Eng Mix Roberta future tenses

future tenses -
will
be going to
want to - suggests the future
shall - very unusual, not used normally

Family: Roberta has will have one brother and one sister.
Roberta will have two siblings.
She will be an only child.
Roberta will have two kids/two children. She is their mother.

Occupation: She will be an artist. She will be an airplane engineer.
She is going to be an illustrator/designer/doctor.
artist - painter, sculptor, actor, fine arts
architect ar ki tect - designs buildings
choir - k
chorus - k
chess - ch

Regular activities: She will do yoga.
She will play golf with her friends on the moon.
will play - simple future , sounds like habit, normal, usual activity
She will be playing golf with her friends on the moon.

*do yoga, exercise, aerobics, Zumba, gymnastics

*play badminton, ping pong, hockey, baseball, soccer (football), cricket, rugby, table tennis, lacrosse, Ultimate (frisbee), piano, guitar, ukulele, harmonica, 

*go dancing, swimming, hiking, cycling, bicycling, biking, climbing

She will enjoy boxing and rocket skating.

She will visit Egypt, Canada, the US, and the moon.

She is going to go to Saturn and Mars.

She will speak eight languages: Spanish, Farsi, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, English, Arabic, and Martian.
Mars- Martian (adj)

100 years from today, she will probably be driving/flying/piloting a spaceship.

will / be going to

Eng 11 Topic sentence HW

Practice 3

Paragraph 1
Topic Sentence
V1 American English has borrowed many words form other languages. SIMPLE
V2 Americans who speak English use words from other languages without realizing it. COMPLEX- adj cl
V3 American's may use words from other languages without realizing it when they are relaxing at home. COMPLEX - adv cl

foreign - outside of your country

supporting sentences

Paragraph 2
Topic sentence
V1 There are several/a few differences between the university educational systems in Europe and the US.
V2 European and American universities differ
in several ways/respects/aspects.
V3 Europeans and Americans conduct different kinds of assessment in university. ? - may not be exactly in line with the supporting sentences

difference(n) different(a) differ(v)

contrast between university in Germany Europe and the USA

Paragraph 3
using what's readily available/ plentiful local/native resources/material/supplies building houses home, building shelters
resourceful
The building materials for homes depend on the resources that come from the climate the region.

People are able to build and adapt their homes according to the characters and resources available in each place.
All around the world, people build their homes with the resources that are readily available.

In Canada, water is readily available.

Eskimo - they don't like that word
They call themselves Inuit
Indians - not the right word
First Nations, Aboriginal, Indigenous
East Indian - Indian 
Metis - French "mixed" mix of First Nations and European (French)

Eng Mix verb tense practice

Bob Lee
dorm - dormitory, student live at school, 
boarding school (usually private school)

Elementary Gr K-6or7
Junior High School Gr 7-9
Secondary Gr8-12

Post-secondary - college, university,  post -after
Trade schools - BCIT, VCC
skilled trades - plumbing, electrician, mechanic
In Canada, skilled trades make good money.
In Canada, there is a big push to get more women into skilled trades.
Some skilled trades are dominated by women such as hairdressing, floral arrangement, practical nursing LPN, certified dental assistant CDA 
hands-on work - skilled trade

VPD
https://joinvpd.ca/information-sessions/


Women in Trades
https://www.bcit.ca/study/programs/1190acert


freshman (American term) 1st year (Canadian)
sophomore (American term) 2nd year (Canadian)
junior (American term)  3rd year (Canadian)
senior (American term)  4th year (Canadian)

biology - science
bio - life
biotech, biochemistry, biography
-ology - study
geology - geo- the earth
technology
radiology
terminology
psychology
neurology - brain
musicology
criminology
biography - bio-life graph- picture, the story of someone's life
autobiography - the story of your own life
auto - self
automatic - self machine
automobile - self move
Robert Lee
tele - across a distance
telephone across a distance, phone-sound
television 
teleport - across a distance, move


Roberta Chong-Davis
hyphenated last name

Class work:
Practice writing some sentences using the verb tenses that we learned yesterday. Choose one of the people- Bob, Robert or Roberta- and write a few sentences about them.

