Tuesday, 28 April 2026

P1 EF6 Class 4

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Begin sentence work “Overview of Sentence Types”

·      Simple sentences

·      Continue dialogue “Choosing a Phone Plan”

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Wednesday

·      Continue sentence work “Overview of Sentence Types”

·      Simple sentences

Quiz 1 on Thursday

Explain how the quiz is structured

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Thursday

·      Quiz 1- simple sentences

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Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1

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Essential sentence types that we have to be able to write:

 

1.SIMPLE SENTENCES

2.COMPOUND SENTENCES

3.COMPLEX SENTENCES

4. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCES (mix of 2 and 3)

 

1.    SIMPLE SENTENCE- most basic kind of sentence

subject + verb

subject- main noun in the sentence, pronoun

verb- action word or state of being

 

-SV              It is partially sunny.

                     She is tall.

She is my sister.

The dog is running around the park.

The dog running around the park. XXX  vf

The dog is run around the park. XXX vf

VOCAB part(n) partial(adj) partially(adv)

 

-SSV            Moe and Shira moved to Vancouver last year.

                     The dog and the cat are asleep.

                     My sister and I will go out. SSV

                     We will go out. SV  will go

                     Joe and Sam do not work at an office. SSV

 

 

 

 

 

 

-SVV           The dog is sleeping and is snoring.

**simple subject or compete subject

simple subject – one word- dog

complete subject – noun plus any modifiers- the dog

 

The big brown dog with floppy ears is cute. SV

simple subject- one word dog

complete subject – all the words The big brown dog with floppy ears

 

-SVVV        The kids are running, yelling, and playing.

The kids are running, yelling, playing. XXX COMMON ERROR

e.g He likes soccer and baseball.

He likes soccer, basketball, football, tennis, and baseball.

 

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Detail about commas

He likes soccer, basketball, football, and baseball.

He likes soccer, basketball, football and baseball.

-your choice, both correct  

, and   Oxford comma – old-fashioned

and   more modern no comma

I use both, depending.

 

My teacher is talking, typing, and looking around. SVVV

 

I went to Metrotown with my husband, walked around, and shopped for bargains. SVVV

My husband  and I went to Metrotown, walked around, and shopped for bargains. SSVVV

Last night, I was sleeping, eating, and scrolling on my phone. SVVV

 

I have already learned English, graduated from university, and retired in China. present perfect verb tense SVVV

-SSSV Moe, Shira, and the kids are happy to be here.

Mitra, Catherine, and I will go to the restaurant.

 

-SSVV        The man and his granddaughter go to the beach and swim

 

-Imperative- command, tell someone to do something, no subject

Open the window, please.

Sit down.

Come in.

Do your homework.

Stop fighting.

Come on.

Get out!

Go!

Be quiet.

Please be quiet for five minutes.

Shut up!

Open the door, please.

Watch out!

Take care.

Have a good time.

Talk to you later. Catch you later.

Mind your own business.

IDIOM Don’t stick your nose in to my business.

Please help yourself.

 

*Note about ‘please’

Please come in. no comma

Come in, please. comma

 

IDIOM For God’s sake! shows frustration or exasperation

Talking to my mother-in-law can be exasperating.

 

 

Can you open the door? Interrogative, not imperative

 

-Interrogative    - question

Where did you park the car?

What time is it?

How do you do?

How is it going?

What’s your plan after class?

What’s up?

What’s wrong?

What are you thinking about?

Can I borrow some money?

How was your day?

What you like to pay by cash or card?

When did you become a teacher?

Could you bring Butter to school soon?

 

Are you here yet?

Is that your phone?

May I come in?

Should I get this new dress?

May I have some tea?

 

SIMPLE: SV   SSV   SVV   SSSV   SVVV   SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

 

Let’s take a piece of paper and write some simple sentence from out imagination. Try a variety of simple sentence styles. Watch together if you like. It’s more fun.

No phones.

 

I = always last in the list of people

I and Mei go swimming. XXX

Mei and I go swimming.

 

Sara and Mika go to downtown and watch a movie every Tuesday night.

Sara and Mika go downtown and watch a movie every Tuesday night.

 

Sara went to Richmond last night.

Sara went to school last night.

Sara went to a restaurant/bar/gym/park last night.

 

Exceptions – downtown  home

Sara went downtown last night.

Sara went home last night.

 

She went GERUND.

gerund- ‘ing’ noun, looks like a verb

running shopping camping

I go shopping. He goes camping. I go swimming twice a week.

 

What time will you go to shopping / shopping?

What time will you go to home / home?

What time will you go to the mall / the mall?

 

What time will you go? exact hour

What time will you go to shop? XXX

What time will you go shopping?

What time will you go to the store?

 

When will you go? less exact

 

Continue with simple sentences tomorrow

 

 

 

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Dialogues “Choosing a Phone Plan”

Let’s get into chat groups of 4-5 people.

Discuss Warm-Up Questions and Vocabulary Preview

 

Warm-Up Questions

1.    student plans,May and June

100GB – gigabyte $70/mth

175GB- US, Mexico $45/mth

3.maps, directions, call and text, social media, streaming video, learning English, translating, banking, online shopping  

 

Vocabulary Preview

1.home loan- mortgage

downpayment- pay a small amount of the price

He put $5000 down and financed the rest.

 

VOCAB finance(v)- borrow money

car loan

 

2.    The restaurant has a fixed menu for lunch.

The menu has a fixed price.

3.    10% off, 25% off, 2 for 1, Buy 1, get one free.

4.    She made a commitment to her family. dedicated

He is committed to learning English. gerund-noun

He is committed to his family.

5.    consider-think about carefully

6.    He streams movies on his phone.

Water streamed down the glass.

stream(v)- flow

Tears streamed down her face.

7.    browse-

search- directed looking

She likes window shopping.

I’m just window shopping. I’m just looking around.

8.    thousand 1000

million 1000000

billion 1000000000

trillion 1000000000000

gazillion- not a real number- slang for a lot

 

Musk is a gazillionaire. funny        

9 adjust- make a small change

She adjusted the recipe.

The chiropractor adjusted her neck.

11. Write your initials on the contract.

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