reading it:

For example- Letter of Reference

USE THIS EXACT PHRASE

To whom it may concern, 

 

To whom it might concern, XXX

To whom concern, XXX

To concern who is, XXX

Are you concerning who is what this, XXX

 

-a letter/message in a bottle

 

DON’T CHANGE IT. It is a convention.

To whom it may concern,

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE USE THESE WORDS MOST OFTEN WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES:

*‘who’ - used for people, all people, sounds polite

* ‘that’ - used for things, things are not alive, plants, animals,

* ‘which’ is used for special things (special to you- only you can decide if it’s special or not), also for unique things (only one- city names, landmarks)

 

jewelry- bracelet, necklace, earrings, rings, noserings, bangles

 

I bought this at/from the Dollarmart that is on Fraser and 42nd.

I come from Tehran, which is the biggest city in Iran.

 

 

 

*POINT TO CONSIDER- POINT OF CONFUSION

‘that’ is a multiuse word in English

‘that’ is used in many different ways

multi-use word, confusing

Examples

That sandwich was delicious. pronoun

That person is very tall. pronoun

The dog that lives next door is very cute. adjective clause

That waterbottle is leaking. pronoun

The waterbottle that is on the table is leaking. adj cl

She said that she would bring ice cream today. noun clause

She said that she will be late tomorrow. noun clause

The sandwich that she made was very tasty. adjective clause

I think that that sandwich was scrumptious. noun clause, pronoun

 

She wants to buy a phone.

She wants to buy the phone.

She wants to buy that phone.

 

this phone

that phone

 

 

The dog that lived next door barked a lot. adj cl

 

Crazy example:

She thinks that that sandwich that you made was so good that she wants to have another one.

confusing, overwritten, grammar is fine

 

noun clause, pronoun, adjective cl, adverb cl

 

 

That guy is really tall. pronoun

We saw a giraffe that had a really long neck. adjective clause

 

Adjective clause- The new earrings that you got for Xmas are nice.

The new earrings which you got for Xmas are nice. special

 

FOCUS who   that   which

 

- Examples of adjective clauses with ‘who’- people

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. COMPLEX adjective clause

 

2 pieces of information, 2 clauses in the sentence

1 Mei’s sister 2 who is a nurse lives in Burnaby.

1 Mei’s sister lives in Burnaby.

2 who is a nurse

 

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. 2 clauses, one sentence

 

Sarah quit her job. SIMPLE SENT

Sarah who was working as a cashier quit her job. COMPLEX SENT- ADJ CL

quitted quit

 

Michelle is my friend. SIMPLE SENT

Michelle who has a red car is my friend. COMPLEX SENT- ADJ CL

Joan who is from England works with my brother.

I have an aunt who is very generous.

I have an aunt. She is very generous. 2 SIMP SENT

 

Her daughter who is six years old has cute dimples.

Her daughter who has cute dimples is six years old.

 

My son who is in college plays volleyball.

 

-examples with ‘that’  things, plants, animals

The cactus that is green is very small.

My pen that is colourful was cheap.

Mary has a dog that is very cute.

Mary has a dog that is very obedient.

Mei has a sister who has red hair.

 

Mei has a sister who has a dog that has red hair.

 

-Examples with ‘which’ -special, unique

The Mona Lisa which is in the Louvre is the one of the most famous paintings in the world.

 

She loved the earrings which she inherited from her grandmother.

 

She is from Dongguan, which is in south China.

Martin is from Ecuador, which is in South America.

I come from New York, which is a village in Ukraine.

I am from Canada, which is a cold country.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

 

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New dialogue: Making Home Improvements

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

Discuss Brainstorming and Vocabulary Preview

 

“Brainstorming”

-need some tools

-need to repair the kitchen/bathroom cabinet

-kitchen cupboard

-The drawer is stuck. The drawer is sticking.

-The door is stuck/sticking.

- The hinges are squeaking.

- She oiled the hinge.

-The tile is cracked/ chipped / broken.

-The glass is broken.

-The glass is chipped.

-He chipped his tooth on a cashew nut.

-She chipped her bone.

-The heater is broken. I need a new heater.

-The faucet / tap is dripping.

- The clock is ticking.

-The walls need painting.

-We need to buy a vase for the flowers.

-We need to change the closet door.

- We need to change the bulb/light bulb.

-We have to renovate our kitchen.

renovate(v) renovation(n)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Quiz4

Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

1.          think         house

2.          know        cold

3.          hope         problem

4.          believe     difficult

5.          forget       city

6.          say            costume

 

 

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