LISTENING SKILL - PRACTISING THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE WITH A SONG

LISTENING ACTIVITY: “Lemon Tree” (Band: Fool’s Garden)

You are going to watch an animated music video in order to examine the use and form of the Present Continuous tense. The video contains the lyrics of the song.

Tasks:

- First, copy all the verbs in the present continuous form.

- Second, transform those verbs into the negative form of the present continuous.

- Third, transform these verbs into the third personal singular of the present continuous.

WRITING SKILL - DAILY ROUTINES

1. COMPOSITION MODEL: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STUDENT

My name is ……. and I am …years old. I live in … and I am a student at … secondary school.

Every day, I get up at …  and I have ……. for breakfast. After that, I have a shower. Later, I get dressed and I go to school. I am good / bad at …., because ……. My favourite subject is …. because (I think) it’s …. I also like … During break time, I always + V (Present Simple) in the playground but this week I + V (Present Continuous) because of the exams.

When I get home, I have lunch. I + (adverb of frequency) take a nap. In the afternoons, I do homework. In the evenings I usually play / go / do + sport. I love it because it is ... and ... I can + V + sport + (adverb of manner).

Then, I go back home and I have dinner. I + (adverb of frequency) watch TV at night. I read before I go to sleep, because I love reading books / I don’t read before I go to sleep, because I am + (adverb of frequency) very tired.

That’s a typical day in my life. My everyday life is ordinary / simple, but I love / like it, especially at the weekends. This weekend my family and I + V (Present Continuous). Isn’t it great?

ACTIVITIES

1. Correct the mistakes:

1. Everys days I get up at seven o'clock.

2. Then have lunch.

3. I love play football.

4. I am good in Science.

5. I do my homeworks.

6. My subject favourite is French.

7. I watch TV in night.

8. I never am very tired.

9. I can go skating goodly.

10. I have twelve years old.

2. Write a composition about your daily routine, using this model as a guide.  

3. Ask your partner about his / her daily routines and write a similar composition about him / her in the third person singular.

GRAMMAR - CONTRAST PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

1. USES:

- To talk about habits. Examples: I go to school. They have lunch at two o’clock. He studies hard.

- To talk about permanent actions. Examples: You live in Logroño. She works in an important factory.

2. TIME EXPRESSIONS:

Adverbs of frequency (always, generally, usually, often, sometimes, never), on + days of the week in the plural, every …, once a / twice a / three times a …

ATTENTION! 

STATIVE VERBS describe a state rather than an action and they are used in the Present Simple form:

- Emotions and feelings: LOVE, LIKE, DISLIKE, HATE, HOPE, PREFER, WANT

- Thought and opinion: THINK, BELIEVE, FORGET, KNOW, REMEMBER, UNDERSTAND, (DIS)AGREE, MEAN, RECOGNISE, REALISE, SEEM, SUPPOSE

- Perception and senses: SEE, HEAR, FEEL, SMELL, TASTE, SOUND, TOUCH

- Possession: HAVE, OWN, BELONG

- Prices and measures: COST, MEASURE, WEIGH

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. USES:

- To describe activities which are happening at the moment of speaking. Examples: I am listening to the radio now. They are writing a letter right now. He is doing his homework at the moment.

- To talk about temporary actions. Examples: This week my father is painting the house. This month we are living with my grandparents. This year my brother is studying in Liverpool.

Also: Present Continuous with future meaning → To talk about definite plans in the future (arrangements). Examples: I am having dinner with my friends tonight. He is going to the dentist tomorrow. We are playing an important football match next week.

2. TIME EXPRESSIONS:

Now, right now, at the moment // this week /these days // all the morning/afternoon, evening // today, tomorrow, tonight, next ...

Also: Look! Listen!

GRAMMAR - FUTURE TENSES CHART

FUTURE TENSES	USES	AFFIRMATIVE FORM	NEGATIVE FORM	INTERROGATIVE FORM
SIMPLE FUTURE: WILL	a) Predictions. b) Spontaneous decisions. c) Distant future. - In + year, in a few years, in the future. - I think (know, suppose, imagine, expect) / I am sure (positive, certain, afraid) / I promise ... - Maybe, perhaps, probably	S + WILL + V + Cs. - I think it will rain. - I’ll lay the table. - He will study Law in 2030.	S + WILL NOT (WON’T) + V + Cs. - I think it won't rain. - I won't lay the table. -He won’t study Law in 2030.	WILL + S + V + Cs? - Will he study Law in 2030?
BE GOING TO	a) Planned action for the future, intentions. b) Predictions based on evidence / something about to happen (evidence). - Next week/month/year, in + month / in a few days / weeks... - I (have) plan(ned), I have decided ...	S + BE + GOING TO + V + Cs. - I am going to study in Liverpool next year. - Look at these clouds! It's going to rain. - My sister is going to have a baby in three months.	S + BE + NOT + GOING TO + V + Cs. - I am not going to study in Liverpool next year. - She is so lazy! She isn’t going to pass the exams.	BE + S + GOING TO + V + Cs? - Am I going to study in Liverpool next year? - Are you going to give up smoking after Christmas?
P.CONTINUOUS (future meaning): BE + V-ING	- Future arrangements. → ALWAYS add a temporal expression: tonight, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, on + day of the week, this week(end) / month....	S + BE + V-ing + Cs + time expression. - She's having dinner with Joe tonight.	S + BE + NOT + V-ing + Cs + time expression. - She isn't having dinner with Joe tonight.	BE + S + V-ing + Cs + time expression? - Is she having dinner with Joe tonight?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS:  WILL BE + V –ING	- Action IN PROGRESS at a certain future time. - (At) this time, next X between (time) and (time), in the next decades, for the next weeks, during...	S + WILL BE + V-ing + Cs. - You’ll be working at this time tomorrow.	S + WILL NOT / WON’T BE + V-ing + Cs. - You won’t be working at this time tomorrow.	WILL + S + BE + V-ing + Cs? - Will you be working at this time tomorrow?
FUTURE PERFECT: WILL HAVE + V-ED/3rd column	- The action is COMPLETED  at a certain future time. - By this time, by the end of..., in two years,...	S + WILL HAVE + -ED/3rd column  - You’ll have finished by ten o’clock.	S + WON’T HAVE + -ED/3rd column - You won’t have finished by 10 o’clock.	WILL +S + HAVE + ED/3rd column? - Will you have finished by 10 o’clock?