Reading and Writing, Chichen Itza, Sentence Structure

For dinner, I will either eat Italian food or Mexican food.  (one choice or the other). 

 My friend doesn’t like this place.  I don’t like it either.  (also)

 My wife wants spaghetti for dinner.  I want that as well. 

 You speak English as well as a native speaker. 

 As long as I am here, I will teach you (the time I a here)

 I will explain things as long as I am your teacher. 

 I will study English as long as I am in Philadelphia.

 As soon as you get this message, please call me back (the first second you get the message, call me back)

 As soon as you arrive, we will start the test (the first second you arrive, we will start the test)

 

 Simple Sentence:

I am a teacher.  I work at ELS.  I have a good class.  Nobody talks in class.  I read about a man.  His name is Michael Mosley.  He is from the UK.  He went missing in Greece.  He was on vacation.  They found his body.  He is dead. 

 

Compound Sentence:

I am a teacher, and I work at ELS.  I have a good class, so I am happy.  Nobody talks in class, and I think this is strange. 

 

Complex Sentence:

When I am in SSP class, nobody talks.  It is strange to me.  If you don’t want to study English, it’s OK with me.  You don’t have to come here. 

After I finish my class, I go home. 

Before I go home, I go to the gas station.

When I get home, I do work there.

If I go home, I will relax. 

My name is Nate.  I am a teacher.  I like Italian food.  I like lasagna.  I like it with salad.  I eat it at the restaurant.  I cook it at home.

My name is Nate, and I am a teacher.  I like Italian food, and I really like lasagna.  When I eat Lasagna, I have a salad.  I eat it at the restaurant, but I also make it at home.

 

I like Italian food, so I eat it every week. 

When I go to an Italian restaurant, I eat Lasagna. 

I like Tiramisu, so I eat it for dessert. 

 

Questions: 

*What do people in your country do when someone goes missing? 

*What do you think about computers class at ELS?