Unit 3

TITLE:
OUT AND ABOUT

TOPICS:
1.  PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE
2. WEATHER.
3. EXPRESSIONS "THAT'S GREAT" AND "THAT'S TOO BAD"

1. PRESENT CONTINUOS TENSE/PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

1.1 USE

The Present Progressive is used when we talk about something which is happening now. It is also called Present Continuous. Have a look at the following examples:   1)      actions happening at the moment of speaking (now, at the moment) Acciones que pasan al momento en que se está hablando Peter is reading a book now. She’s listening to the radio. 2)      fixed plan in the near future. Planes fijados para el futuro cercano She is going to Basel on Saturday. 3)      temporary actions Acciones temporales His father is working in Rome this month. 4)      actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions) Acciones que pasan cerca al momento en que se está hablando  My friend is preparing for his exams. 5)      trends Tendencias  More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.   6)      Repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever) Acciones repetidas que están irritando al que habla. Andrew is always coming late. (I don't like it.) 1.2 RULES OF FORMATION For many verbs we make the ING form by simply adding -ING to end of the verb. ·         eat – eating ·         speak – speaking ·         cook – cooking ·         start – starting ·         do – doing ·         stay – staying ·         fix – fixing ·         try – trying Verbs ending with -e   Verbos que terminan en E Drop the -e and add ING ·         hope – hoping ·         ride – riding ·         make – making ·         write – writing Verbs ending with -ee  - verbos que terminan en EE Just add -ING ·         agree – agreeing ·         flee – fleeing ·         see – seeing Verbs ending with -ie    Verbos que terminan en IE Change the -ie to -y and add -ING ·         die – dying ·         tie – tying ·         lie – lying Verbs ending with one vowel and one consonant  - Verbos que terminan en vocal y consonante For one syllable verbs double the consonant and add -ING ·         jog – jogging ·         sit – sitting ·         run – running ·         stop – stopping EXAMPLES: attend  attending play  playing  spell  spelling  carry  carrying  put  putting  swim  swimming  close   closing  rain  raining  take  taking  drive  driving  run  running  walk  walking  find  finding  say  saying  watch  watching  go  going  see  seeing  wear  wearing  open  opening  snow   snowing   write  writing 1.3 AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I am going	I am not going	Am I going ?
You are going	You are not going	Are you going ?
He is going	He is not going	Is he going ?
She is going	She is not going	Is she going ?
It is going	It is not going	Is it going ?
We are going	We are not going	Are we going ?
You are going	You are not going	Are you going ?
They are going	They are not going	Are they going ?

subject auxiliary verb main verb AFF I am speaking to you. AFF You are reading this. NEG She is not staying in London. NEG We are not playing football. INTE Is he watching TV? INTE Are they waiting for John 1.4 CONVERSATIONS

Look at the use of the present progressive tense in this conversation

1.5  VIDEOS Watch this video and practice the pronunciation of the present continous tense

VERBS + ING

Watch this video for an ENGLISH explanation about the continous tense

Listen and sing this song to practice the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omsongs2/song03.htm

2.WEATHER

WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY? iT'S SUNNY

En este link pueden praticar dos conversaciones acerca del clima (The Weather)

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit5/page3.htm

3. THAT'S GREAT -THAT'S TOO BAD

Cuando alguien nos esta contando algun suceso, podemos mostrar que estamos interesados y atentos a aquello que nos está contando Utilizando las expresiones: THAT'S TOO BAD (que mal!) o THAT'S GREAT (que bien!)

Let's look at some examples here:

Asi como estas expresiones, también podemos usar las siguientes:

THAT'S FANTASTIC :            Eso es fantastico/ Fantastico!

THAT'S TERRIFIC:                 Eso es genial/genial!

THAT'S GOOD:                       Eso es bueno/ que bueno

THAT'S AWFUL:                     Eso es horrible/ que horrible

THAT'S TERRIBLE:                 Eso es terrible/ que terrible

THAT'S REALLY FUN:           Eso es realmente divertido/ que divertdo

THAT'S DESSAPOINTING:    Eso es decepcionante/ que decepcionante

THAT'S FRUSTRATING:        Eso es frustrante/ que frustrante

THAT'S NICE:                         Que bien.