EF23 Class 27

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Midterm recommendations meetings- second half of the class, alphabetical order

·      Begin new verb tense- present progressive/present continuous

·      HW   Try Exercise 1.

 

Exercise 1

1.    My mother is busy now. She is making dinner. is cooking / is preparing

2.    He is fixing the car.   is washing / is waxing / is vacuuming / is cleaning / is repairing

 

 

Monday, October 13

NO SCHOOL

Thanksgiving Day

 

Three weeks left

Tuesday, Oct 14

First day of registration for Nov quarter.

You will get an email from the school on Tuesday morning. You can register using the link in that email.

I will explain how to register on that day.

 

 

 

Present Progressive Verb Tense Handout

 

These are the verb tenses we have learned so far:

We have to know these by the end of the course.

Quizzes, tests- You have to be able to write these.

I’ll be looking for them.

 

*Simple present- everyday action, usual, habitual action, truth

happening right now

She/He/It/Junko goes to school by bus.

We/I/They/You go to school by bus.

 

*Simple past – one event finished

She/He/It/Junko/We/I/They/You went to school by bus.

simple past forms

REGULAR

talk              talked was talk

walk            walked

IRREGULAR

drive           drove

see              saw  was see

 

was seeing- past progressive- EF45

 

*Simple future- one event to come

will EASIER  will be    will go   will drive   will eat

be going to He is going to    We are going to   I am going to

EF23 will  - good choice

She will be tired. adj

 

She/He/It/Junko/We/I/They/You will go to school by bus.

She/He/It/Junko is going to go to school by bus.

We/They/You are going to go to school by bus.

I am going to go to school by bus.

 

 

Next verb tense:

 

*Present progressive OR present continuous- same meaning

‘ing’ verb

 

auxiliary verb ‘to be’ + ‘ing’ verb

auxiliary verb ‘to be’ = is   are   am

 

auxiliary - five syllables, helping, extra

AUX – back of your TV, in your car

 

Examples:

Junko is walking down the sidewalk.

Junko and Sarah are walking down the sidewalk.

I am walking down the sidewalk.

 

EXAMPLES:

I am studying English right now.

We are listening to the teacher.

Jun is talking to his sister.

I am sitting on a chair.

SIMPLE  SV   SSV   SVV

SV Jun is talking to his sister.

SSV Mei and Junko are talking to their sister.

SVV   Jun is talking to his sister and is laughing.

          Joe is driving his car and listening to the radio.

Joe is driving his car and is listening to the radio. Sounds strange

We are getting in the car and are going to the beach.

 

 

EF4  SSVV SIMPLE

My friend and I are getting in the car and going to the beach.

 

COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.

We are getting in the car, and I am going to the beach.

We are getting in the car, and we are going to the beach.

There are many ways to write to express the same information.

 

EF45 level writi

ng

My friend and I are getting in the car, and we are going to the beach.

Are you ready for it? It will be a nice challenge.

We are improving our sentence writing step by step.

 

EF23  SV   SSV   SVV  Quiz1

We do more quizzes on simple, compound, and complex sentences.

We are going to win!

 

Let’s practice some easy sentences with present progressive.

1.make

Lidia is making cookies.

2.write

I am writing a letter to my dad.

3.study

We are studying English in SHEC.

4.buy

5.learn

She is learning to drive.

 6.raise

She is raising three kids.

7.grow

He is growing flowers in his yard.

My son is growing a beard.

Flowers are growing in the garden.

Her baby is growing very fast.

My sister is growing up with me.

8.speak

9.watch

He is watching baseball on TV.

I am watching TV at home.

She is watching the football game.

I am watching videos on my phone.

I am searching for vocabulary.

He is trying to remember her name.

 

10.play

The kids are playing with kites.

 

No electronic devices.

 

raise/ rise

He is raising his hand in class.

The sun is rising.

My boss is raising my salary.

 

She is learning to speak English.

She is learning English.

She is learning the piano.

She is learning to play the piano.

They are learning math.

They are learning Math 12.

 

He is learning biology.

 

She is listening to NOUN the radio / her mother.

She is learning to V. She is learning to dance.

 

They are learning to swim.

EF45 They are learning how to swim.

 

We are trying to write sentences.

 

Same grammar:

The little girl is learning to tie her shoes.

The little girl is trying to tie her shoes.

 

I am learning to play guitar. present progressive verb tense infinitive

He is trying to play chess.

 

I am going to go swimming. SIMPLE FUTURE VERB TENSE

I am swimming. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE- right now

 

Confusion:

I am going to go swimming. ‘swimming’ is a gerund, noun EF45

I am swimming. ‘swimming’ is part of a present progressive verb tense

You really have to know your verbs.

 

HIGHER-LEVEL OPTIONAL

I am learning to swim.

I am learning swimming.

 

I am taking swimming lessons.

 

 

AUX + ‘ing’ verb

 

Try Exercise 1 for homework.

We will go over it tomorrow.