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2016
UES, FMOcc.
UNIVERSITY OF EL SALVADOR
WESTERN MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAMPUS
FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH I
SEMESTER II-2016
General Objective:
At the end of this lesson SWBAT: effectively use the Present vs. Present
Progressive, Stative Verbs, Past Simple, Prepositions of Time, and the verb used
to.
Specific Objectives:
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I. LEAD-IN ACTIVITY (10 minutes)
Shu-shu
Ask a student to stand up in front of the class.
Tell everyone that for the next 60 seconds they can ask him/her questions,
but he/she will not speak, only listen.
At the end of the minute, the student can answer any of the questions he
wants to
Then, ask another student to stand up to be questioned.
Play one or two rounds more
PRE-WATCHING (5 minutes)
Have students in pairs and tell them to get prepared to watch a video
about fashion
Play the video two or three times according to students needs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P031PwaZum4
Then, have Students write all the information they can about the video
Later, ask some pairs about it.
Now that students know about trending, have them write a ten-lined
paragraph.
Then, orally, check students work.
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Simple Present Vs. Present Progressive/ Continuous
1. Use
repeated actions
2. Signal words
always
often
usually
now
sometimes
at the moment
seldom
Look!
never
Listen!
every day
every week
every year
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Simple Present Present Progressive/Continuous
on Mondays
3. Form
Present
Simple Present
Progressive/Continuous
4. Examples
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Simple Present Present Progressive
4.3. Questions
5. Spelling
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You cannot say: But you must say:
I am knowing the truth. I know the truth.
I am liking pizza. I like pizza.
It is sounding like a great idea. It sounds like a great idea.
Dynamic verbs
As opposed to a stative verb, a dynamic (or action) verb shows continued or
progressive action on the part of the subject.
Examples of dynamic verbs (dynamic verbs) are:
act, build, complete, design, develop, draw, fix, gather, handle, head, help,
improve, interview, introduce, justify, listen, lead, measure, narrate, negotiate,
orchestrate, originate, outline, perform, persuade, predict, regulate, record, save,
show, study, target, transform, travel, treat, uncoer, unveil, use, validate, value,
visualize, widen, write, zap, zoom...
These verbs can be used both in the simple and continuous forms.
Look at her! She is acting foolishly.
OR
She acts as a teacher in this movie.
The company is targeting young customers with this new product.
OR
We targeted a new market with that product.
DYNAMIC AND STATIVE
Some verbs can be both action verbs and dynamic verbs depending on their
meaning:
1. Be
be = it is usually used as a stative verb - stative
He's an excellent guitarist.
be = when it means behave or act, it can be used as a an action verb in the
continuous form. - dynamic
You are being silly.
2. Think
think = to express an opinion, to believe - stative
I think it's a fantastic idea.
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think = consider, to reason about or reflect on, ponder, to have or formulate in the
mind - dynamic
I am thinking about my friend
3. Have
have = to possess, to own - stative
He has a beautiful car
have = when it doesn't mean own or possess - dynamic
He's having lunch.
4. See
see = to perceive with the eye, to understand - stative
I see what you mean.
see = to meet, to be in the company of, to escort, to attend - dynamic
He's been seeing the same woman for eight years.
Not every verb can be used in a progressive form. We do not use verbs which
express situations in these forms. But we often use verbs which express actions
(dynamic verbs) in progressive forms.
agree
be
like prefer
hate promise
hear realize
imagine remember
know see.
need
Sometimes verbs can be used in progressive forms when they have certain
meanings. In other meanings it is not possible to use them in progressive forms.
Watch the following examples:
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Verb Simple forms Progressive forms
have (to eat) I always have a cola for lunch. I am having dinner right now.
USED TO
We use 'used to' for something that happened regularly in the past but no longer
happens.
Ben used to travel a lot in his job but now, since his promotion, he doesn't.
We also use it for something that was true but no longer is.
She used to have really long hair but she's had it all cut off.
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I didn't use to like him but now I do.
http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/grammar/simple_present_progressive_contrasted.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/state_dynamic_verbs.htm
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/menu.php
Write the colors of the rainbow on the board (ask students if they can list
them - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, like blue, and purple).
Assign each student a color, starting with the color red. Continue around
the class until everyone has an assigned color.
