AM 115: Thursday, July 31st

Hello class~

Did you see the fireworks last night?

Let's get started:

• Speaking 10-3: Second conditional practice
• Grammar 10-2: First or second condition
• Please share your homework with Adam
• Share part #2
• Check part #3
• Part #4 
• Speaking from homework
• Questions
• Reading 10-1: An Imaginary Love Letter
• Reading Questions
• Grammar 10-3: Wish and Hope
• Wish and Hope Exercise

HOMEWORK:

• Please write 3 "hope" sentences
• Please write 3 "wish" sentences

PM 120: IELTS - Writing

Planning an essay

• What do we write about?
• Brainstorming
• Writing an outline
• Basic outline format

AM 115: Wednesday, July 30th

Good morning class,

How is everyone today?

Today, we are going to practice using the 1st and 2nd conditional tense.

Let's get started:

• 1st conditional practice
• Speaking practice
• Review 2nd conditional
• Grammar 10-1
• Check the homework
• Finish part #3
• Speaking 10-3
• Writing sentences
• Listening 10-1: A Million Dollars
• Questions
• Grammar 10-2: 1st or 2nd Condition - Which one is your choice?
• Exercise 

HOMEWORK:

• Grammar 10-2 Exercise - Part #2 and #3

PM1 IELTS 120: Reading

Hi everyone!

• Reading and note taking
• Scoop-it reading
• Reading Quicker
• Top-bottom reading
• Top-bottom reading with questions
• Practice Reading
• Answers

AM 115: Tuesday, July 29th

Greetings students!

Are you ready for another day of English?

Here is a question for you:    What will you do if you have a long weekend?

Here is what we are doing today:

• Vocabulary
• Give your homework to Adam
• Practice Game
• Vocabulary exercise
• Speaking 10-2
• Dictation listening
• The Conditional 
• First Condition review
• Things we think are possible
• Practice sentences
• Second Condition
• Things we think are imaginary
• Exercise

HOMEWORK:

• Grammar 10-1: The Second Conditional - Homework

AM 115: Monday, July 28th

Good morning everyone!

Are you ready for today's quiz? I hope you are :)

• Review Unit 9
• Speaking 9-5
• Time Schedule 
• Practice using the grammar
• Unit 9 quiz
• Check the answers
• Start unit 10
• Speaking 10-1
• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Slideshow 
• Vocabulary exercise
• Diction 
• Vocabulary game

HOMEWORK:

• 15 sentences with 2 vocabulary words in each sentence. 

AM 115: Friday, July 25th

Happy Friday everyone!

Here is what we are doing today:

• Vocabulary review
• Hang Mouse Game
• Grammar 9-2
• Check homework
• Speaking 9-4: Future Pictures
• Reading 9-1: A traveler's guide to Vancouver 
• Start Grammar 9-3: The First Condition
• If + present simple, will + infinitive
• Practice using the grammar
• Possible condition -> Probably result
• Make 1st condition sentences

HOMEWORK:

• Study for the test. Please use these to help you study:
• Review
• Time Schedule 
• Work on writing
• Practice using the grammar

AM 115: Thursday, July 24th

Hi everyone!

It is good to be in class. The Skytrain was not working this morning. :(

Here is what we are doing today:

• Listening
• Questions
• Transcript
• Grammar 9-2: Future aspects
• Exercise
• Speaking 9-4: Future Pictures

HOMEWORK:

• Finish Grammar Exercise 9-2

PM 1: IELTS - Writing

Here are the topics for your writing test

Task #1 and Task #1 again

Task #2

AM 115: Wednesday, July 23rd

Hello class~

How are you today?

What did you do when you finished school yesterday? What will you do today?

Here is what we are studying today:

• Grammar 9-1: Time Clauses and Time Conjunctions
• Review the lesson
• Check the homework
• Grammar Exercise #1
• Speaking 9-3: Questions with Time Clauses
• Time Clause Practice - Schedule
• Listening 9-1: Travelling
• Grammar 9-2: Future Aspects (Future Tense)
• Exercise 
• Writing 9-1: Future Sentences 
• Start your homework

HOMEWORK:

• Finish Writing 9-1

AM 115: Tuesday, July 22nd

Good morning everyone!

How is everyone doing today? We have a some new faces in class. Let's get to know each other.

