AG1 - 2017 JANUARY - UNIT 01

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Today’s Objective

• to master the use of present tenses
• simple present
• present progressive
• present perfect
• present perfect continuous
• action vs. non.action verbs

What is an action verb? non-action?

Usually a verb that expresses an event you can observe; thus, it can be used both in the progressive and the simple tenses.

Examples:  I walk every day.  or She is walking slowly in a park.

A non-action verb is usually abstract (you can only state it), which can not be observed .

Normally,  it cannot be used in the progressive tenses.

Examples: I love you. I believe in God.

I am serious.

I am being funny.

RP or received pronunciation

If you want your English to sound academic, you usually use rp.

What are the considerations you need to observe with them?

Google: oxford learners

What are they doing?

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Today’s Objective

• to master the use of present tenses
• simple present
• ...

What are they doing?

What do you think the article is about?

Have you heard of : VERB FORMS, TIME, AND TENSES? What do these words refer to?

Can you give examples?

What are the 4 categories of tenses?

a verb form

time:  past , present , and future

a TENSE: a combination or auxiliaries and a verb form to express an action in time

I have lived in Lima for 20 years. or I have lived in Lima since 1996.

When did the action start? in the past

Does it continue? Which time? in the present

Is it relevant now? Yes.

I have done my homework.

Can you see for or since? No.

Did the action finish? Yes

is it relevant now? Yes.

Is the homework finished now? Yes.

What kind of structures do you have to review per tense?

1. Affirmative sentence
2. Negative sentence
3. Yes no question
4. Wh question predicate
5. Wh question subject

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UNIT 01: ...
AFTER YOU READ
A.
1. 2. 3. G F B	4. 5. 6. E H D	7. 8. 9. A C	10. 11. 12.
B.
1.	T
2.	T
3.	F	MySpace and Facebook are social network sites.
4.	F	Facebook became available after MySpace.
5.	F	The author says most teachers have outlawed mobile phones in class.
6.	T
7.	T
8.	F	The author thinks staying in near-constant communication with others is often stressful.

EXERCISE 1
A.
1. 2. 3. AP HA	4. 5. 6. AP AP AP	7. 8. 9. AP AP HA	10. 11. 12. HA
B.
1. 2. 3. S S	4. 5. 6. A S A	7. 8. 9. S S A	10. 11. 12. S

EXERCISE 2
1. 2. WALK 3. TURN ON 4. START 5. IS GIVING 6. ‘M TRYING 7. ‘S WORKING	8. ‘M WRITING 9. IS CONSIDERING 10. THINK 11. MAKE 12. HAVE 13. ‘M DOING 14. LOVE

EXERCISE 3
1. 2. HAVE BEEN 3. HAVE BEEN LIVING 4. HAS BEEN 5. HAS BEEN WORKING 6. HAS BEEN WRITING 7. HAS ALSO WRITTEN	8. HAS BEEN 9. HAS TAUGHT 10. HAS BEEN TEACHING 11. HAVE HAD 12. HAVE OWNED 13. HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING

EXERCISE 4
1. 2. ARE LOOKING, FRANTICALLY 3. BADLY, ARE HAVING 4. RAPIDLY, HAVE 5. FEELS, BAD	6. AM FEELING, TERRIBLE 7. IS THINKING, CLEARLY 8. THINK, ESSENTIAL 9. IS, NORMALLY 10. IS BEING, OBNOXIOUS

EXERCISE 5

EXERCISE 6

A.

NOT MENTIONED: CELL PHONES

B.

1. 2. She is having a serious money problem. 3 Someone got hold of her credit card number. 4 This is a good example of identity theft. 5 The person who got the number has been charging(=buying things and putting it on her account)  a lot on her card. 6 $8,000 is involved. 7 She probably has to pay some back. 8 People are supposed to report problems like this immediately. 9 The Internet makes things easy, maybe too easy. 10 The downside is that it’s easy for criminals to get information.

EXERCISE 7

1. 2. A lot of new things are happening in the digital world. 3 James has been writing for a magazine and blogging on the Internet for years. 4 The longer he spoke, the angrier we got. 5 Bill is  strong, but Bob is stronger. 6 My fingers are sore because I’ve been working in the yard. 7 He’s been single for years, but now he’s going to get married.

What is the grammar note about? What are the examples?

In what ways, are the examples connected to the grammar note?

Is there any exception?