Tuesday, October 10, 2017

STAGE 3.- PRESENT PROGRESSIVE OR CONTINUOUS

Grammar Focus:

USES:

We use the present progressive or continuous tense to talk about:
  • actions happening now or at the moment of speaking.
  • actions happening for a short period of time.
  • actions taking place in a near future.

SIGNAL WORDS


  • at the moment
  • now / just now / right now
  • Listen!
  • Look!

STRUCTURE






SPELLING RULES

1.  Verbs that end with one  -edrop the -e and add -ing.  Note that these verbs the -e sound  at the end is silent. (e.g., believe, bake, take, move).

  • achieve — achieving        
  • live — living        
  • take — taking      
  • strike — striking
  • bike — biking
  • make — making
  • have  — having
  • dance — dancing


Verbs ending with a long -e sound, add -ing as you normally would.


  • see — seeing

  • be — being

  • flee — fleeing

  • agree — agreeing


2.  Short one-syllable verbs ending in CVC (a consonant + vowel + consonant), we double the final consonant before adding the -ing ending:

  • sit — sitting      
  • get — getting       
  • pet — petting    
  • plan — planning     
  • run — running  
  • put   — putting
  • stop — stopping
  • trim — trimming
  • win  — winning
Notice these verbs end in CVC (consonant vowel consonant). However, do not double the consonant for verbs that end in w, x or y.

Verbs ending in w, x and y

  • blow — glowing       
  • row — rowing     
  • snow— snowing
  • stay — staying       
  • tax — taxing

  • play— playing

3.  When verbs ending in ending in CVC (consonant vowel consonant) have two or more syllables, double the last consonant if the last syllable is stressed.

  • begin — beginning (be / GIN = the last syllable is stressed)
  • forget  — forgetting (for / GET = the last syllable is stressed)
  • upset — upsetting
  • regret — regretting
  • prefer  — preferring
  • admit  — admitting

However, when the last syllable is not stressed, just add -ing as usual.

  • benefit — benefiting ( be / NE / fit  = second syllable is stressed not  the last)
  • happen — happening (HAPP / en = first syllable is stressed not  the last)
  • open — opening
  • listen — listening


4. Verbs ending in -ie .  If a verb ends in -ie change 'ie' to 'y' then add -ing.

  • die — dying   
  • lie — lying  
  • tie — tying  



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Watch these videos and write at least

10 actions that are happening in the videos







PRACTICE # 1






PRACTICE # 2


PRACTICE # 3


VOCABULARY STAGE 3

  •  CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES










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  • WEATHER CONDITIONS




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  • VACATION ACTIVITIES


STAGE 3

Stage 3: I Can Describe Ongoing Actions


Student’s Book

Lesson 1: Are you having fun?

-  Grammar-present progressive , yes/no questions

-  Vocabulary- vacation activities

Lesson 2: What are you wearing?

-  Grammar- present progressive (affirmative and negative)

-  Vocabulary- clothes and accessories


Lesson 3: Is he wearing a jacket?

-  Grammar- present progressive

-  Vocabulary- clothes, shopping

Lesson 4: Is it hot outside?

-  Grammar- simple present vs. present progressive

-  Vocabulary- weather

Student’s Guide

-         Diagnostic activity
-         Knowledge Acquisition Activity
-         Hierarchy and organization activity
-         Application Activity
-         Metacognitive activity
-         Integrative  activity (Nexus)