P2 EF71011 Class 25

 

COMING UP IN A WEEK OR SO

- letter writing- business letter format, complaint letters, advocacy letters Amnesty International

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Modals/ Modal Auxiliaries verbs

·      Midterm recommendations-

·      New article

·      Poetry

·      Quiz 2 (last 25m)

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6

·      Midterm recommendations

 

Monday

 

 

 

 

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adverb clauses

I eat breakfast before I go to school. COMPLEX SENT- ADV CL

 

I eat breakfast before going to school. SIMPLE SENT NOUN-GERUND

 

 

in order V

He is saving in order to get a new phone. COMPLEX?

 

 

PUNC- comma usage

I eat breakfast before I go to school. no comma

 

Before I go to school, I eat breakfast. comma

 

ADVICE: I follow simple rules for comma usage. Other people follow other rules or follow no set rules. They do what they want.

 

I eat breakfast, before I go to school. IDIOSYNCRATIC

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES

and

I eat breakfast, and I go to school.  comma

 

I eat breakfast and I go to school.

 

In order to get a new iphone, she is working extra shifts.

 

In order to get to got a new iphone, she was working extra shifts.

 

After eating breakfast, I go to school. sounds grammar-booky

 

After I ate breakfast, I went to school.

 

The mother said, “After you eat breakfast, go get dressed.”

 

The Best Buy manager is skeptical about the return. NOUN

skeptical of – less common

I am/was skeptical about what my sister said.

She is skeptical about the seller online.

She is skeptical about the news from CNN, so she always checks multiple news sources.

 

She is generally a skeptical person; she doesn’t trust anyone at face value.

IDIOM at face value – how something appears, maybe not real

 

The deal seems good at face value, but be sure to read the fine print.

 

VOCAB fine print- small letters, words in small font

 

JOKE The Lord giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

 

 

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Doing midterm recs is mind-numbing drudgery.

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Summer job are very important for students in Canada.

-seasonal work

-short-time employment

 

-get a low-level job

-chance to show your ability

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My dad’s saying, “No job is too low for you.”

People will notice your work ethic.

Also, the bar is low.

IDIOM the bar is low    the bar is high

The bar for getting into UBC is high.

 

 

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MODALS

shall – only for very polite invitations to do something

Shall we go?

Shall we dance? movie title

 

Can I borrow your pen?

Can you lend me your pen?

 

ain’t – casual spoken English, ‘is not’

That ain’t right.

That isn’t right.

MOVIE DIALOGUE I ain’t got no money.

I do not have any money.

 

 

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Quiz 2

Devices and notes put away.

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    because     credentials

2.    if                  squander  

3.    since           overqualified

4.    until            hurdle       

5.    after            mistake

6.    while           market