Monday, 15 December 2025

EF6WI567 Class 24

 

-ballet- The Nutcracker, Winnipeg Ballet, Queen Elizabeth Theatre

The Nutcracker- ballet, Christmas-themed

 

The most famous ballet is the Russian Bolshoi Ballet.

The New York is also excellent.

 

Hollie wants us to be Guinea pigs.

IDIOM Guinea pig- someone who you can try something out with

 

I made some cookies. You be my Guinea pig.

 

We will try out the registration link and do a mock registration.

We will do a pretend registration in order to see if the system works or not.

They will test it on us. We will be the beta-testers.

VOCAB beta-tester- a person who tried out new software to make sure that it is working

He is a beta-tester for Electronic Arts.

 

 

Today’s agenda- Week 6

·      Attendance

·      Continue noun clauses

Exercises from homework

Other exercises

Go over lots of examples

Prepare for Quiz 4

Choose vocab for Quiz 4

·      Leftover verb tense exercises

 

 

Return Test 2

Go over

RW for 1 point

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4

·      Midterm “Self-Reflection”

 

Wednesday

·      Midterm recs- one-on-one meetings, first half of the class

 

Thursday

·      Midterm recs- one-on-one meetings, second half of the class

 

Friday

·      Last day before Winter Break

 

 

Back on Monday, January 5th

After Winter Break, we have three more weeks.

We will keep doing quizzes and tests until the end.

 

 

 

NOUN CLAUSE – quiz tomorrow

 

1.    Junko’s friends think that tomorrow we will have a quiz.

Junko’s friends think that we will have a quiz tomorrow.

2.    Joe believes that his salary is not enough/sufficient/adequate/ high enough.

John is not fast enough to join the running team.

Mei is not rich enough to afford a Ferrari.

It is not warm enough to go swimming.

I’ll walk around and check some of your sentences with noun clauses if you like.

3.    Shirin said that she would be late today.

4.    Mei doesn’t know why the printer won’t double side.

Jun said that the printer will only single side.

5.    Sarah forgot that her sister has a flight to catch tonight.

IDIOM He caught a flight to Calgary.

She caught a bus. Jun caught the Skytrain.

Mie caught a cab.

Sarah will catch the 3:20 ferry to Nanaimo.

 

Other way for ‘how’

Sarah forgot how to drive stick.

Sarah forgot how to drive standard/manual.

She usually drives an automatic.

The three pedals on a standard car are gas/accelerator, brake, and clutch.

 

She said that she will go to the US / the States/ America.

 

Sarah forgot that she had an appointment with Dr. Smith yesterday.

Sarah forgot that she had an appointment with her doctor yesterday.

My son is a doctor.

My neighbour is Dr. Wong.

 

Titles- honorifics: professor, principal, doctor, mister, misses, miss, etc.

mayor Who is the mayor of Vancouver?

premier

prime minister

governor

president, king, queen, chairman

ranks in the military- private, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, etc.

police- officer  Her name is Officer Jones. She is a police officer.

He is a police officer. He is a policeman. She is policewoman.

 

officer – does not mean sit in an office

 

China- He is Teacher Wang.

English- Teacher Haley

 

Please call me Jun.

 

high school- Mr Smith, Miss Chen, Sir , Ma’am

 

madame- runs a brothel, not commonly used

 

Very polite: Yes, Ma’am. Yes, Sir.

 

 

Let’s choose 10 verbs to review for the quiz. I will choose six of them.


1.    realize

2.    think

3.    wonder

4.    say

5.    believe

6.    worry

7.    forget

8.    promise

9.    know

10.                       feel


 

Let’s choose 10 vocabulary words to review for the quiz. I will choose six of them.


1.    mother

2.    sleep

3.    traffic

4.    mood

5.    flight

6.    boring

7.    gorgeous

8.    appointment

9.    excellent

10.                       compromise


 

 

 

 

 

e.g wonder mood

Mei wonders why he is always in a bad mood.

