AM ESOL Online 11-02-23 -News -Idiom -Mini Lesson: Quantifiers -Conversation Practice: Family Traditions with Quantifier words -Comparison words - Superlative Adjectives -continued ====================== News no classes Nov 7, Nov 21,22,23 Thanksgiving Dinner at the school on November 21st. ====================== Idiom of the Day Idioms are expressions. The words do not always match the dictionary definition of the word. feel blue feeling blue blue = sad feeling he is sad he is blue he is feeling sad he is feeling blue Lamar's dog ran away last week. He's been "feeling blue" ever since. Source: IXL Learning ================== Quantifier words (slide, ellii) Review and practice 100% all all of the time all of the pizza the whole time the whole pizza I ate all the cookies I ate 100% of the cookies all every Ama You use all money from my accounts. You use all the money from my accounts. You ate all the pizza. all every all - all the whole thing all - all the pizza all - all of the week all - the whole week all - the whole month/year every - parts of a whole thing every - slice of the pizza every - day of the week every - week of the month every - weekend of the month every - month of the year How many days a week do you cook dinner? Ana I cook every day. I cook dinner every day. every = 7 days a week Eliana How many days a week do you cook dinner? I cook every day too. every = 7 days a week Larissa I cook almost every day. 95% Ama I can't cook every day because of the work I get a day off then I cook When I get home from work I am tired. I cook only two days of the week. I can't cook every day. I can't cook 100% of the time. I cook only two days of the week. I cook a couple of days of the week. I cook a couple of days a week I cook 'a couple' days a week. Stephane How many days a week do you make breakfast? I make breakfast seven days out of seven. 7/7 from Mon to Sun every day (all the days in the week) I make breakfast every day. Valerie How many days a week do you make breakfast? breakfast say again 100% all the days Here is an example of the difference between 'all' and 'every' all - the whole thing all - all the pizza all - all of the week all - the whole week all - the whole month/year every - parts of a whole thing every - slice of the pizza every - day of the week every - week of the month every - weekend of the month every - month of the year Ama How much did you work this week? I work five days every week. I work five days this week. How much - quantifier word (general/percentage) How many - count word (specific/number) Ama How much did you buy? many answers Ana How often do you clean your house? I clean my house five days a week. specific - five days I clean the whole house for 2 days. all of the house all of the rooms in the house. 100% = all = whole = whole house I clean five days only kitchen specific I clean only the kitchen five days a week specific bedroom, livingroom bathroom, bathroom 2 days a week specific parts of the house parts of the week I clean the bathroom a couple days a week I clean the bathroom a couple of days a week. general ======================= BREAK 20 minutes 10:00 - 10:21 Then we will have conversation ==================== Conversation Practice small group Breakout Rooms slide Meet your Classmates! Family Traditions Read the questions/answers Larissa Eliana Review quantifier words cameras on It is okay to read the question and read the answer. It is okay to go 'off script'. Make up your own answers. Important: Use quantifier words. Groups (breakout rooms) 4 3 Take turns. Small talk. Hi how are you? I'm good. Good to see you. Take a picture of the conversation ----------------------- 10 minutes --------------- Share our Conversations Quantifier words? Making sentences? Questions? Valerie two = a couple I work a couple of days a week. What family traditions did students talk about? Thanksgiving Christmas Eliana Mother's Day Father's Day Christmas Thanksgiving Were there other traditions that student's talked about? special days Eliana not traditional but to have time with your family get together - informal gather - more formal Ama My family gets together for special times sometimes Sundays or Saturdays but now it's school time gets together sometimes I don't celebrate any holiday [Good - 'any' used in a negative sentence] Larissa he celebration celebration (noun) I celebrate (verb) He/She/It celebrates we celebrate (verb) we have a celebration (noun) (He celebrates)Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter everyone in his family everyone everyone in the whole group the whole family three traditions ???? Practice a sentence Stephane what did Larissa tell you? Question Larissa often often = a lot/much of the time / words of frequency How often do you go out to dinner at a restaurant? Eliana in one part sentences for example I almost go to the restaurant every weekend. I go to the restaurant almost every weekend. Correct order of the words in the sentences Subject Verb Object Most English sentences start this way. Example: phrases almost every weekend every other day some of the time a little bit of the pizza a couple of times I eat pizza almost all of the time. I eat pizza every day of the week. I eat pizza every morning for breakfast. Next week -some more practice. ====================== Superlative Adjectives Source: Equative, Comparative & Superlative Adjectives https://app.ellii.com/lesson/1607 Exercise 4, p12 continued Vian Valerie 1. Henrietta / excellent / student / class which word is the adjective excellent most excellent s v (adj) o Henrietta is the most excellent student in the class. Stephane boots / expensive / store expensive most SVO "Boots" is the most expensive store The boots are the most expensive "in" the store. subject verb the boots are superlative adj the most expensive object shoes in the store Larissa adjective? humid est xxxxxxxxhumidest most humid Check the rules. August is the most humid month in the year. -------------------- humid humid = very hot water in the air air feels hot and damp humid hhhhhuuuuu mihd humidity human hhhhhhuuuuu mahn hu mid adjective 1. weather marked by a relatively high level of water vapor in the atmosphere. "a hot and humid day" Similar: muggy sultry sticky steamy oppressive airless stifling --------------------- Eliana Babbo is the most expensive in the city. expensive most SV SA O Ana 5. Coldplay / wonderful / band / world adjective wonderful most wonderful Coldplay is the most wonderful band in the world. Eliana I like some songs from that band. some Ama 6. Buffalo / cold / city / country adjective ????? cold superlative -est more ------------------------ Most of the time I don't like cold weather Do 'not' confuse 'most' of the time/90% of the time (quantifier word) with 'the most' (superlative adjective word). ------------------------ cold colder coldest Canada is a very cold country. Make a sentence using these words: 6. Buffalo / cold / city / country is a cold city city of Buffalo COMPARE one city with many cities Buffalo is a cold city. Buffalo is a colder city than Worcester. Buffalo is the coldest city in the country. End Class ===================