EF6 WI567 Class 6

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue simple sentences

Prepare for quiz

Explain structure of the quiz

-         six sentences

-         only a couple of sheets of paper and pens out

-         everything else off the table

-         phones and devices away

Choose vocab to review.

·      “Simple Sentence Exercises”

·      Begin paragraph types- narrative writing- telling a story

“What is a Narrative Paragraph” HANDOUT

·      IF TIME “Jon Meets Amy” idiomatic English

 

Thursday

·      Quiz 1 - simple sentences

·      Continue narrative paragraph

Write a narrative paragraph. We will share these tomorrow.

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week2

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Continue narrative writing

·      Listening fun- song lyrics

 

Monday

·      Test 1- narrative paragraph

·      Return Quiz 1

Go over.

Optional rewrite for one point.

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

 

Quiz 1

-dividers

-take out a few pieces of lined, ruled paper

-phones and devices away

- desk clear except paper and pen

-Full name, class and date in top right corner

- centre top line  Quiz 1

-write in pen

-double-space

 

 

Quiz 1

Write a simple sentence for each.

Pass in by 12:45 (25m)

 

12:45 is the deadline.

 

 

Examples:

1. SV run morning

2. SSV enjoy playing

3. SSVV Sarah paint

4. Imperative walk dog

5. Interrogative practice piano

6. SVV friend watch movie

 

1.    I run around the park in the morning.

2.    Alex and Alice enjoy playing volleyball on the beach.

3.    Sarah and Mary are painting and drawing pictures on the wall.

4.    Walk the dog tomorrow morning.

Keep your dog away from me, please.

5.    Did you practice piano today?

Do you practice piano every day?

Will you practice piano before dinner?

Do you like to practice piano?

Does anybody like to practice piano?

Nobody likes to practice piano, right? CASUAL TALKING

 

6.    Our friends watched a movie and ate had some popcorn.

 

Example: She drank had coffee. I ate had a sandwich.

He ate took some medicine.

 

to have – had

 

eat something that you didn’t expect  I ate a bug.

 

 

 

CASUAL TALKING QUESTION

Your name is Joanne, right? Your name is Joanne, isn’t it?

We have a quiz tomorrow, right? We have a quiz tomorrow, don’t we?

 

WRITING

Is your name Joanne?

Do we have a quiz tomorrow?

 

 

Simple Sentence Exercises

 

Write a simple sentence for each. Write your sentences on your own

paper.

e.g.         SVV   drive   kids

Marin drives the kids to school and picks them up afterward.

               Interrogative       use   chopsticks

     Can you show us how to use chopsticks properly?

SSVV look buy

     Michelle and Carmen looked at several formal dresses but didn’t buy anything.

 

1.    SV      run   morning

2.    SSV    enjoy   playing

3.    SVV   do   clean   weekend

I need to do homework and clean the house on the weekend.

4.    SV      cat   sleep

5.    SSV    study   together

Joe and Misha are study together. vf- verb form  study are studying

6.    SVV   watch   sunset

7.    SSSV  Ebrahim   concert

Ebrahim, Susan, and Michelle went to the piano concert last week.

 

commas- choice  and    , and- Oxford comma (a little bit old-fashioned)

Ebrahim, Susan, and Michelle

Ebrahim, Susan and Michelle – modern looking

 

8.    SSVV Sarah   paint

9.    SVVV children   run   park

10.                       Imperative           read   bed

Don’t read in bed.

 

on bed – lying on the blankets   She had a nap on the bed.

in bed- in between the blankets   She went to sleep in the bed.

 

Let’s read in bed. SV  Not imperative  Let’s = let us

Read you book in your bed.

Read the book before you go to bed. COMPLEX Imperative

Do your reading before bed.

I have to do my reading. -sounds like homework

Read you book and go to bed.

Read my lips. Go to bed!

Parent trick – count to three.

 

 

11.                       SSVV                     students   class

12.                       Imperative           walk   dog

13.                       Interrogative       practice   piano

14.                       SVV                        fix   car

15.                       SV                          bird   chirp

The bluebird chirps outside my window every morning.

The doves coo in the tree outside my window early every morning.

The mother cooed to her baby.

 

16.                       SSV                        visit   grandparents

Joe and his wife visit her grandparents every week. simple present verb tense

Joe and his wife visited her grandparents last week. simple past verb tense

Joe and his wife had visited her grandparents often. past perfect present verb tense- rarely used by English speakers, much more common to use simple past

MY ADVICE: Forget about past perfect verb tense. It is very rarely used.

 

 

 

17.                       SVV                        friends   watch   movie

My friends watched a movie and had dinner together last week.

My friends watched a movie and listened to music together last week.

My friends went to the theatre and watched a movie.

My friends watched a movie but left halfway through.

 

My friends went to watch a movie and had dinner together last week.

VOCAB dinner   supper

 

18.                       SSVV                      swims   week

Joe and Sarah swim and dive in the pool every second week.

every second Wednesday

every third Sunday

I get together with my friends and play basketball every second Tuesday night.

twice a month

biweekly

bicycle

tricycle

biceps

triceps

 

19.                       Interrogative       aunt   flower

20.                       SVVV                      student   test

The student laughed, giggled, and had fun before/during the test.

The students reviewed, practiced, and studied for the test.

The student/students reviewed the material, went to the school, and did/took the test.

The students are studying and practicing very hard for the test tomorrow. SVV

The students are studying, making notes, and practicing very hard for the test tomorrow.

 

 

 

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“The Seven Most High-Frequency Verb Tenses in English”

Simple verb tenses- You should be able to use them at this level.

I am go go/went/will go/is going to walk to school.

She is walk walks/walked/will walk/ is going to walk to her friend’s’ house.

 

Progressive/Continuous tenses- ‘ing’

We are watching a movie right now.

You are living in BC.  these days

He is working in a warehouse. these days, currently

She was driving, and she saw a deer by the side of highway.

 

Perfect tenses- present perfect & present perfect progressive

Mie has lived in Vancouver for two years.  since 2023.

 

past perfect- Mei had lived in Japan for five years from 2006 to 2011.

substitute simple past- Mei lived in Japan for five years from 2006 to 2011.

 

WRITING NUMBERS

one- nine   write them out

10- ~   use numerals

She has three kids. He has 28 kids.

I am taking two courses at SHEC.

I have lived in BC for six years. I have lived here for 15 years.

 

 

Review for the quiz. Review verb tenses.

 

The students and teacher are having a meeting. right now

The students and teacher have a meeting. always, usually

The kids play in the park. habitual action, routine

The kids are playing in the park. right now

 

The students and teacher have got a meeting.  planned

I have got a doctor’s appointment. coming up