-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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