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introduce you to the class.
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KUNIO:
My first name is Kunio. K-U-N-1-0. My family name is Akiwa.
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Kunio Akiwa. Is that
right?
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Use the information in the dialogue to complete Kunio's introduction of Maria to
the class.
KUMO:
I would like to introduce Maria Lopez. Maria, would you please stand up?
Thank you. Maria is from
Mexkco
.
Right now, she's living
.
She has been here
She came here to
before she
.
In her free time, she
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EXERCISE
2.
Introducing yourself in writing.
Direcrions:
Write answers to the questions. Use your own paper. With your teacher, decide
what to do with your writing.
suggestims:
a. Give it to a classmate to read. Your classmate can then summarize the information in
a spoken report to a small group.
b. Pair up with a classmate and correct errors in each other's writing.
c. Read your composition aloud in a small group and answer any questions about it.
d. Hand it
in
to the teacher, who will correct the errors and return it to you.
e. Hand it
in
to the teacher, who will keep it and return it at the end of the term, when
your English has progressed, for you to correct your own errors.
2
CHAF'TER
1
QUESTIONS:
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1.

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3.
Where are you living?
4,
Why are you here (in this city)?
a. Are you a student? If so, what
are
you studying?
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b. Do you work?
If
so, what is your job?
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,
,
. c. Do you have another reason for being here?
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5.
What do you like to do in your free time?
6.
What is your favorite season of the year? Why?
7.
What are your three favorite books? Why do you like them?
8.
Describe your first day in this class.

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teach our English class.
7.
Sheme* expect us to be in class on time.
8.
We always are coming to class on time.
9.
Omar does he going to school?
10.
Tom no go to school.
11.
My sister don't have a job.
12.
Does Anna has a job?
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rhe
appmpriate
pronoun
for
your
teacher,
ha
or
$he.
Present
Time
3
1-1

speak
slowly?
(f)
Ann
can't come to the phone
right
now
because she
is taking
a
shower.
(g)
I
am reading
my grammar book
right
now.
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Jimmy and Susie are babies. They
are crying.
I
can hear them
right
now.
Maybe they are hungry.
(i)
NEGATIVE:
It
isn't
snowing

pmgress (is occurring,
is
happenink) right now.
The event
is in progress at the time the
speaker is saying the sentence.
The event began
in
the past, is
in progress now, and
will
probably continue into the
future.
FORM:
am, is, are
+
-ing.
1-2
FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT
AND
THE PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
I
NEGATIVE
I-You-We-They
do not work.
He-She-It
does not work.
STATEMENT
QUESTION

are working.
He-She-It
is working.
CONTRACTIONS
I
+
am
=
Pmworking.
you,
we,
they
+
are
=
hu're,
W're, They're
working.
he, she, it
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is
=
He's,
She's, It's
working.
I
does
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not
=

not
=
am not*
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am not working.)
Wore:
am
and
not
m
not
conmctcd.
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CHAPTER
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EXERCISE
4.
Slmple present
vs.
present progressive. (Charts 1-1 and 1-2)
Directions:
Discuss the verbs
in
italics.
Is the activity of the verb
(a) a daily or usual habit?
OR
(b)
happening right now (i.e., in progress in the picture)?
It's

with their toys instead. They usually
watch
cartoons in the morning, but this
8
9
morning they
aren't paying
any attention to the
TV.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
aren't watching
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thew either. They often
watch
the news in the evening, but they
don't watch
cartoons.
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EXERCISE
5.

usually
(sit)
at the same desk in class every day.
3.
Ali
(speak)
Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but
right now he
(speak)
English.
4.
A:
(it, rain)
a lot
in
southern California?
B: No. The weather
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usually warm and sunny.
5.
A:
Look out the window.
(it,
rain)
?
Should I take
my umbrella?
B: It
(start)
to sprinkle.

.
B:
Yes.
.
.
.
A:
(Oscar, walk)
with you?
B:
Sometimes.
8.
A:
Flowers! Flowers for sale!
Yes sir! Can I help you?
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V.G.
n
.
B:
I'll
take those-the yellow ones.
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A:
Here you are, mister. Are they

stands up.)
TEACHER:
Who is standing next to her desk?
OR
What is (Maria) doing?
STUDENT
B:
(Maria) is standing next to
her
desk.
1.
stand up
12. kick your desk (softly)
2. smile
3.
whistle
4.
open or close the door
5.
hum
13. knock on the door
14.
sit on the floor
15.
shake hands with someone
16. look at your watch
6.
bite your fingernails 17. count aloud the number of people in the
room
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Direceions:
Use the present progressive to discuss your classmates' immediate activities.
Divide into two groups,
I
and
11.
.

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.
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GROUPI.
DO anything you each feel like doing (stand up, talk, look out the window, etc.).
You may wish to do some interesting or slightly unusual
things.
Perform these activities at
the same time.
GROUP
XI.
Describe the immediate activities of the students in Group
I
(e.g.,
Ali
is
talking
to
Ricardo.
Yoko

1-2)
Directions:
Use the present progressive to describe activities in progress. Work in groups or
as a class.
FIRST:
One member of the group pretends to do something, and the rest of the
group tries to guess what the action is and describe it, using the present
progressive.
Example:
painting a wall
STUDENT
A:
(pretends
to
be painting a
wdI)
OTHERS:
You're conducting an orchestra. (No.)
Are you washing a window? (No.)
You're painting a wall. (Yes!)
SECOND:
Student
A
repeats the performance and describes hisiher actions aloud.
Example:
STUDENT
A:
I am standing in front of an unpainted wall. I'm opening a can of paint. Now
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