Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

August 21st, 2014 Homework

Paragraph

Please write a paragraph:

How has your family shaped you into the person you are today?

The Paragraph (An example)

There are three reasons how my family has shaped my life. 

First, my father loves hockey. He always took me to the rink when I was a child and promoted sports.. 

Second, My mother believes that we always need to move forward and can't live in the past. This taught me to move on from many experiences I felt were negative in my life. 

Finally, my older brother and sisters always did things first. This allowed me to see what worked and what did not. 

As a result, my family had and continues to have a big impact on my life.

Share it with me this evening...thank you

Craig craig.koskimaki@canada-english.com

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Thursday, August 14, 2014

How to make a youtube video

Instructions

Exercises

Exercises to practice

August 14th, 2014

These are the different structures that we use when there are two verbs together in a sentence:
  • Verb + bare infinitive - can go there.
  • Verb + -ing - love going there.
  • Verb + to + infinitive - want to go there.
  • Verb + object + to + infinitive - He wants me to go there.
  • Answer these questions:
    1. What do you want your government to do?
    2. What do you need the registrar to do for you?
    3. What did your parents warn you not to do?
    4. What led you to come to Boston?
    5. Describe a time when someone told you not to do something.
    6. Describe a time when someone convinced you to do something dangerous.
    7. Describe a time when someone required you to do something unpleasant.
    8. Describe something that caused you to get annoyed.

August 14th, 2014

Short Movie on Gerunds & Infinitives

Verbs followed by a gerund

Continued

Verb Patterns Exercise

Infinitive or Gerund?