1-1 THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE THE SIMPLE PRESENT THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE a Ann takes a shower every day.. The simple present expresses general statements offact,
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KUNIO: My first name is Kunio K-U-N-1-0 My family name is Akiwa :~' '
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KUNIO: Yes, it is And what is your name again?" , ' ,.<
MARIA: My first name is Maria M-A-R-I-A My last name is Lopez .+
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PART U Use the information in the dialogue to complete Kunio's introduction of Maria to the class
KUMO: I would like to introduce Maria Lopez Maria, would you please stand up?
Thank you Maria is from Mexkco Right now, she's living
She has been here
In her free time, she
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PART III NOW it is Maria's turn to introduce Kunio to the class What is she going to say? Create an introduction Begin with "I would like to introduce Kunio ."
P ~ R T IK Pair up with another student in the class Interview each other Then introduce each other to the rest of the class In your conversation, find out your classmate's:
Take notes during the interview
class
Direcrions: Write answers to the questions Use your own paper With your teacher, decide what to do with your writing
suggestims:
a Give it to a classmate to read Your classmate can then summarize the information in
a spoken report to a small group
b Pair up with a classmate and correct errors in each other's writing
c Read your composition aloud in a small group and answer any questions about it
d Hand it in to the teacher, who will correct the errors and return it to you
e Hand it in to the teacher, who will keep it and return it at the end of the term, when your English has progressed, for you to correct your own errors
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2 Where are you from? ., : ' ' ,, ,, '2 , ~ ,
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3 Where are you living?
4, Why are you here (in this city)?
a Are you a student? If so, what are you studying?
' b D o you work? If so, what is your job?
, , c D o you have another reason for being here?
! < , 5 What do you like to do in your free time?
6 What is your favorite season of the year? Why?
7 What are your three favorite books? Why do you like them?
8 Describe your first day in this class
Directions: All the sentences contain mistakes Find and correct the mistakes
Example: I no like cold weather
+ I don't like cold weather
1 Student at this school
2 I no living at home right now
3 I be living in this city
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5 I am not knowing my teacher's name
6 (supply name) teach our English class
7 Sheme* expect us to be in class on time
8 We always are coming to class on time
9 Omar does he going to school?
10 Tom no go to school
11 My sister don't have a job
12 Does Anna has a job?
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*Choose rhe appmpriate pronoun for your teacher, ha or $he
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PROGRESSIVE
THE SIMPLE PRESENT
THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
(a) Ann takes a shower every day
(b) I usually read the newspaper in
the morning
(c) Babies m y Birds&
(d) NEGATIVE:
It doesn't snow in Bangkok
(e) QUESTION:
Doe8 the teacher speak slowly?
(f) Ann can't come to the phone right
now because she is taking a
shower
(g) I a m reading my grammar book right now
@) Jimmy and Susie are babies They
are crying I can hear them right
now Maybe they are hungry
(i) NEGATIVE:
It isn't snowing right now
(j) QUESTION:
Is the teacher speaking right now?
The SIMPLE PIWENT expresses
daily habits or usual activities, as
in (a) and @)
The simple present expresses
general statements offact, as in (c)
In sum, the simple present is used for evenrs or situations that exist always, usually, or
habimally in the past, present, and future
The PRESENT PROGRESS~TE
expresses an actiw'y that is in
pmgress (is occurring, is
happenink) right now The event
is in progress at the time the speaker is saying the sentence
The event began in the past, is
in progress now, and will
probably continue into the future
FORM: am, is, are + -ing
STATEMENT
I a m not working
SIMPLB PRESENT
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
I a m working
he, she, it + is = He's, She's, It's working
W o r e : am and not m not conmctcd
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Directions: Discuss the verbs in italics Is the activity of the verb
(a) a daily or usual habit? OR
(b) happening right now (i.e., in progress in the picture)?
It's 7:30 A.M., and the Wilsons are in their kitchen Mrs Wilson is sitting at the
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breawast table She is reading a newspaper She reads the newspaper every morning Mr
Wilson is pouring a cup of coffee He drinks two cups of coffee every morning before he
goes to work There is a cartoon onTV, but the children aren't watching it They
are playing with their toys instead They usually watch cartoons in the morning, but this
morning they aren't paying any attention to the TV Mr and Mrs Wilson aren't watching
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' t h e w either They often watch the news in the evening, but they don't watch cartoons
Directions: Complete the sentences by using the words in parentheses Use the simple
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1 Shhh The baby (deep) is slee~ihs The baby (sleep)
Present Time 5
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4 A: (it, rain) a lot in southern California?
my umbrella?
6 A: Look It'sYoussef
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7 A: Oscar usually (walk) to work (walk,you)
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to work every day, too?
B: Yes
B: Sometimes
8 A: Flowers! Flowers for sale!
Yes sir! Can I help you?
, , , V G n B: I'll take those-the yellow ones
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for a special occasion?
B: I (bud
them for my wife I (buy)
her flowers on the first day of every month
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Directions: Student A performs an action Student B describes the action, using Student A's name and the present progressive
Example: stand next to your desk
STUDENT A: (Student A stands up.)
STUDENT B: (Maria) is standing next to her desk
2 smile
3 whistle
4 open or close the door
5 hum
13 knock on the door
14 sit on the floor
15 shake hands with someone
16 look at your watch
6 bite your fingernails 17 count aloud the number of people in the
room
, 7 read your grammar book
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19 scratch your head
9 look at the ceiling
4 ,% 20 Perform any action you choose Use
10 hold your pen in your left hand objects in the classroom if you wish
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EXERCISE 7 Activity: using the present progressive (Charts 1-1 and 1-2)
Direceions: Use the present progressive to discuss your classmates' immediate activities Divide into two groups, I and 11
You may wish to do some interesting or slightly unusual things Perform these activities at the same time
to Ricardo Yoko ti scratching her chin Spyros is leaning against the wall.) Be sure to use
your classmates' names
Later, Group I and Group I1 should reverse roles, with Group U acting and Group I describing
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Directions: Use the present progressive to describe activities in progress Work in groups or
as a class
FIRST: One member of the group pretends to do something, and the rest of the
group tries to guess what the action is and describe it, using the present progressive
Example: painting a wall
STUDENT A: (pretends to be painting a wdI)
OTHERS: You're conducting an orchestra (No.)
Are you washing a window? (No.) You're painting a wall (Yes!)
SECOND: Student A repeats the performance and describes hisiher actions aloud
Example:
STUDENT A: I am standing in front of an unpainted wall I'm opening a can of paint Now
' I , I'm picking up a paintbrush I'm dipping the brush in the can of paint I'm
lifting the brush Now I'm painting the wall
Suggestions for actions:
painting a wall
drinking a cup of tealcoffee
petting a dog
dialing a telephone
climbing a tree
playing the piano diving into a pool and swimming driving a car
watching a tennis match pitching a baseball