Present Continuous
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 412.
GRAMMAR
FILM MAJORS
Unit 3
Independent learning
Pay attention to your body language.
Repeat key messages.
This is self evident. To ensure that your students understand your message it is often important to repeat key sentences and phrases, and to paraphrase your comments.
I think it is something like 70% of communication is non-verbal. Body language is an often overlooked means of effectively communicating verbal messages. Being aware of your own body language helps to simplify classroom language. Some good body language tips include:
o Make good eye contact with the whole class
o Use hand and body gestures to help communicate your message
o Use pause
o Use vocal variety and a warm tone to communicate your message.
http://www.speechlanguage-resources.com/simplify-classroom-language.html
Make a list of useful classroom expressions on the basis of the following websites:
Understanding teachers' instructions / classroom expressions.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/young_learners/pdfs/classroomlanguage.pdf
http://www.engvid.com/classroom-vocabulary
http://www.eslflow.com/Commonclassroomxpressions.html
Present Continuousобозначает действие, которое происходит:
1. в момент речи. Оно началось когда-то раньше и ещё не закончилось.
Напр.: Sh-sh-sh! The baby is sleeping. What language is he speaking?
2. в данный период, временно. Напр.: We're on holidays. We're having a good time. Peter is ill. He isn't workingthis week.
Present Continuousможет передавать раздражение, особенно со словом alwaysили continually. Напр.: He's always boasting.
| Утвердительные предложения | I am playing (I'm) | we are playing (we're) |
| you are playing(you're) | you are playing(you're) | |
| he is playing (he's) | they areplaying (they're) | |
| Отрицательные предложения | I am notplaying (I'm not) | we are notplaying (we aren't) |
| youare notplaying(you aren't) | youare notplaying(you aren't) | |
| it is playing (it's) | they are notplaying (they aren't) | |
| Вопросительные предложения | am I playing? | arewe playing? |
| areyou playing? | areyou playing? | |
| (where) isshe playing? | (who) arethey playing(with)? | |
| Ключевые слова, которые указывают на употребление Present Continuous | now, right now, today, at present, at the moment, still, Look!, Listen! |
Exercise 1. Listen and enjoy!
Lemon Tree
original lyrics by “Fool's Garden”, and Peter Freudenthaler and Volker Hinkel
| I'm sitting here in the boring room It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder I'm driving around in my car I'm driving too fast, I'm driving too far I'd like to change my point of view I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning around And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree I'm sitting here, I miss the power I'd like to go out, taking a shower But there's a heavy cloud inside my head I feel so tired, put myself into bed Where nothing ever happens And I wonder | Isolation is not good for me Isolation, I don't want to sit on a lemon tree I'm stepping around in a desert of joy Maybe anyhow I'll get another toy And everything will happen And you'll wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see Is just another lemon tree I'm turning my head up and down Turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning around And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree And I wonder, wonder, I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see And all that I can see And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree |
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in Present Continuous.
1. They (to eat) sushi now.
2. It (to rain) today.
3. I (to wait) for my parents.
4. John (to play) with his friends outside. They (to play) football.
5. He says that his sister (to read) a very interesting book about French film directors.
6. I (to do) my homework, so please call me back later.
7. My father (to talk) to his business partner now. They (to discuss) some very important
issues. They (to do) a very interesting project.
8. The producer (to try) to raise more money for the film.
9. Monica (to make) a film about wild animals.
10. Today Julie (wears) a very nice dress.
11. The children (not talking). They (to listen) to the teacher.
12. Jack and Mary (to drink) soda now.
13. The whole family (to watch) TV in the living room.
14. Her mother (to cook) dinner.
15. I don't know what my brother (to do) now. Perhaps he (to sleep).
Exercise 3. Make the following sentences negative.
- I am talking to you.
- Simon is talking to a famous film director.
- My brother and I are planning to launch a new project.
- Robert and Patrick are discussing his new script now.
- He is wearing a nice pullover.
- We are developing a new shooting script now.
- Daniel is writing a novel.
- My sister is reading a film review.
- I am enjoying the picnic.
- They are watching a documentary film.
- She is waiting for the letter.
- Bart is taking driving lessons now. His father is going to buy him a new car.
- He is helping me with my homework.
- My wife is cleaning now and I am reading a newspaper.
- It is snowing.
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