One week until ...

The time is fast approaching ... you know it's coming! 

Yup! It will soon be move-up day. 

So in order to help you, I've created a list of pages to help you review. Follow this link to get pages that will help you review for the move-up exam next week or just some general practice. It is an spreadsheet so make sure you check the tabs at the bottom.

Reading Practice

WOW! Class time flew by today! I'd like you to do the reading and answer the questions for homework, we'll look over the answers together tomorrow. 


Follow this link to get pages that will help you review for the move-up exam next week or just some general practice. It is an spreadsheet so make sure you check the tabs at the bottom.

Quiz tomorrow on verb tenses - present participle / past participle / simple past. STUDY!!

What did you do yesterday?

Today in class you talked to everyone and found out what they did yesterday. Now I would like you to write your sentences in my slide presentation. Each one of you needs to create a new slide in my document, write your name at the top and then write your sentences. 

Be careful you don't erase the work of anyone else. 

Slide Presentation

Happy Monday!

No homework today ... but if you are feeling energetic, you could study verbs in the simple past. 

Home sweet home

Home sweet home - a common phrase that is used by people who are happy to arrive back to their house or place of residence. 

Today in class we talked about dream houses and did a very short reading. For homework, I would like you to do the longer reading. 

Here's the link if you can't find it in your emails. 

Happy Birthday Mr. N!!

Homework today is: Grammar 2-2 Exercise #2 & 4. 

Write .. write ... write

Today we had a little chat with some talking cards and then followed up with some writing. We looked at topic sentences, supporting sentences and concluding sentences. 

For homework tonight: 

• Do the even numbers in Part III (Activity 5)  Apr.18.16: Topic Sentences
• Also you need to do ALL of the exercises in ENGL 120 Writing 1-2: Supporting  & Concluding Sentences

Questions

To invert or not to invert? That is the question!!

For homework: 

Do exercises #3, 4, 5, 6 in Grammar: 1-2 Questions Exercise. 
Only do the letters B-D-F-H-J-L-N-P-R, don't do all the letters unless you really want extra practice. 

Health & Body - Vocab & 3 Kinds of Verbs

Today in class we did a general review of body parts, looked at the new vocabulary for Unit 01 and then at the 3 kinds of verbs. 

For homework: 
1) 1-2 Vocabulary Practice: Practice #1
2) 1-1 Grammar: Three Kinds of Verbs - Exercise Exercise #1

Space travel paragraph

Homework: 
Write a paragraph about: "Is space travel important, or is it a waste of money?"

Share with me as: Apr.11.16 - ENGL 120: Space Travel - LASTNAME, First if you want me to read and correct it. Also remember to send me an email so I can find it easily. (Thanks!)

Exam Day!

Today was move up exam day ... so that means you get to RELAX this weekend. 

Please check your email Sunday afternoon in case I had problems with your speaking test. 

Move up EXAM TOMORROW!!!

Your exam will start on Friday, April 8th @ 10:20. 

Be on time. Be prepared. 

Make sure you send/ share with me your speaking test before 8:30 A.M. on Friday. If you don't, it will be near impossible to move up.

Look at yesterday's post to find review pages.  

Speaking Test, Review & Reported Speech (2)

Hello hello ... this is move-up week! So that means Friday is the exam and you need to do a speaking test.

I have shared the speaking test with you and you need to answer the questions by Friday 8:30 A.M. Please make it no longer than 3 minutes.

Now, here are some links to help you review for Friday's test and practice your English skills.

Review Websites: 
Unit 9 - The Weather
     First Conditional

• UVic: First Conditional
• UVic: First Conditional (1)
• Agenda Web: First Conditional - a long list of different sites for you to practice with. 

     Second Conditional

• Agenda Web: Second Conditionals - another long list! Have fun!
• UVic: Second Conditional (1)
• Englishpage.com: Second Conditional 

Unit 10 - Travel
     Modals of Certainty

• UVic: Modals of Certainty in the Present (1) 
• UVic: Modals of Certainty in the Present (2)
• Autoenglish.com: Verbs of Probability
• Englishpage.com: Modal Verbs (1)
• Englishpage.com: Modal Verb Tutorial - has a variety of different modal exercises that you can do. 

     So / Neither do I

• Usingenglish.com: So do I/ Neither do I - choose the correct option. 
• tolearnenglihs.com: so/neither

Unit 11 - Celebrities
     Indirect Questions

• The Tiny TEFL Teacher: practice both ways. 
• Indirect questions at Auto-English - the answers are at the bottom, look for the link. 
• BBC Learning English: Grammar Challenge - this is a pdf, but at the bottom of the file you can find the answers. 

     Question Tags

• Woodward English: Question Tag Game
• A guide to learning English: question tag quiz

     Phrasal verbs: in, out, away & back

Unit 12 -  Space
     Reported Speech

• Perfect English: Reported Speech - page has different exercises in a wide variety of tenses, choose the link that will help you the best. 
• Ego4u - English Grammar: Reported Speech - explanation at the top, and exercises on the bottom of the page. 
• Englisch-hilfen.de: Reported Speech - various links to go to, just choose which you area  you would like to review. 

     Phrasal verbs: on, off, up & down

Reported Speech

Homework for tonight: 
Do  Grammar: Reported Speech #1 12-1 Exercise 1: Numbers 1 - 3

Unit 11 Review

Homework for tomorrow: 
1) Finish Subject Verb Agreement Sentences
2) Review 
     ++ phrasal verbs
     ++ vocabulary Unit 11
     ++ subject verb agreement

Phrasal Verbs

Homework for Monday: 
You must read in SMRT Grammar 11-3 Phrasal Verbs: In, out, back & away.

Visit the places in "Vancouver never plays itself" (if possible)