What is the past participle of eat, bring, write and see.
eaten, brought, written and seen.
What are three words for BUT. Use the same sentence with all three.
Although _____, ______.
Even though ________, _________.
_________. However, _________.
Who were the original Americans? What were they like?
Native Americans. For example the Lenape or the Iroquois. They were very community oriented, some nomadic. There were specific gender roles and jobs. ETC
When is the Accuplacer? And what time?
May 20th at 10am
Who is Ms. Quinn? What are 3 facts we know about her?
She is an English teacher who was killed. She likes blue. She was engaged. She was very organized.
What are three verbs that go with gerund and 3 verbs that go with infinitive?
Gerund: enjoy, think about, consider, discuss, talk about, suggest, recommend, etc...
Infinitive: decide, need, want, would like, forget, etc....
Look at the word: sustain
What is the meaning of the word?
What is the noun, verb, adjective, and the adverb?
verb: sustain
adjective: sustainable
adverb: sustainably
How many colonies were there at the beginning when the British colonized America?
There were 13 colonies.
How long do you have for the essay? What are the most important parts of the essay?
How long do you have for the other parts? How many parts are there?
1 hour.
Word use/ Sentence Use/ Grammar/ Organization and Development
Other than the essay, there are four parts: Reading, Grammar, Meaning and listening
Why is Jade worried?
She is a suspect in the case?
We learned about three WHEN patterns. What are the three patterns, meaning what tenses go with WHEN sentences? Make sure to use the correct punctuation!
When simple present, simple present.
When simple present, future simple.
When simple past, simple past.
Suffix is something that goes in front of a word. What is the suffix for again? Give an example of 2 words that use the suffix.
Re- reevaluate/ redo
What was the event that started the American Revolution? Describe the event. And what was the American Revolution?
The Boston Tea Party -people were angry about the taxes without representation. So they got dressed up like native Americans and went on a boat and threw out all of the tea. American Revolution was when the people in America wanted to be independent from England.
What are the parts of the essay? What do you need to do first, second and third!
Intro, Paragraph 1, 2, 3, Conclusion
1) Read the question
2) Make an outline
3) create the skeleton and write
Who is captain Mitchell and what animal is he most like? What is the sound that that animal makes?
He is like a dog.
He barks.
What is the difference between: He helped me vs. He has helped me.
1) What are the two tenses?
2) What does each tense mean? And what does each sentence mean?
Simple past vs. Present perfect
He helped me means he helped me in the past. It is finished. / He has helped me is also finished and in the past but has helped has a feeling of so far and that he might help me again/ he might help me more.
A 5-storey walk-up (no elevator) building with many apartments on each floor like the one we visisted.
What is a tenement?
What was the root cause of the civil war? What advantages did the North have? What advantages did the south have? Who won? What was the consequence?
When can you take a break during the Accuplacer?
After the essay, you can take a break after every section.
He was born in Scotland, grew up in Pennsylvania, and started working at age 13.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
I forgot to set my alarm so I didn't wake up on time.
But if....
use a conditional sentence to express regret.
What conditional is it and what does it mean?
If I had set my alarm, I would have woken up on time.
Past unreal
It means that you are imagining something in the past. You cannot change it but you can imagine a different outcome.
An old story that many people know (and tell others) that might try to teach a lesson but it probably not true.
What is a myth?
The name of New York before it was New York. The animals that the first explorers saw here that they wanted to take back to Europe.
What is New Amsterdam? What is beaver?
What do you need to bring to the Accuplacer ESL test?
Your BMCC ID card and your brain.
Who is Marie Curie?