Tell the students to form groups according to their colors with all of the
reds together, oranges together, etc.
Provide each group with the lyrics previously cut.
Play the song for students to unscramble the lyrics of the song.
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The group that finishes first is going to win.
Make sure the winner group has ordered the lyrics correctly.
Play the song the second time for students to sing it.
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you oh
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
Ask students to form two circles in which they are facing each other, one
in the middle of the classroom and the other one surrounding them.
Have students discuss about the questions below.
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What did you use to do when you were a child?
Did you use to play with toys when you were a child?
Did you use to have a tantrum when you were a kid?
Are you doing something special this coming weekend?
When the word switch is called out, students change partners as the
circles move, one clockwise and the other one moves to their left.
Allow some time to discuss each of the questions.
DIRECTION: Have students fill in the blanks with the correct verb.
A.
Put the students into pairs and ask them to describe their daily routine to
their partner. They should explain what time they get up, what they have
for breakfast, what time they leave the house, what time they start
school/classes, etc.
Tell them to give as much information as possible.
B.
Now ask students to tell their partner about their daily routine when they
were fourteen year-old. Give them an example such as:
When I was 14 I used to get up at 6 Oclock. I used to have eggs for breakfast. I
used to leave the house at 7:00 am, and my mother and I used to have to catch 2
buses to school. I used to start school at 8:00 am
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Encourage them to use the construction used to + infinitive
C.
Susana Martinez gets up earlier now than when she was a child.
Susana used to leave the house earlier when she was a child.
Susana used to have more free time when she was a child.
After students have finished their sentences, they should read them to
their partner and their partner should say if they are correct or not.
Next get each student to read out a sentence about their partner to the
whole class.
D.
Tell your students they are going to watch a short film about a single day
in the life of a fourteen year-old Indian boy. As they watch the video
they should think how their daily routine is similar or different to that of
Amar.
Show the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8RZCGIbwsA
E.
After they have watched the video, get students to write 5 or more
sentences comparing their daily routine when they were fourteen with that
of the fourteen year-old Indian boy.
When they have finished they should compare them with their partner.
PRE-LISTENING (5 minutes)
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DURING LISTENING (15 minutes)
Have students in pairs and tell them to get prepared to listen the audio
Play the audio two or three times according to students needs
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-
practice/new-inventions
Later, ask some pairs about it
Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences.
Now that students know about the audio, have them do the exercise. Write
the inventions in the correct group. If they don`t know, have a guess!
Then, orally, check students work
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3. Book Time: page 10 (30 minutes)
Story telling:
The teacher will begin telling a story about What he/she used to do when
he/she was a child. (e.g. what he/she used to play, what he/she used to
eat..)
Then, the teacher will choose a student to continue with the story using
the same structure.
After that, the student will choose a classmate to continue with the story,
and so on.
The teacher must be taking notes about grammar and pronunciation
mistakes.
At the end, the teacher will correct the mistakes.
BRAINSTORMING
The teacher will say some sentences to the students for them to know
what the topic is going to be about.
Then the teacher is going to ask some students if they know which the
topic is. PAST HABITS AND EVENTS
After having discovered the topic, the students are going to write a
paragraph about the past habits and events they did when they were
children. They must use used to.
Then the students will be asked to share their paragraph with the person
next to him or her.
When they have finished sharing their paragraphs, some of them are
going to pass to the front to tell the paragraph of the person he or she
worked with.
At the end the teacher must correct grammar and pronunciation mistakes.
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VI. FREE PRACTICE
Pre listening
Ask students to work in pairs
Write in the board possible new words like isolation, desert, and joy.
Ask some students for the meaning of the possible new words.
During listening
Ask students to fill in the blanks using the simple present tense or
present continuous tense.
Post listening
Choose some students to give the answers.
After that have them work in groups and ask them to answer the
following questions:
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I _____ (feel) so lonely
I_____ (wait) for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I _____ (turn) my head up and down
I_____ (turn) around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I______(sit) 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
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder
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Ask them to discuss about what they used to do and what they
used to look like when they were kids.
Remind them also to use prepositions of time.
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Have students write a 15-line paragraph using simple present and
present progressive about themselves, their interests and their
plans, and their interests and plans 2 years ago.
