E11 adjective clauses

adjective clauses

who - people
that - everything
which - things

who/that for a person - respect, closeness, like/dislike

which - unique

Beijing, which/that is a big city, has a big population.

Your apartment that which is on Fraser Street has two bedrooms.

Your apartment that is on Fraser Street has two bedrooms. Sounds like you have two apartments.

subject and object pronouns

The girl who is standing by the car is my friend.
subject pronoun

The girl who I was talking to is my friend.
object pronoun
CHOICES
who
whom - very formal, unusual, too formal
DELETE
The girl I was talking to is my friend.

whom - not used except for one situation

"To whom it may concern," EXACT


A1. Louis knows the woman who is meeting us at the airport.
who - subject pronoun
No choice

Louis knows the woman who we are meeting at the airport.
who - object pronoun
CHOICES who, whom, delete
Louis knows the woman whom we are meeting at the airport.
Louis knows the woman we are meeting at the airport.


The woman who Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.
object pronoun
CHOICES who, whom, delete

EF2/3 Adverb cl

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each of these:

Ex.     Olympics   because

People like the winter Olympics because they are very exciting.

adverb clauses – because, if, when, while, whenever

SV because SV.

SV if SV.

1.    run             since COMPLEX

The kids run to school since they are late. PRESENT TENSE

The kids run to school since they are late.

Since they are late, the kids run to school.

The kids are late, so they run to school. COMPOUND

2.    walking      while

Maria was walking while her husband was cooking.

Maria walking while her husband cooking. XXX

Maria walked while her husband cooked.

Maria was walk while her husband was cook. XXX

cook – present tense

cooked – past tense

will cook – future

is cooking – present progressive/ present continuous

was cooking – past progressive/ past continuous

will be cooking – future progressive/ future continuous

3.    called         when   

  Sarah called her sister when she was hiking on Dog Mountain.

       

4.    Canada       because

5.    swim          if

  We can go to swim if you want to. XXX

  We can go swimming if you want to.

  She likes to go biking on the Seawall.

  

  Mike likes to go hiking to Dog Mountain. Dog 

   

 Mountain is close to Mount Seymour.

6.    hike            whenever

EF2/3 Verbs with infinitives or gerunds

verb "like"

She likes ice cream.

She like VERB

She likes to watch TV.
She likes watching TV.

to watch - infinitive (a kind of verb)
infinitive- to go, to sleep, to eat, to do, to study

watching - gerund (a kind of noun)
gerund- going, sleeping, eating, doing, studying


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

like
dislike

begin = start

prefer = like it more than something else

hate = very strong, a lot of hate

can't stand = really dislike something

strong   -  stronger    -  strongest emotion 
dislike  -  can't stand - hate 


Create your own sentences:

1. start, move
Last night,Joan started to move her car to the parking lot.
This morning at 8 am, Sarah started moving books into the bookshop.

Yesterday, Joan started to moving her car to the parking lot. XXX
Joan started move her car to the parking lot. XXX

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E11 Compound sent semicolon quiz

Write a compound sentence with a semicolon for six of these:

Ex.       Olympics       in particular

There are many very popular sports in the winter Olympics; in particular, figure skating pulls in huge numbers of viewers.

COMPOUND SENTENCE

SV , SOBA SV.

SV ; TRANS, SV.

1.     quality                       furthermore

The quality of iphones is very high; furthermore, they are stylish.

The quality of iphones is very high; Furthermore, they are stylish. XXX

The quality of iphones is very high. Furthermore, they are stylish.

CAPS

2.     effort                         consequently

Her daughter put in a lot of effort

Her daughter put in lots of effort on her driving lessons; consequently, she passed her road test and got her driver’s licence.

Lots of effort was put in by her daughter ... PASSIVE VOICE- AVOID!! WEAK

S V Her daughter put in... STRONG

Joe ate the sandwich. ACTIVE VOICE- subject does the verb STRONG

The sandwich was eaten by Joe. PASSIVE VOICE- subject does nothing WEAK

My car was hit by his car. PASSIVE VOICE- WEAK- avoid responsibility

I was run over by a bus.

Poh poh criticized Jook Liang.

Liang was criticized by Pohpoh. MAKES LIANG SOUND WEAK AND INNOCENT

SUBTLE HIGH-LEVEL STYLE

a lot of = lots of

efforts XXX effort – uncountable

3.     study                          on the contrary

4.     laptop                        simultaneously = at the same time

Sarah’s laptop died; simultaneously, her phone stopped working.

5.     Vancouver               on the whole

Vancouver has a lot of good and bad points; on the whole, I like living here.

6.     exercise                     for instance

Melanie does a lot of types of exercise; for instance, yoga and swimming. XXX

Melanie does a lot of types of exercise; for instance, she does yoga and swimming.

7.     success (n)                most importantly

successful (adj)       succeed (v)

She is success in her job. XXX

She has success in her job.

8.     job                              for this reason

9.     volunteer                  likewise

10.                        late                             still

EF2/3 Adverb clause quiz

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each of these:

Ex.     Olympics   because

People like the winter Olympics because they are very exciting.

1.    study                   since-time, because

OUR MODEL TO FOLLOW:

I study English since I want to get a good job.

I studied English since I was nine years old.

Since I want to get a good job, I study English.

Since I was nine years old, I studied English.

2.    exercising  while         

Marie was exercising yoga while her husband was watching the baby.

Marie was doing yoga...

Marie was exercising while her husband watched the baby.

Marie is exercising while her husband watches the baby.

Everyday, Marie exercises while her husband watches the baby.

simple present verb tense for things that we do every day, habits, routines, normal behaviour

I will be exercising when I have a day off. COMPLEX SENTENCE

I will be exercising on my day off. SIMPLE SENTENCE

3.    fell              when         

The old man fell on the street when it was raining.

Maria fell in love with Alex when she was 17 years old.

4.    Vancouver because

Sheila lives in Vancouver because she wants to take care of her parents.

Vancouver is beautiful city because it has lots of parks.

5.    job              if

If you want to get a good job, you should speak English well.

6.    supper        whenever

supper = dinner

super Superman

You look super whenever you wear that cowboy hat / fedora.

We can have supper whenever you are ready.

EF2/3 Jeans

dress codes - style for different place, situations, purposes

formal dress code - suit and tie, dress

business casual - open shirt, no tie, skirt and blouse

casual - jeans, leggings

untucked shirt? 

jeans in school?


dress code in school - school uniform

cowboy style 

pants, jeans, trousers (men), slacks (women)

In England, 'pants' means 'underwear'.

In Canada, 'drawers' means 'underwear'.

metal- steel, gold, silver, iron, aluminum, copper

pants with lots of pockets - cargo pants, cargo shorts

fishing vest

The bottom of your pants have a hem. You can hem your pants.

clothing brands- Gap, Calvin Klein, Levis, Dockers, Timberland, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani,
Roots, Banana Republic, Louis Vitton, Gucci, Zara, Polo, Joe Fresh

Winners- discount clothing
Forever 21