viernes, 14 de febrero de 2014

Uuups! Forgot to correct homework last class. It must be that were too busy last Wednesday. We'll do it next day.
But we continue practicing the Present Continuous. All the students could talk about actions in general, because we had been learning for a long time, so this time some new specific actions were introduced:
House chores: sweep the floor, mop the floor, vacuum the floor, make the bed, tidy up, set the table, do the laundry, fold the clothes, iron the clothes, wash up, cook, wash the windows, cut the grass, dust the furniture. 

Students wrote down and pronounced those new words. They acted out those actions. The other students had to guess what they were doing. We used this activity to practice asking questions in the present continuous. How do we ask a question in the present continuous? Very easy: we change the order of the words. Instead of saying:

He is sweeping the floor.
we put is first and say:

Is he sweeping the floor?
or are first:

Are Simon and Mary washing up the dishes?

Next students wrote some sentences in the present continuous. The had to write what the people in the pictures were doing.

For the Olympic games students had to answer 10 questions: some of them had to be answer in the present continuous, other ones were general questions that we had been practicing at the beginning of the lesson and that we repeat often, like address and year of birth. I must say they all did very well. What a smart group!
Homework
It is Monday, it's 8:00 o.c. in the evening. What's each member of your family doing and in which room are they? Example: My sister is doing her homework in her bedroom or My mother is writing an email in the living room. 

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