Then the students will be asked to share their paragraph with the
person next to him or her.
When they have finished sharing their paragraphs, some of them
are going to pass to the front to read their paragraph to the class.
At the end the teacher must correct grammar and pronunciation
mistakes.
1.STUDENT A: You want to give your 1. STUDENT B: Your grandson invites you to
grandpa a surprise. You invite him to an go out. He takes you to an electronic gadget
electronic gadget store. It is his birthday and store. He wants to buy you a cell phone with
you want to give him a cell phone with the the latest technology. You dont like the idea,
latest technology. You explain to grandpa that and you explain to him that things were
the cell phone will be very useful because it has different in the past. You tell him grandfathers
a lot of apps. You tell him that iphones are used to receive different gifts for birthdays.
trending today.
2. STUDENT A: You knew a 2. STUDENT B: You have been chatting with
beautiful/handsome girl/boy through a boy/girl through Facebook. She/he invited
Facebook. You have been chatting with her you to go to the cinema. When he arrives you
and now it is time to meet her/him face to notice that he is dressed up in a very strange
face. You invited him/her to go to the cinema. manner. He starts asking you personal issues
You dress up with the best clothe for the date. about your past and present. You feel very
When you are at the cinema you notice ha he uncomfortable and tell him that you dont want
to go out with him/her anymore.
or she is uncomfortable and decide to start
asking her/him questions about personal
issues.
3. STUDENT A: When you were in high 3. STUDENT B: You had a boyfriend when
school, you had a girlfriend that you really you were in school. You really loved him, but
loved. But one day your girlfriend and her one day you had to move with your family to
family moved to another country and you had another country. When you are in the other
to break up. After you broke up, you still country you start dating a boy. You are dating
thought of a second chance in the future. Soon another boy because you want to forget your
after, while the girl is in the other country, you ex-boyfriend but you cant.
realize (through Facebook) that the girl is Some time later, you come back and you
dating another boy. decide to visit your ex-boyfriend. Your ex-
After some time your ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend and you start talking and
family have recently come back, and she visits remembering about your old times together.
you. You didnt know that she had come back You are still in love with him, but you pretend
and you get really surprised when you see her not to be. At the end, you decide to give love a
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again. You start talking about the old times, new opportunity. You both end up making
and you are sure you are still in love with her, plans to get married in the future.
but you dont want to accept it. But at the end,
you start saying things in a way that you
demonstrate your love.
4. STUDENT A: You live in the county side 4.STUDENT B: Your son is a teenager that
with your mother. You have a very old and really wants to get a really good smartphone.
cheap cellphone, and you really want to have He has an old cellphone, but he works hard to
an expensive and really good smartphone. Your convince you with the idea of getting a really
mom doesnt want you to have it, because she good smartphone. You dont want to accept
thinks that is not convenient for you. Your that idea, but your son explains all the
mother is a very conservative woman, and she advantages and good things of the smartphone;
doesnt like technological devices at all. You he insists with the idea, and you get mad at him
try really hard to convince her, and you explain but at the end you accept. Little by little, you
to her all the advantages and good things you see all the advantages and all the positive
can do with the smartphone. Its really hard for things of the smartphone. Sometimes you ask
you to convince her, but at the end you do it. your son to make some video calls to
communicate with your mother and other
relatives.
5.STUDENT A: You run into and old friend 5.STUDENT B: You see a really good friend
you hadnt seen in ten years. You start talking you hadnt seen in ten years. You are really
about what you have done in those ten years, excited with your friend, and you start talking
and remembering all the things you did in your about all the things you have done in those ten
childhood. Then, you talk about your present years. Also you talk about your present life
life and the plans you have for the future. and your plans for the future. When your friend
When you are about to say good bye, your is about to say goodbye, you invite him to a
friend invites you to go to a concert. You dont concert. Your friend says that he doesnt like
want to go because the singer is not your the kind of music you want to listen to in the
favorite one, but after some time you decide to concert. But you convince him, and he says
go just because the guy that invites you is your that he accepts just because you are his best
best friend. friend.
HOMEWORK:
Ask Ss to interview an older person how things used to be in the past. Ss
can ask about the gadgets that they had in the past or about the life style
that they used to have,
Using the information students have to create a paragraph and describe
how things are nowadays.
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