Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Presentation Projects
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Midterm recommendations
One-on-one meetings
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Continue past progressive verb tense
Exercises 4&6
Friday
I will not be here tomorrow.
There will be another teacher.
Three weeks left
Monday
No school
Thanksgiving Day
Spoken/Oral
Presentation: not next week, the week after
X/10
fun thing
to do, very interesting
Choose one
of the topics:
What is your favourite place in your home
country?
Who is a person who you know who you look up
to?
There will be two parts to this project:
1.
WRITTEN-
multi-paragraph- several paragraphs
-Write about the place or the person.
-Write about your relationship to this place or
person.
2.
SPOKEN
(3-5 minutes)
On your presentation day, you will tell the
class about this place or person and your relationship to it or them. You can
take a few written notes in case you forget something. However, no reading.
Also, please, do not recite a memorized speech.
Here are some possible topics to focus on:
Where the place is
When you went there
Who you went with
What the scenery was like
What there was to do there
What your memories are of the place
Who the person is
Where you knew them
What you did together
What you like about them
What you learned from them
What your memories are of the person
Right now,
think about what person or place you want to tell us about.
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Past Progressive Verb
Tense
Review of verb tenses so far:
Simple present- always, usually, fact, state happening
right now
Simple past- one event finished
walk walked
go was
go went
Simple future- one event in the future “will”
“am going to”
EASIER will go will
eat will see
be going to I am going
to go. She is going to go. We are going to see the movie.
MODALS/MODAL AUXILIARIES- study next week
DIFFERENT VERB want
to go/eat/stay/see
need to
have to
wanna / gonna- casual talking, not for writing
want to / going to
Present progressive/continuous- happening right now,
temporary
He is walking down the
street. We are walking down the street.
#1 error: He walking
down the street. XXX
FIXES
He is walking down the
street.
He walked down the
street.
He was walking down the
street.
He walks down the street
every day.
New verb tense: past progressive / past continuous
past progressive -
‘ing’ , happening in the past
auxiliary verb + ‘ing” verb
Dora is watching a movie right now. present
progressive
Dora was watching a movie last night. past
progressive
Dora watched a movie last night. simple past
Why would we use past progressive instead in simple past?
1. Use past progressive when the action was
interrupted by some other action.
2. Use past progressive when two actions were
happening at the same time.
1. interruption
Dora was watching a movie last night when the
doorbell rang.
Dora was watching a movie last night, and she got
scared.
2.
two things happening
simultaneously (at the same time)
Dora was watching a movie last night while she was
eating popcorn.
Dora was watching a movie while her husband was
making supper/dinner.
*Interruption
ACTION – then INTERRUPTION
She was driving on the highway when she saw an
accident.
I was driving my car when I saw a deer.
Deer meat is called venison.
Pig meat is called pork.
Cow meat is called beef.
Lamb meat is called lamb.
Sheep meat is called mutton.
Goat meat is called goat.
Calf meat is called veal.
*Two actions at the same time
She was washing the dishes while she was listening to
music.
My husband was cooking while I was helping the kids with
their homework.
Sarah was working on her homework while her sister was playing
a video game.
**when/while- different
when- one point in time Call me when you are free.
while- two actions at the same
time, during Don’t text while you are driving.
Mary was travelling in/around
Japan when the big earthquake hit.
A big earthquake hit while Mary
was travelling in/around Japan.
I was working when I heard the
news about the bike lane being closed in Stanley Park.
My dog was sleeping while the
thief was robbing our house.
Are you falling asleep while I’m
talking?
Exercise 4
1. They were standing on
the corner when I saw them.
while- I saw them while they were standing on the corner.
2. The sun was shining
3. It was raining when I left the office.
It rained was
raining while I was leaving the office. -sounds like leaving took a long
time
It rained was
raining while I was getting ready to leave the office.
4. I ate dinner last night.
I was eating dinner
when you called me.
5. was travelling
6. was working
7. was cooking / was making / was preparing / was fixing
She fixed/made a sandwich.
She was making a PB&J
sandwich, and the dog grabbed it.
peanut butter and jam
Get all natural peanut butter with
no sugar, just peanuts.
8. He cut himself while he was shaving.
He uses an electric
shaver.
She waxes her
moustache.
9. was watching
10.
was skating
ankle- joint
between your leg and foot
angle- 45 degrees,
30 degrees
angel- heavenly
spirit with a halo Archangel Micheal
uncle- your mother’s
or father’s brother
fairy- feminine
ferry
11.
was driving
12.
was walking
bill –
paper money
coin-
metal money
13.
were speeding
I was speeding in Montana
when the cop stopped me.
speed(v)-
drive too fast
overspeed
high speed(n)
She was driving at a high speed.
14.
was sleeping
Mei was sleeping when
something woke her up.
15.
was doing the dishes /
was doing the laundry
16.
was taking a shower / bath
She was taking a
bubble bath when the dog jumped in.
17.
was moving
Exercise 6
1. fell was painting
was falling off the ladder
He was falling down two flights of
stairs.
2. Were you studying when I called you last night?
3. were driving
stopped
4. was driving saw
5. read
6. dropped in was
watching
drop dropped
double ‘p’
Spelling rules-
Google: spelling rules double the
final consonant
drop in- visit unexpectedly, no
plan
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