Here is what we are doing today:

• Vocabulary
• Review words
• Speaking 9-2: Vocabulary Discussion
• Vocabulary Exercise #2 Change the sentences
• Listening - Dictation 
• Vocabulary Game
• Grammar 9-1: Time Clauses
• What is a clause?
• Clause Practice
• Time clauses and conjunctions
• Exercise #1
• Practice

HOMEWORK:

•  Write 2 Time clause sentences for :
• When
• As soon as
• Before
• After
• While
• Until 
• By the time

IELTS PM 120: Listening

Hi everyone!

Here is the listening test for today.  Good luck!\

IELTS Practice Listening Test

If this does not work, try:

Non PDF Version 


Listening Answers
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

AM 115: Monday, July 21st

Good morning class,

Did you have a nice weekend?

Do you have any questions about Friday's test?

Okay, here is what we are doing today:

• Unit 8 - Review Quiz
• Check the answers
• Questions?
• Start Unit 9 - Seeing the World
• Speaking 9-1: Seeing the World Introduction
• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow
• Vocabulary Exercise #1
• Work on your homework

HOMEWORK:

• Please write 15 sentences with 2 vocabulary words in each sentence. 

AM 115: Test Day

Hello,

Today is the unit 5-8 exam. How are you feeling about the exam?

We will have two parts today. Let's take a look:

Before the break:

• Review Should and Unit 8
• Practice with 8-3 Exercise
• Questions about Unit 8
• Have to
• Must
• Should
• Review Units 5-7
• Unit 5 questions
• Unit 6 questions
• Unit 7 questions

After the break:

• Unit 5-8 Exam

HOMEWORK:

• No homework for the weekend. 

AM 115: Thursday, July 17th

Good morning everyone~

I hope you did not have any problems with your speaking tests. Let me know if you need help.

Let see what we are going to do today:

• Grammar 8-2: Modal verbs and Must
• Using must or have to
• Check our homework - My Obligations
• Exercise Part 2
• Why do we use must?
• Exercise Part 3
• Mustn't and Don't Have to
• Exercise Part 4
• Questions about "Must" and "Have to"
• Speaking 8-4: Obligation Discussion
• Grammar 8-3: Should
• Giving advice
• Exercise Part #1
• Review Have to, Must, and Should
• Reading 8-1: Learning a Language
• Questions
• Help with the speaking test

HOMEWORK:

• Do your speaking test
• Study for Friday's test

AM 115: Wednesday, July 16th

Good morning class,

We have a lot of people in class this week. Let work together and try our best.

Here is what we are doing today:

• Review Grammar 8-1: Have to~

• Check the homework
• Speaking 8-3: What's your problem?
• Make sentences for the speaking.
• Have to vs. Have got to
• Finish Exercise
• Listening 8-1: What makes a good student?
• Questions
• Grammar 8-2: Modal verbs and Must
• Modal Verbs
• Exercise Part 1
• Using must or have to
• Exercise Part 2
• Why do we use must?
• Exercise Part 3
• Mustn't and Don't Have to
• Exercise Part 4
• Questions and sentences
• Speaking test
• Did your computer work?
• Do you need help?

HOMEWORK:

• Record your speaking test
• 10 sentences
• 5 outside obligations
• 5 inside obligations

AM 115: Tuesday, July 15th

Good morning class!

Let's see what we are doing today:

• Vocabulary
• Share your homework with Adam
• Finish Vocabulary Slideshow
• Speaking 8-2: Vocabulary Speaking
• Vocabulary Exercise
• Listening - Dictation 
• Grammar 8-1: Have to~
• Using the grammar
• Exercise Practice
• Strong Obligation
• Make sentences
• No Obligation
• Make sentences
• Practice with the exercise
• Have to vs. Have got to
• Finish Exercise
• Speaking Test
• What is this month's speaking test?
• Due on Thursday

HOMEWORK:

• Record the speaking test (Due on Thursday) 
• Finish Exercise #1 and #2

AM 115: Monday, July 14th

Good morning everyone!

How was your weekend? It was a hot one. Did you stay cool?

Here is what we are going to do today:

• Questions about Unit 7 and the present perfect
• Present Perfect: Past actions explaining now pictures
• Unit 7 Test
• Check the answers
• Start Unit 8: Education
• Speaking 8-1: Unit Introduction
• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow

HOMEWORK:

• 10 sentences with 2 vocabulary words in each sentence. Focus on the nouns and verbs. 