 

believe compromise

The two dealers believe that they can reach a compromise on price.

The two kids believes that the compromise was good for both of them.

The couple always compromises on everything.

My wife and I believe that we should compromise on important decisions.

She believes that she should not compromise. She put her foot down.

IDIOM put your foot down- refuse to agree

 

The two warring countries compromised in order to get a ceasefire.

 

negotiate(v) negotiation(n)

business- bargain, negotiate

market- haggle(v)  She haggled over the price of the eggs.

 

He haggled over the price of the car.

 

house- You make an offer on a house.

 

forget traffic

I forgot that the traffic is heavy/bad on Knight Street Bridge.

 

 

promise gorgeous

I promise that it’s going to be gorgeous.

 

 

promise(v,n) The kid promised to clean up his room.

I made you a promise to get you the new Pokemon game.

 

promising(adj)- showing great potential, good things will likely happen

Maria is a promising ballet dancer.

 

Your English development is promising.

 

 

Multiple-Choice

1.

3. whether or not- not high-frequency

e.g. I am happy whether you buy it or not.

I will be happy whether or not you buy it.

 

4.

5.The teacher suggested that she retake the exam.

Why ‘retake’ instead of ‘retakes’?

EASIER OPTION

The teacher suggested that she should/can/must/ought to/have to  retake the exam.

 

** MODALS/ MODAL AUXILIARIES

 

one-word modals

-can

-could

-may

-might

-must

-shall RARELY USED

-should

-will

-would

 

 

two-word modals

-have to

-need to

-ought to- should

-used to

 

three-word modals

-be able to

-be going to

-be supposed to

-have got to- strong ‘must’

 

6.    whether or not  if or not

7.    a.

b Where is the cafeteria?

Do you know where is the cafeteria? XXX very small error

FIX

Do you know where the cafeteria is?

 

9.

 

IDIOM not on speaking terms- not talking to each other, angry

Jun was not speaking to Maria.

 

Shut up! Imperative

Be quiet, please. Keep it down, please.

RUDE Zip it!

Enough! ee-nuff  u-nuff

 

 

 

**

8.    Maryam had already finished her project by the time I

arrived. past perfect- not very common

Maryam already finished her project by the time I

arrived. simple past

 

 

9.       If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.

If it is raining tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.

 

10.     By the time Mei got home, her husband had prepared/prepared dinner.

* Same as #8

 

VOCAB by the time – when, suggest a long wait

When we got home, we had dinner.

By the time we got home, we were starving.

 

11.     Shira (watch) a movie last night when the power (go) out.

Shira watched a movie last night. simple past

Shira was watching a movie last night when the power went out.

was watching past progressive, there was an interruption

 

Jun drove home last night.

Jun was driving home last night, and he saw a deer. COMPOUND

Jun was driving home last night when he saw a deer. COMPLEX

 

You were watching a scary movie when the phone rang.

 

 

11.                       I have been to New York City several times, but I have never been to Los Angeles. present perfect

I have been in Vancouver for two years.

 

 

13.     He did not come / didn’t come to the party because he was sick.

 

14.     I wish I had studied/studied harder for the exam.

*same as #8 and #10

 

I wish I could study harder for the exam.

 

15.     She read/had read(grammar book) the book twice before she saw the movie.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

16.     He (run) in the marathon next week.

 

17.     Ali (meet) his best friend when he was in college.

 

18.     Shira (be) in the middle of a meeting when her

phone rang.         '

 

19.     Junko (not, see) that movie yet, but she really wants to.

 

20.     Boris (walk) to work every day.

 

21.     He (just, finish) his degree and is now looking for a job.

 

22.     She (teach) English for ten years before she moved to France.

 

23.     I (be) reading this book for a week, but I still haven’t finished it

 

24.     They (travel) to over twenty countries in the last five years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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