List of Linking Words
&
Connecting Words
(in 10 color cards)

For Students’ Writing

Avoiding Run-On Sentences: Explanation and Practice

Spring 2024

ESL-010.3-31161: High Beg Speak/Listen
M/W 4:30 PM – 7:45 PM
2/13/2024 TUE – 6/5/2024
Hesp, W-24

ESL-010.1-31156: Listening & Speaking Level 1
M/W 8:00 AM – 11:25 AM
2/14/2024 WED – 6/5/2024
Hesp, W-25

Class Weekly Calendar
Week Date / Monday & Wednesday
1 2/12 2/14 Lincoln Mo No Class
2 2/19 2/21 Washington Mo No Class
3 2/26 2/28
4 3/4 3/6
5 3/11 3/13
6 3/18 3/20
7 3/25 3/27
8 4/1 4/3
9 4/8 4/10 (Entire week Spring Break No Classes)
10 4/15 4/17
11 4/22 4/24
12 4/29 5/1
13 5/6 5/8
14 5/13 5/15
15 5/20 5/22
16 5/27 5/29 Memorial MON No Class
17 6/3 6/5

Syllabus Fall 2023 ESL 010-3-73526 High Beg. Hybrid (starts 9/25/2023 Mon)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/196Y4d5HqogZ4h5kfpYXtIDt-ubnZ43K5SbOqL145b7I/edit?usp=sharing

Syllabus Fall 2023 ESL 010-5 – 73264 (91992) ESL Lvl 3 Low Int. (starts 8/15/23 Tue)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RlQ6lXtYHpIjM4kwDcZiNtIixd8JbSdfDEMWCSDWzQA/edit?usp=sharing

Syllabus Spring 2023, ESL-010.4-31163: the class starts March 14, 2023: ENGLISH Grammar & Vocabulary

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tkm9x46BlEFQ7Q9C4CQBErgsvVGSlypbtC7lvLw_7Xo/edit?usp=sharing

Copy of ESL 10-6 Jan 31 2023 1st Class App Vall – Google Docs

Syllabus Spring 2022, AENG 10.4 – 82604 (Morning) – Starts on March 15, 2022 (Tuesday) (VVC, Hesperia Campus, CA, USA)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_d3fyk5AQYo-syONNHoLwteFwiNrF-HINZ3_r5eDRe0/edit?usp=sharing

Syllabus SPRING 2022, ESL-2, Starts March 14, 2022 (Monday) – Zoom Class

(VVC, California, USA)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/190Z58kNegjjnrmMsZZvvUBqdht60jY14/view?usp=sharing

How to register for Spring 2021 semester ONLINE Beginners’ Class:

Go to the college website:

http://vvc.edu

1) Find the Subject “Adult Education English” (AENG)

2) Choose the semester “Spring 2021”

3) Find the class by name of instructor “Zoia Eliseyeva”

AENG-10.1-78159 Low Beg Speak/Listen

Spring 2021 Term Instructors Eliseyeva, Z

Meeting Information M, W 7:45 AM – 11:05 AM

2/17/2021 – 6/9/2021 (Hesperia High School), Zoom CANVAS (Laboratory/Studio/Activity)

Dates 2/16/2021 – 6/12/2021

To register: vvc. edu 1) Find the Subject “Adult Education English” (AENG) 2) Choose the semester “Spring 2021” 3) Find the class by name of instructor “Zoia Eliseyeva”

Verbs Followed by  Gerunds or Infinitives 

Verbs Followed by the Gerund

acknowledge

admit

advise

appreciate

avoid

can’t help

can’t stand

celebrate

consider

delay

deny

detest

discontinue

discuss

dislike

endure

end up

enjoy

escape

explain

feel like

finish

forgive

give up (stop)

imagine

justify

keep (continue)

mention

mind (object to)

miss

postpone

practice

prevent

prohibit

put off

quit

recall

recommend

regret

report

resent

resist

risk

suggest

support

tolerate

understand

Verbs Followed by the Infinitive

agree

appear

arrange

ask

attempt

can’t afford

can’t wait

choose

consent

decide

deserve

expect

fail

help

hesitate

hope

hurry

intend

learn

manage

mean (intend)

need

neglect

offer pay plan

prepare

pretend

promise

refuse

request

rush

seem

volunteer

wait

want

wish

would like

Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive

begin

can’t stand

continue

forget*

hate

like

love

prefer

remember*

start

stop*

try

* a big difference in meaning if used Ger or Inf

Verbs Followed by Object+ Infinitive

advise

allow

ask*

cause

choose*

convince

encourage

expect*

forbid

force

get

help*

hire

invite

need*

pay*

permit

persuade

promise*

remind

request

require

teach

tell

urge

want*

warn

wish

would like*

*these verbs can also be followed by an infinitive without an object (example: ask to leave or ask someone to leave).