AM 115: Friday, July 11th

Good morning class,

• Vocabulary Practice
• Missing Letter
• Hang Mouse
• Check Reading Questions
• Check your writing
• Grammar 7-2: Past Actions with Present results
• Speaking 7-7: Before and Now
• Grammar exercise
• Listening 7-2: Favorite Music
• Exercise
• Present Perfect Vs. Past Tense
• Exercise

HOMEWORK:

• Study for Monday's test.

AM 115: Thursday, July 10th

Greetings everyone!

Let's see what we are doing today:

• Grammar 7-1 Review
• Speaking 7-6: Duration Speaking Practice
• Interview Activity
• Please write 4 question for the class
• 2 experience
• 2 duration
• Writing 7-1
• Share your homework
• Listening 7-1: The Violin
• Listening questions
• Reading 7-1: Bob and Ziggy Marley 

HOMEWORK:

• Reading Questions
• Read Grammar 7-2: Past Actions with Present results

AM 115: Wednesday, July 9th

Good morning everyone!

How are you today?

Have you done anything interesting in Canada?

• Vocabulary Game
• Grammar 7-1: The Present Perfect
• Experience - What have you done?
• Share your homework sentences
• Practice with exercise part #2
• Speaking 7-3: The Lying Game
• Duration - How long?
• Practice writing sentences
• Practice with exercise part #3 and #4
• Finish duration sentence
• Speaking 7-6: Duration Speaking Pairs
• Writing
• Making a good paragraph
• Writing 7-1: Music in your life

HOMEWORK:

• Finish Writing 7-1: Music in your life

AM 115: Tuesday, July 8th

Good morning class!


Let's see what we are doing today:

• Vocabulary
• Review
• Share your homework 
• Speaking 7-2: Questions with the vocabulary
• Vocabulary Exercise
• Listening
• Grammar 7-1: The Present Perfect
• How to write a present perfect sentence
• Practice with exercise part #1
• Duration - How long?
• Practice writing sentences
• Practice with exercise part #3 and #4
• Speaking 7-6: Duration Speaking Pairs
• Experience - What have you done?
• Practice writing sentences
• Practice with exercise part #2
• Speaking 7-3: The Lying Game

HOMEWORK:

• Present Prefect Sentences

AM 115: Monday, July 7th

Good morning class,

What was your weekend like? Did you do anything fun?

Let's see what we are doing today:

• Do you have any questions about unit 6?
• Let's get ready for the quiz.
• Quiz
• Check the answers when we are finished.
• Start Unit 7: Musicians
• Speaking 7-1: Musicians
• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Vocabulary slideshow
• Vocabulary exercise
• Listening
• Vocabulary game

HOMEWORK:

• 15 sentences with 2 vocabulary words in each sentence.

AM 115: Friday, July 4th

Happy 4th of July!




This is our class for today:

• Grammar 6-2: Comparative Adjectives
• Check the homework
• Grammar 6-3: Superlative Adjectives (#1)
• Exercise
• Reading 6-1: Books vs. Computers
• Listening 6-2: Cats vs Dogs
• The questions
• Writing 6-1: Studying with Computers

HOMEWORK:

• Study for Monday's Test

PM IELTS: Thursday

Context Lessons

AM 115: Thursday, July 3rd

Good morning class,

We have another busy day. Let's get started:

• Grammar 6-1
• What ..... like?
• Speaking 6-3
• 5 Questions
• Similar to~
• Make your own comparisons
• For example
• Practice
• Grammar Exercise
• Listening 6-2: England
• Notes
• Questions
• Comparative Adjectives
• Grammar Exercise
• 
  

HOMEWORK:

• Finish Grammar Exercise
• 
  

AM 115: Wednesday, July 2nd

Hello class,

What was your Canada Day like?  What did you do?

Today, we have a lot of new students and a lot of English to learn. Let's get started:

• Vocabulary
• Vocabulary Pictures
• Check Homework
• Vocabulary Exercise
• Listening
• Speaking 6-2: What's it like?
• Grammar 6-1: Like - Verb or Preposition
• Speaking 6-3: What is it like?
• Grammar Exercise

HOMEWORK:

• Study Grammar 6-1: What....like?
• Make 5 "What....like?" Questions