Bob - mostly present tenses
Bob was born in 1995. passive voice
He has two brothers and a sister.
They live with their mother. They are living with their mother.
Bob studies biology. simple present
Bob has studied biology for two years. present perfect
Bob has been studying biology for two years. present perfect progressive
Currently, Bob currently is currently studying biology currently.
He has traveled to Mexico and Canada.
He likes travelling and has visited/gone/been to Canada twice and Mexico one.
He likes to sing with the university chorus.
He likes singing with the university chorus.

begin, start, continue, like, love, prefer, hate, can’t stand 

Mary began to walk last year.
Mary began walking last year.
She prefers to stay home on the weekends.
She prefers staying home on the weekends.
I love spending time with you.
I hate listening to you talk.


Robert Lee - mostly past tense
He played harmonica.
He had been playing harmonica for a long time. past perfect progressive - sub past prog
He was playing harmonica for a long time. 

Robert never traveled to another countries.
Robert never traveled to any other countries.

Robert had never been/gone outside of his home country.

Quiz 

six sentences

1.simple future, eat
The dog will eat whatever you give him.
2. past progressive, sleep
I was sleeping on the couch when you came home.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Eng 11 Wednesday

Style: Beginning a sentence with a long adverbial clause or a long prepositional phrase is not a great idea.

With their razor-sharp teeth and strong jaws, great white sharks are very dangerous.

More Effective: Great white sharks are very dangerous with their razor-sharp teeth and strong jaws.

It gets to the topic right off the bat.

freeway - American term
highway - Canadian
railroad - American
railway - Canadian
ATM - automatic telling(er) machine - Canadian
ABM- automatic banking machine - American

teller - bank worker , tell (v) Old word that means 'to count'

A cashier works the till.   till/tell

You coast down the hill when you don't touch the gas or brake. coast (v)

The little kid coasted down the hill on his bicycle.

roller-coaster

nerves of steel - you don't get frazzled/freaked out easily

Calypso music - you'll feel better

Puerto Rico beaches

Homework:

Practice 3, p25

Do your book deposits.

English 11 Paragraph format

Paragraph format - layout, organization on the page

1. Lined 81/2* 11 inch (26.6*20.3 cm) paper with margins, A4 size with lines
2. Orient the paper rightside-up.
Orientation - pointing in the right directions
The title space is on top. The three holes go to the left.
3. In the top right hand corner, please write your name, the class (Comp 11 or Lit 11).
4. Please write in pen, blue or black is standard.
5. Please double-space. Write on line and then skip a line.
6. Indent the first word in your paragraph. An indentation is a little space about the width of your thumb.
7. Respect the margins. The margins are the red lines that run vertically on the lined paper.
8. Feel free to write on both sides of the paper- double-sided.
9. If you writing a long word and you run out of room, don't bother with the -hyphen thing. 

hfhf fhfhhf hfhfhf sksksks ksksksks  sksk ambig-
uous

hfhf fhfhhf hfhfhf sksksks ksksksks  sksk  GAP ambiguous

10. If you make a mistake, don't worry about making it beautiful. Just cross it out and keep going. Use the Whiteout tape if you want.

Marketing spelling, intentionally misspell words, they think it looks cool Coke Light Lite

English 11 Book Deposits

Text books - Book Deposit
Do books deposit in the Office
New system SchoolCashOnline
no lineups at the office
do it all online

all school kids in Vancouver have this

vsb.schoolcashonline.com


English 11- Literary Studies 11 and Composition 11- book deposit remains the same:
$100. 
$100 deposit- 
At the end of term , when you return the three books to me, you will receive a refund of $80.

$100 for all books for a class.
The refund is $80.

Please do your book deposit today so that I can distribute more books tomorrow.

English Mix! Verb tenses

verb tenses-
review of 12 verb tenses
We will pick the most important ones because some of the verb tenses are not that commonly used.

chaos - mess, disorganized, a pigsty, looks like a bomb hit it

Your bedroom looks like a bomb hit it.

Verb tenses

SIMPLE TENSES
simple present- daily life, everyday, habits, fact
I drink coffee. She takes a shower at 7:30 in the morning. 2 plus 2 is 4. Maria lives in Burnaby.
COMMON ERROR: Joe walk to school.
subject verb agreement - Joe walks to school.
He/she/it/Your mother walks to school.
They/we/you/I walk to school.
#1 mistake that you will make.

Someone
Anyone
No one
Everyone
Somebody
Anybody
Nobody
Everybody
Something
Anything
Nothing
Everything
All singular
Nobody wants to go.
Everything is awesome.

