Mar 3, 2010

am class 5

I went to school.

It was very hard for me to left to my parents' house.

Leave something.

 

It Was difficult to left leave.

 

I want to see a movie. Present tense

I wanted to saw a movie.

I wanted to see a movie. Past tense followed by infinitive.

·       Infinitive is a to+verb

·       You don't change the verb after "to".

 

I learned to cook with my mom when I was single.

·       When connects the two actions in the past.

 

 

meet- met

got married

We had our first child in 2000.

We had our second child in 2003.

We left Japan in 2007.

We moved to Ohio. We lived there for one year.

 

 

I was working. Past progressive

 

I worked = I work

I was working = I am working

 

I was worked

I am work – ing

I work

I am working

 

I ?  working

 

Simple tenses                                            Progressive tenses

I work – present

I am working – present

I worked – past

I was working – past

 

Use the verb as it is in the dictionary.

For past tense you add –ed or you use the second form of the verb.

When you make a question or negative we use "do" for present and "did" for past.

 

In progressive tenses we use the verb "to be"

I am; we, you, they are; he, she it is. Present

I, he, she was; we, you, they were

Past

 

To make the structure of the progressive tense we need "to be" and "-ing" suffix at the end of the verb.

 

 

Homework

1.    Copy your stories for today's homework with corrections

2.    Write your last and first name on the top.

3.    Staple the draft under the corrected copy.

4.    I will collect those next class.

Page 75 B

Workbook – Lesson C

Practice pronunciation of the sounds we studied today. At least 10 times.

 

 

 

Mar 1, 2010

PM class notes

Editorial, editorship  edit edition  

Haziness; haze

Fun- funny

Misty – mist  

Glimmer gleam ; gleaming

 

Immigrate – move, change place; relocate; transfer; transmigrate

=/ stay in same place; remain

 

Flash – quick bright light

Spark – elemental – produce quick light from something material with high energy.

Sparkle- she has sparkles in her shoes and in her eyes.

Splendor – 9 am; dew

Brilliance – shine a lot; the brilliance of the stars or the sun   

Dawn – 6am

Beam – directed light ; ray

Gloss

Luster

Follow

 

 

 

The animals migrate when the seasons change.

 There are many empty vessels in the shipyard in CA.

He persists with his questioning.

The mountains look hazy.

His teeth look like summer clouds gleaming white.

For ten years / he was / the deputy chief editor / of major South Asia Weekly / in Mumbal.

Bolt

 

Gerund structure

Verb+ing

I like eating ceviche.

I like to eat ceviche.  

 

I want to do

I need to

 

I look forward to see you  

I look forward to seeing you.

I am looking forward to seeing you.

I was looking …

 

Persist in doing something

 

Verb

Verb+ particle

Look

Look for – search

Look up – search in dictionary , catalog

Look after – take care

 

 Insist on doing smth

 

Un/ruly not rule ;  

Rival – enemy , contender, opponent  [rival] [raiv∂l] val a – a vale – ei ;

violent  [ai] – aggressive; force

brutal – brute, barbarian

opponent – competitor [∂poun∂nt]  

brawl [o] – awful awesome

equinox

stress of the word

Nikolay

 

Homework

Stress affects the pronunciation of the words.

Please review the effect of the stress in the new vocabulary.

Bring 5 words for next time and explain pronunciation in your groups. – use dictionary - m-w.com for example, and listen to pronunciation 10 times repeating the words.

Use the new words in sentences.

 

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AM class notes

Vocabulary

Stand Lamp

Table

Picture

Couch

vase

flower pot. Dirt; potting mix – you grow plants in the flower pot.

Framed picture

Wedding picture

 

Bride and groom

3rd wedding anniversary

What was Victoria's comment on the wedding picture?

 

Conversation B.

Why does Victoria think that Natalia is going to college?

She thinks she is too tall for her age.

Olga left Russia 14 years ago and she moved to USA.

 

I left Bulgaria 10 years ago and I moved to USA.

Now I'm 38. I moved to USA when I was 28.

I lived in Bulgaria for 28 years.

 

What did Olga and her husband do in Moscow?

"We went to school together before we got married"

 

A Bulgarian custom – Baba Marta

Baba Marta is represented as a grumpy old woman that changes her mind all the time. And that is why the weather in Bulgaria changes all the time in March.  

 

You wear your Martenitsa until you see a stork or a budding tree.

It is a symbol of good health. Red= blood; white – snow.

 

 

 Past Tense= Use for actions that started and finished in the past.

 

Regular verbs

Irregular verbs

-ed

Have to study.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/605/01/

 

help verb = do; past tense – did

statement

Question

negative

She left Korea in 1974

When did she left Korea?

When did she leave Korea.

 

 

She didn't stay in Korea.

 

 

Homework:

Write a story about yourself in Past Tense – half a page

Use the verbs in past tense correctly.

Hints and ideas: meet your best friend/ start going to school/ learn to cook/ leave your parents' house/ get your first job/

 

Workbook – lessons A and B.