EF71011 P2 Class 24

 

Begin of our sixth week

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Registration for Quarter 2 begins

·      Continue verb tenses- present progressive

·      Leftover work?

“Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices”

“Phrasal Verb Exercises”

·      IF TIME Begin complex sentences with adjective clauses

·      IF TIME Begin new article “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

 

 

Wednesday

·      Verb tense- past progressive

·      Continue complex sentences with adjective clauses

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

 

 

Thursday

·      Continue complex sentences with adjective clauses

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

 

Friday

·      “Self Reflection” Week 6

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Continue complex sentences with adjective clauses

Prepare for Quiz 4- next week, Monday?

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

 

 

 

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Reg for Q2

 

P1

EF7/10/Comp11 with me 80% the same as this course, new readings

First Peoples 11- teacher?

 

P2

EF7/10 with me

Comp 11- teaches?

 

You can take a further course with me. I would encourage you to take a course with another instructor.

 

After you register, the advisors have to check each registration individually. This takes time. You will have to wait for a couple or three weeks to get confirmation.

 

EF7- my assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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empathy/sympathy- mostly interchangeable

subtle difference-

sympathy(n) – feel sorry for something

I am sorry that your mother passed away.

sympathetic(adj)

empathy(n)- share a feeling

I broke my arm, too.

empathetic(adj)

 

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Continue with verb tenses

Simple present

Simple past

Simple future

 

Next verb tense:

 

Present progressive/ present continuous- same thing, meaning

‘ing’ verbs

 

We are talking.  Jun is hiking.   I am working.

 

auxiliary verb- helper verb, extra verb    are   is   am

AUX- plug-in in the back of your TV, computer monitor, car

 

Present progressive- usually means right now, at this moment

auxiliary verb + ‘ing’ verb

A dog is running down the sidewalk.  right now, at this moment

She is talking on the phone to her sister. right now, at this moment

 

 

I eat apples. SIMPLE PRESENT- usually, habit

I eat an apple every morning. SIMPLE PRESENT- usually, habit

I eat apples every morning. SOUNDS STRANGE

 

I am eating an apple right now. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 

IDIOM An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

 

FRENCH pommes de terre ‘apples of the earth’- potatoes

pomme- apple   terre- the earth

 

A garlic a day keeps everyone away. JOKE!

UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival- Oct 17&18

 

espaliered apple trees

 

bear bangers, bear bells, bear spray- hiking

A fed bear is a dead bear.

 

US- The Right to Bear Arms  - bear(v)- carry

 

 

 

Mei chews gum. SIMPLE PRESENT

Mei is chewing gum in my ear. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 

He is at the gym. SIMPLE PRESENT

He is working out. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 

We are being in the classroom. We are learning English.

 

 

COMMON ERRORS

She talking on the phone to her sister. XXX

She is talk on the phone to her sister. XXX

FIX

She is talking on the phone to her sister.

She’s talking on the phone to her sister.

 

She’s on the phone. SIMPLE PRESENT

She’s on hold with the bank. SIMPLE PRESENT

She’s talking on the phone. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 

She’s on her phone. -surfing the net

She’s on the phone. – sounds like talking

 

ERROR

I talking XXX

I am talk.

FIX

I am talking.

 

You talking XXX

You are talking.

 

*Look at your quizzes and tests. Is verb form and verb tense an CORRECTION CODE that comes up? vt vf

 

VOCAB say/talk

She said that she would be late today.

She talked to her friend.

She talked about the party that she went to.

 

She spoke to her sister. sounds important

I had to speak to the principal about my son.

talk(v,n)

speak(v) speech(n)

 

Be careful with subject verb agreement: am is are

I am studying French at school.

You are studying French at school.

He is studying French at school.

We are studying French at school.

Jun is studying French at school.

They are studying French at school.

 

 

 

VOCAB a blast- a good time We are having fun. We are having a blast.

The party was a blast.

We are having a great time. We are having a blast.

 

The party was boring. The party was dead until you showed up.

He is a party-pooper.

 

 

GERUND and PROGRESSIVE VERB

ski

 

GERUND- ‘ing’ noun   skiing

She loves skiing/swimming/shopping/watching movies/dancing.

 

PROG VERB-   skiing

She is skiing. He is swimming. He is shopping. He is watching a movie. They are dancing.

 

VOCAB fashion(n) fashionable(adj) fashionista(n- person)

 

Usage is different

e.g

They are skiing down the hill right now. VERB

They love skiing. GERUND-NOUN

 

He is walking with the dog. verb

He loves walking with the dog. noun- gerund

 

 

 

 

 

 

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present progressive + GERUND

They are going skiing. V GERUND They are going skiing.

 

Mei and Sara are enjoying getting to know each other.

 

They are going to skiing.

They are going to go skiing. simple future

They are going to ski down the black run.

They are going to ski together.

 

ski runs             - green runs- easiest

                             -blue runs- intermediate

                             -black runs- hardest

 

skiing- downhill skiing, cross-country skiing

snowboarding

skating

sledding

curling- winter sport

stay home

 

She is learning to snowboard on the bunny hill.

He is having trouble getting off the ski-lift.

 

** Area for confusion**

 

They are going to ski down the black run.

 

CASUAL- AUTHENTIC use present progressive to suggest future

They are going to ski down the black run.

We are going to have lunch together.

I am going to take the dog out for a walk.

 

CASUAL TALKING, NOT WRITING

going to   ‘gonna’ pronunciation, people do not articulate clearly

want to   ‘wanna’

You can choose your level of formality and pronunciation.

Street talk is different from school and work talk.

 

IDIOM He has a chip of his shoulder.

 

 

Can you write sentences with this verb tense?

How consistently?

all the time?

most of the time?

sometimes?

never?

 

AUX + ing

My husband is working on his computer.

My kids are playing at the school.

 

 

Let’s write some sentences from our own imagination with present progressive verb tenses.

I will come around. Work together if you want to have more fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOCAB

bored(adj)-emotions   She is bored.

My daughter is getting bored.

He gets bored easily.

I am never bored.

boring(adj)-describes the experience The movie was boring.

boring(v) My mother-in-law is boring me with her endless stories.

Video games are boring to me. adjective

 

The most important things in life are boring.

Can you tolerate the boredom of learning new skills?

The movie bored the children.

IDIOM bore me to tears

Math bores him to death.

 

bore(v) drill a hole

 

She is working hard on her chemistry homework.

They are saving for a new car.

He is trying to lift the heavy suitcase.

 

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