Another - singular
The other - singular or plural
Another bus is stuck.
The other computer works better.
The other computers work better.
The others computer works better. XXX

Where are the others? Where are the other people?
Where are the other shoes?  for things 
Where is the other one? one thing is missing
Where are the other ones? TRICKY
Where is another one? STRANGE
Is there another one?

SIMPLE PAST - one event happened in the past, over now
I played football yesterday.
I cooked dinner last night.
I did my homework.
I was cook supper for my family. XXX
I was go to school yesterday. XXX
take - took
I was taked the bus. XXX
cut -cut
I cutted my hair. XXX
Her grandmother was died last year. XXX

SIMPLE FUTURE
will - modal, modal auxiliary - grammar book

modal
can
could
may
might
should
will
would

have to
need to
used to

be going to
be used to
have got to


will + infinitive - "to"
will + "to go" 
S + will go
I will go. You will go. The dog will go. They will go.
I will goes. XXX
I will went. XXX
Never changes - will go
will walk, will eat, will sleep, will swim, will drive

Maria will go shopping.  shopping - gerund, noun, not a verb
Maria will go to the gym to work out.
Maria will go to the pool to swim.
Maria will go to Burnaby tonight.
Maria will go home.
Maria will go downtown.
Maria will go to Joan's home.

Maria will go to Metrotown.
Maria will go to Mexico City for a vacation.

activity - gerunds
I will go snowboarding on Saturday.
Maria will go dancing with her husband.
Joan will go skating.
Dawn will go hiking with her friends next week.
I will go to the casino to play poker.

I will go play poker with my friends.
go + verb
Go walk the dog.
Let's go have a coffee. - sounds more energetic
Let's have a coffee.

Let's go play football in the park.

I hope you feel comfortable using the simple verb tenses.

PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS TENSES
ing verbs
auxiliary (extra) verb + ing

Present progressive
She is driving in the snow.
We are watching a movie.
COMMON ERROR
We watching a movie.
We are studying English right now.
We are talking about the present progressive tense.
We are thinking about how strange it is to write this down.
We are having a good time.
My dog is sleeping on my son's bed.
Your kids are probably eating lunch with their friends right now.
You might be thinking that this class is too easy for you.

PAST PROGRESSIVE
I was shoveling the sidewalk this morning.
I shoveled the sidewalk this morning.

I was shoveling the sidewalk this morning, and then something happened.
I was shoveling the sidewalk this morning, and a car slid down the street sideways.
I was shoveling the sidewalk this morning while my family watched me from the window.

Maria watched a scary movie last night.
Maria was watching a scary movie last night, and a ghost sat down beside her.

past progressive - something else happened
Joe was talking to his brother last night, and his brother told him let it slip that he was adopted.
let it slip - said something you shouldn't have

Future progressive
She will be going to UBC next year.
She will go to UBC next year.
She will be driving to Surrey later. 
She'll drive to Surrey later.

PERFECT TENSES
present perfect
I have been in Canada since 2015.
I have lived in Canada since November.
**use a time indicator with present perfect
I have lived in Canada since last year.
I have lived in Canada for almost 20 years.
I have been lived in Canada for 10 years. XXX
Joe has played piano since he was four years old. 
since he was four years old - adverb clause
Mary has worked at Apple since 2007.

PAST PERFECT
Maria had lived in Taiwan for 10 years. UNUSUAL
SUBSITUTE simple past
Maria lived in Taiwan for 10 years. 

FUTURE PERFECT
XXX
Maria will have worked at Apple for 20 years by the time she retires. UNUSUAL - TOO COMPLICATED


PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
present perfect progressive
Maria has been living in Vancouver for ten years.
Maria has lived in Vancouver for ten years.
VERY SIMILAR
'ing' sounds something is keeping going, active, energetic

Mike has played soccer since he was a kid.
Mike has been playing soccer since he was a kid.
Mike has playing soccer since he was a kid. XXX

PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Forget it!!
Sarah had been working for the whole day.
SUBSTITUTE PAST PROGRESSIVE
Sarah was working for the whole day.

FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Forget about it!
Michele will have been living in Vancouver for 25 years. UNUSUAL, NOBODY SAYS THAT
SUBSTITUTE future progressive
Michele will be living in Vancouver for 25 years. 


7 of 12 are important. The rest we can ignore.