The times

Review and practice the times!

Click here to practice:
http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html
http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec2.html7
http://eu.ixl.com/math/grade-2/reading-clocks
http://eu.ixl.com/math/grade-2/match-clocks-and-times
http://eu.ixl.com/math/grade-2/match-analog-and-digital-clocks
http://eu.ixl.com/math/grade-2/compare-clocks
http://eu.ixl.com/math/grade-2/time-words-oclock-half-quarter

Do not forget your homework for next Monday.
Have a nice weekend!
María José

Present Continuous

The use of the present continuous tense

• The present continuous is used to talk about actions happening at the time of speaking. Example:
  
  • Where is Mary? She is having a bath. (Not she has a bath)
  • What are you doing at the moment in front of your screen? Don't you know? Well … you are reading this lesson. You are learning English.
• The present continuous can also be used when an action has started but hasn’t finished yet.

  Example:
  

  • I am reading a book; it’s a nice book. (It means = I am not necessarily reading it; I started reading it but I haven’t finished it yet

Special verbs

There are verbs which are normally not used in the present continuous.

Examples:

be, believe, belong, hate, hear, like, love, mean, prefer, remain, realize, see, seem, smell, think, understand, want, wish
It's not correct to say:

He is wanting to buy a new car.*

You must say:

He wants to buy a new car.

The form of the present continuous tense

The verb to be (in the simple present)

verb + ing

The affirmative forms of the present continuous:

I	am	eating.
	’m
You, we, they	are
	’re
He, she, it	is
	's

The interrogative forms of the present continuous

Am	I	eating?
Are	you, we, they
Is	he, she, it

The negative forms of the present continuous

I	am not	eating.
	’m not
You, we, they	are not
	aren't
He, she, it	is not
	isn't

Here you have a video with the explanation of this tense, do not miss it!!!!





To finish, here you are some links to practice the present continuous or progressive, it is the same!!

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/present-progressive-continuous-esl-grammar-fun-game-online/
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/action-verbs-present-progressive-grammar-game-rally-game/
http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/fling%20the%20teacher/actionverbs/present%20progressive%20multiple%20choice.html


I hope you enjoy the post!

Bye!

Maria Jose

Simple Present

The simple present is used:

• to give opinions - I like ice cream. I don't like spicy food.
• to talk about schedules - The library opens at eight. It doesn't open at 7.
• to talk about daily habits (routine actions)- Sara eats a cheese for breakfast every day. She doesn't eat cereal.
• to give facts - The earth circles the sun. The moon doesn't circle the sun.

The spelling of the third person singular form of the simple present:

All the verbs take an "s" in the simple present when conjugated in the third person singular (he, she, it) form:

Examples:

• I visit my parents every summer holiday. But my wife visits her parents every weekend.
• My brother meets his girlfriend everyday.

So the rule is:

He / she / it + Verb + S

There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling rules:

Silent e	Vowel + y	Consonant + y	Verbs ending ino	Verbs ending in s, z, sh, tch,ch
close = closes  note = notes	play = plays say = says	study = studies  marry = marries	go = goes  do = does	miss = misses buzz = buzzes hatch = hatches  finish = finishes teach = teaches

Things to remember about the simple present:

1.In the interrogative forms, we use "do" or "does".

• "Do you like the house?"
• "Does she go to school?"

2; Verbs never take an "s" in the the negative and interrogative forms.

• "Does he speak German?"
• "Do they play soccer?"
• She doesn't like ice cream.

3. don't is the short form of "do not". You can say either:

• I do not speak Italian, or
• I don't speak Italian.

4.doesn't is the short form of "does not". you can say either:

• He does not listen to jazz music, or
• He doesn't listen to jazz music.

FORM

Affirmative:

Subject + verb + complements

Example: I play tennis everyday.

We add letters “s” to the verb with the third person (he, she, it)

Ex: She plays tennis everyday.

Negative

Subject + don’t or doesn’t + complements

Ex: I don’t play tennis.

       She doesn’t play tennis.     

                      

Don’t: I, You, We, They

Doesn’t: He, She, It

Interrogative

Do or Does + Subject + verb + complements

Ex: Do you play tennis?     Yes, I do / No, I don’t.

       Does she play tennis? Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t.

Do: I, You, We, They

Does: He, She, It 

Here you have a video explaining the simple present, have a look!!! 

 

Click on the following links to practice: 

 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=714 

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1052 


I hope you like it!!!
María José

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