P1 EF71011 Class 27

 

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I will teach these courses in Quarter 4:

P1      EF6

P2      EF7, English 10, Composition 11

 

 

 

Sentence work coming up:  sentence combining- after Spring Break

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Causal Verbs”

·      Midterm recommendations

·      Sentence work- choose 20 words to review for the quiz.

·      IF TIME Quoting section- Animal Farm

·      IF TIME Animal Farm Chapter 3

 

Friday- final day before Spring Break

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

·      Quiz 1- sentence quiz (20m at the end of the class)

 

Two-week Spring Break

 

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Causative Verbs

 

Causative verbs make other verbs act.  They cause actions to occur.

 

Both of the previous sentences contained causative verbs.

 

cause and affect

 

“Causative verbs make other verbs act.  They cause actions to occur.”

 

The most frequently used causative verbs are as follows:

 

help, tell, ask, allow, invite, motivate, encourage, get, convince, persuade, hire, assist, permit, force, require

 

Other ones are let and make.

 

Which of these causative do you know already?

 

Examples:

ask

Mei asked her sister to pick up her kids at school.

I ask my kids to clean up their toys.

 

 

help

My parents help me to buy a car.

 

to buy   to go   to pick   infinitives

 

invite

We will invite out friends to come to my party.

We will invite out friends to my party. not causative

 

help

I help my sister to do homework.

I help my sister to do homework because she is having trouble with biology.

I helped my sister to do homework while I was painting the room.

 

encourage

I encourage my sister to study harder.

I will encourage my sister to study harder when she gets older.

 

 

motivate

I motivate myself to keep going even though life is tough sometimes.

She motivate herself to keep going even though life is tough sometimes.

 

I invite all of of us to take a break.

 

help, tell, ask, allow, invite, motivate, encourage, get, convince, persuade, hire, assist, permit, force, require

 

Other ones are let and make.

 

force

She forced her son to take a shower.

I forced my husband to buy a diamond ring.

 

hire

The store hired some people to do deliveries.

He was hired to paint the house.

 

hire antonym fire

He got fired. He was fired because he was late all the time.

 

You can fire someone with cause.

with cause- for a good reason

 

laid off- lose your job, not your fault, e.g. economic problems, eligible for EI- employment insurance

 

require

You are required to have Eng12, Chem12 and Math12 to get into BCIT. passive voice

This job requires you to have a driver's license. active voice

 

Getting a job in Canada requires you to have a work permit, PR, or citizenship.

PR- permanent resident

 

motivate

She motivated herself to learn Spanish.

 

 

 

The grammar is as follows:

SUBJECT + causative verb + OBJECT + infinitive.

I told my daughter to put the dishes away.

The dog forced me to give him treat.

 

Let’s practice writing some short sentences with causative verbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Quiz 1- Friday- mix of simple, compound and complex sentences

These are the words to review for the quiz:

 

 

1.    SOBA

2.    because

3.    since

4.    however

5.    therefore

6.    although

7.    provided that

8.    as

9.    order

10.                       admit

11.                       useful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.                       support

13.                       interest

14.                       suddenly

15.                       equal

16.                       remind

17.                       secret

18.                       complete

19.                       struggle

20.                       successful

21.                       admire

22.                       building

23.                       notice