Developing Communicative Skills (10)

 Developing Communicative Skills


Objective:

During this lesson, we will learn the present progressive to talk about actions that are happening at the moment. 

Agenda: 


  • Review simple present. 

  • Review the simple past.  

  • Speaking. 

  • Listening. 

  • Project. 




Task 1: Feedback after the tests! - Simple Present


  1. Let’s remember the simple present.


Simple present:


  1. Third person: he, she, it. 

  2. We change the verb when we have a third person singular. 

  3. We use auxiliaries (do or does) in negative sentences and in questions. Be careful with the pronoun! 


Examples: 


I read at night. 

She reads at night. 

They read at night. 

He reads at night. 

We have pizza for dinner.

She has pizza for dinner. 


More examples: 

I study English. - I don’t study English. - Do you study English? 

She studies English. - She doesn’t study English. - Does she study English? 






Task 2: Feedback after the tests! - Simple Past

  1. Let’s remember the simple past.



Simple past:

  1. We change the verbs by adding -ed or -ied, depending on the ending of the verb. 

  2. We use the auxiliary did in negative sentences and questions. 

  3. The verb to be in the simple past is: is, am = was; are = were. 



Examples: 


I studied English. - I did not study English. - Did you study English? 

She studied English. - She did not study English. - Did she study English? 

They talked. - They didn’t talk. - Did they talk? 

He talked. - He didn’t talk. - Did he talk? 





Task 3: Feedback after the tests!

  1. Let’s click HERE. 

  2. Read the sentences or questions. 

  3. Mention with your partner what is wrong.

  4. Then, discuss these questions with your partner: 

What was the most difficult part in the test?

How did you study? 

What do you need to study again? 

Did you do your best in the test? 

 


Task 4: Grammar - possessive adjectives!


Let’s read the next pictures, and complete them.  

 

 

 

 

 


 Task 5: Grammar: Possessive Adjectives

  1. Please, click HERE to practice the new grammar.  

  1. Then, click HERE for an extra activity.   



Task 6: Vocabulary - Action Verbs


  1. What are action verbs? 

They are called action verbs because they describe activities or actions that someone or something is doing. These verbs express physical or mental actions that can be observed or imagined. For example:

  • Physical actions: run, jump, swim, write, dance

  • Mental actions: think, decide, imagine, learn


  1. Click HERE to practice and learn new verbs. 





Task 6: Grammar: Present Progressive or Present Continuous.




Together, let’s click HERE to practice the present progressive. 



Task 7: Grammar: Present Progressive or Present Continuous.

  1. Click HERE to practice the structure. 

  2. Then, click HERE. Look at the pictures. Mention what they are doing and what they are not doing. 





Task 8: Grammar: Present Progressive or Present Continuous.



Let’s read the next sentences, change them to questions: 


  1. Lucía is talking with her mom. 

  2. Thom is playing basketball with his friends. 

  3. My mom is cooking her favorite food. 

  4. I am reading for my homework.

  5. They are playing video games on our console. 

  6. We are watching our favorite TV program. 



Task 9: Grammar: Present Progressive or Present Continuous.

  1. Click HERE. Click on exercise 3. 

  2. Then, click HERE for an extra activity. 

  3. Discuss these questions with your partner: 

What are you doing? 

What is your mom/dad/wife/husband doing? 

What are your classmates doing? 

What are you doing in your English class? 




Task 10: Project time!

  1. As part of the evaluation from Site Academy, we need to complete 6 projects. 

  2. Project one is to talk about us. 

  3. You will write down your paragraph.

  4. Then, record yourself by presenting the information you wrote. 

  5. Send it to your teacher! 

  6. Do your best since the teacher will share it with the coordinate department of Site Academy. 


Information to be included: 

Name, age, place to work, job position, where you live, who lives with you, hobbies, what you don’t like to do. 


Feedback! 

Ask your teacher for today’s feedback. 



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