AM ESOL Online 10-26-23 Unit: Getting to Know You - News & Housekeeping -Idioms -Verbs - Regular Past Tense Verbs - Pronunciation Rules - review & practice -Lesson: Comparison words (ellii lessons) - Superlative Adjectives - continued ==================== News Career WALC website --------- Ana Where do you work? No work Not working Work at home. Vian Where do you work? Not working Working in my home. I clean my house. I cook every day. I go 'to' the gym three days every week. three days a week I'm busy all the day. sometimes I go with my family and sometimes to go to appointment for doctor and Walgreens. Larissa Where do you work? I work at home. Ama Where do you work? I work at Walmart Leicester, Walmart. ------------------ I am going to try to wait until 10:00 when Diturie joins us before we do the Superlative Adjectives. Today: Idiom Practice pronunciation of past tense words. Superlative Adjectives ======================== Idiom Idioms are espressions. The words do not always mean the exact definition of the words. Ama (Read) The man says he didn't steal the jewel. But I think he's lying. Something "smells fishy" about his story. say saaaaaaaaaay says saayzzzz did not /didn't /dihd ehnt steal steee ahl steal = take someone's property without permission steal stealing stole was stolen jewel jehw ehl jewel = precious stone shiny gem google images: jewel Jewels diamond white / black ruby red opal white and pink emerald green peridot light green pink tourmaline pink garnet dark red citrine yellow amethyst purple smoky quartz brown sapphire blue topaz light blue jewel, jewels, jewelry Picture of different types of jewels Sources: https://news.thediamondstore.co.uk/gemstones-birthstones/gemstones/the-history-of-gemstones/ ----- to lie verb to tell a lie noun lie lying verb = to not tell the truth the opposite of the truth to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive. She was lying when she said she didn't break the vase. He lied about his past experience. 2. : to create a false or misleading impression. smells fishy old fish smell very bad smells fishy smells off/ smells rotten smells stinky something is not right with situation someone is telling a lie some one is lying to me ======================== Pronunciation Practice Past Tense words with the 'd sound. (ellii, slides) Review list of words that end with these sounds with an -ed ending that use the 'd sound b grabbed dg judged j massaged g hugged l called m trimmed n planned ng belonged long a bathed r covered v waved w mowed z sneezed vowel sound carried He grabbed his coat and rushed out of the house. grabbed 'd grahb'd rushed 't ruhsh't practice more sounds then superlative adjectives ================= BREAK 10:02- 10:22 ================= Pronunciation continued Some regular verbs with the -ed ending pronounced 'd played showed closed opened enjoyed loved tried rained learned cleaned The children played outside all day. plaaaaay'd Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian She showed me her beautiful jewelry. her hehr showed shohw'd jewelry jehw ehl reee Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian I opened and closed the door again and again. opened open'd closed cloz'd Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian I enjoyed the dinner very much. enjoyed enjoy'd Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian I loved hearing the children laugh. loved love'd laugh lahfff Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian She tried and tried to make it work. tried triiii'd Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian It rained all night. rained rain'd Vian Ama Ana Diturie eliana Valerie I cleaned my house yesterday. cleaned clean'd Ama Ana Diturie Eliana Valerie Vian ==================== Superlative Adjective (ellie) Review Grammar Rules and Examples Exercise 5 - Comparisons - 2nd time with additional adjectives Ama sentence furry/animal/zoo the zebra is nice animal in zoo in zoo / in the zoo (group) zebra = animal furry 2 syllable furry furri est the furriest google images of furry animals furry = a lot of hair The lion is a furry animal. superlative adjective The animal that is the furriest is the lion. The animal with the most hair is the lion. furry furrier furriest Ana juicy / fruit / bowl juicy = have a lot of fruity liquid google images of juicy fruits superlative adjective 2 syllables juicy juic i est juciest The orange is the juiciest fruit in the bowl. Ana sweet/fruit/bowl The banana is sweet in the bowl sweet sweeter sweetest the sweetest The banana is the sweetest fruit in the bowl. long / fruit / bowl Apple is longer fruit in the bowl. long longer longest The banana is the longest fruit in the bowl. Red car is cleanest vehicle vehicle veee hih cuhle vehicle = car, or truck, or bus, or train, or bike The red car is the cleanest vehicle 'on' the street. clean cleaner cleanest Diturie The cake is the sweetest food on the table. Good. delicious/food/table The cake is the most delicious food 'on' the table most delicious The broccoli is the greenest food on the table. Eliana healthy/food/table The fish is the healthiest food on the table. healthy healthier healthiest low calorie/food/table The broccoli is the lowest calorie food on the table. low lower lowest Valerie tall / person /family Dad is the tallest person in the family. small / person / family John is the smallest person in the family. Ama big / animal / zoo The elephant is the biggest animal in the zoo. dangerous / animal /zoo the dangerous animal zoo is lion The dangerous animal in the zoo is the lion. dangerous more dangerous most dangerous The most dangerous animal in the zoo is the lion. - est - most Ana dark hair / person / family The mom has the darkest hair in the family. dark darker darkest ----------------------- Group Activity Who has the shortest hair in our class? Jane Jane has the shortest hair in the class. Susan is a name. Jane is a name. Mom is a name. Dad is a name. John is a name. Sentence ---------------------- Fill in the Blanks - 2nd time Diturie high 1 syllable -er highest Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Eliana This is the worst score I've ever had on an exam. Valerie Of all the grocery stores, this one is busiest. busy busier the busiest Of all the grocery stores, this one is 'the' busiest. End Class ===================== Reminders: Find more information about the health aid training for students.