BASIC ENGLISH TO SECONDARY 6°

Introduction

Educational Institution: San Luis

Grade: 6th English Course.

Duration: Two Classes of 1 hour.

Description: This activity is designed to develop basic skills students, easy and consistent way; to they learn to properly express different sentences, in the present continuous or progressive verbal time.

Theme: Continuous present tense

As occurs with all tenses of English, the speaker's attitude is as important as the time when the action or event occurs. By employing the "present continuous", we are referring to something that has not finished or is incomplete.

 

Objective: To identify the grammatical components of present continuous and apply these guidelines in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

Learning Strategies: Collaborative Task Based Learning.

Task

TASK:

Correctly write 10 sentences and answer 5 questions of continuous or progressive present.

 

Steps.

1. Explore related resources.

2. Build 10 sentences in present continuous.

3. Solving the suggested questionnaire.

Process

A. Perform readings and watch related videos in the resources section, such a way that all team members can understand, and strengthen the present continuous or progressive theme.

B. Make a comparative table with 20 verbs as follows way:

Verb + infinitive gerund (ing) 

Infinitive Verb

Verb + gerund (ing)

 1

 

 2

 

 3

 

C. Use the verbs of paragraph 2 for properly write 10 sentences in present continuous tense, as follows way: 4 affirmative sentences, 3 negative sentences, interrogative sentences and 3

D. Answer the following questions

1: El verbo TO BE hace uso de auxiliar en el presente progresivo, sus formas en presente son:
 a) a, and, but
 b) are, is, am
 c) was, were
 d) then, he, are
 e) is, a, am

2: Completa el espacio de manera correcta. He ____ sitting
 a) is
 b) are
 c) am
 d) a 
 e) an

3: I ____ going to work
 a) is
 b) do
 c) they
 d) are
 e) am

4: my father ___ dancing and my mother ___ preparing dinner
 a) are- is
 b) is -are
 c) are-are
 d) is-is
 e) es -a

5: Today I am _______ my English test. My bhother is _____ televison, my sisters are ______ to music, my father is ________ in the office and my dog is ______ the cat.
 a) doing-listening-working-chasinig- watching
 b) sleeping-watching-listening-working-chasinig
 c) doing-watching-playing-working-chasinig
 d) doing-watching-listening-taking a shower-chasinig
 e) doing-watching-listening-working-chasinig

Type Your Name 
Evaluation

Team presented a written work containing:

Item

Score

Comparative table with 20 verbs. (Each verb correctly related equals 0.5 points).

10 points

10 points

Group presents 10 sentences in continuous present according to grammatical rules. (Each correct phrase equals 0.5 points).

5 points

5 points

Group correctly answered all the questions in the questionnaire (Each correct answer equals one point).

5 points

5 Points

Total: 20 Points

20 Points
Conclusion

I invite you to assess the work performed: Write a short paragraph and describes how you think about the learning technique. Express if you feel very satisfied  :-), little satisfied  :-I or not satisfied  :-( and Why?

Credits

Resources

Present Continuous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HVPukO-Yi8

Present Continuous / Present Progressive: Affirmative Form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnthIRHNvY

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE.wmv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcWFBjANh_M

Edufind.com. Present Continuos. Retrieved , from: April 29 2015. http://www.edufind.com/es/english-grammar/present-continuous-tense/