Examples:

1.  I enjoy singing (“enjoy” takes only GERUND)

2.  I like to read.  Or  I like reading.  (“like” takes

   both: either  INFINITIVE or GERUND)

3.  I want to study French. (“want” takes only  

   INFINITIVE)

4.  Help him do it. (“help” is followed by Object plus 

   INFINITIVE)

++++++++End of English Grammar Point posted Jan 11 2019++++++++

Past Simple, Past Perfect, and Would as a Modal

Example-paragraph from British literature

(John Fowles)

Then it was strange, she smiled just like she was going to laugh, and then she stopped and turned and went into her room, where I followed with the tray.
She poured out the tea, but something had made her angry, you could see.
She wouldn’t look at me.

Past Simple

was
smiled
was going to (intention)
stopped
turned
went
followed
poured out
could (Past tense of the modal “can”)

Past Perfect

had made (the timing is before all the actions expressed with Past Simple)

Would as a Modal

(as compared with its usage as “Future-in-the-Past” – in this case it is a different usage)

wouldn’t (she did not want to, she was not willing to, she was doing that intentionally)

+++End of Grammar Point about Past tenses in literature on June 30, 2020+++

Commas (Eight Basic Uses) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owH9v9TZonFHFNSJPML4s_i40PGEGiLiSLYpakzzwks

The Prince and the Pauper English Russian Video of Chapter 24 Mark Twain: Literature

 

English Grammar Point: Subjunctive after Verbs of Request

English Grammar Point: Subjunctive after Expressions of Urgency

Table of English Irregular Verbs

Syllabus SPRING 2020 VVC Hesperia Instructor: Zoia Eliseyeva

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L4-N8lWH_WNkDl2vNAHWoe93ZMbi6-HjWbFFs6ArO2o/edit#heading=h.3svuzi77lf3i

A Table of Irregular Verbs that you can print out or download:

http://zoiaeliseyeva.com/docs/103_fall_2018/103fall2018_IrregularVerbsTable.pdf

Two Irregular Verbs, that You May Confuse, in Examples (downloadable)

LAY AND LIE :

http://zoiaeliseyeva.com/docs/103_fall_2018/103fall2018_LAY_LIE_TWO_IRREGULAR_VERBS.pdf

If-Sentences

1)  We use simple conditional verbs to describe what might be.  We use the conditional form other would + verb.  Examples: If I go, would you follow? / If you follow, will you bring my coat to me? / If you go, I will you sit with me?

2)  We use the future conditional for uncertainites.  We use the subjunctive form of “go”, using “went” in the “if” clause:  If I went, would you follow?  (I really want to go, but I don’t want to go alone.)  If I went, would you bring my coat to me?  (I really want to go, but I can only be comfortable with my coat.)  If I went, would you sit with me?  (I really want to go, but I don’t want to be there alone.)

3)  We use stronger subjunctive construction for stronger uncertainties. We use the subjunctive form of “go”, using “were to go” in the “if” clause and the subjunctive form of “will”, using “would” in the main clause:  If I were to go, would you follow? (I’m thinking that I might go if you followed.  Or not.)  If I were to go, would you bring my coat to me?  (I’mean thinking that I might go if you brought my coat.  Or not. )  If I were to go, would you sit next to me? (I’m thinking that I might go if you sat with me.  Or not.)

4)  We are now talking after-the-fact-subjunctive.  These often sound like regrets, so they can sound a little sad:  If I had gone, would you have followed? (Maybe we could have some one more memory.)  If I had gone, would you have brought my coat to me? (I could already have my coat back.)  If I had gone, would you have sat next to me?  (I could have had some companionship that night.)  This is the language of could’ve/should’ve.