october 28 -25. past continuous

Grammar 1IECP

Fall 2013Nikki Mattson

Would you rather…

Be able to talk to animals

OR

Be able to speak 5 languages fluently?

1B = Modals 1A = Past continuous/progressive

Agenda

1B

Find Someone Who… Find Someone Who… (Continued)(Continued)

Friday Dialogues (Review)Friday Dialogues (Review)

More ModalsMore Modals

• Read pg. 264 + B + C

Can, Could, and Would for Can, Could, and Would for RequestsRequests

• Pg. 265 chart

• Can, could and would are used to make requests.– What are some examples of each?– Which is the most polite?

• Can’t and cannot are used for negative responses.– Example: Could you give me your book?– No, I can’t. I don’t have it with me today.

• Speakers usually give a reason for negative answers.

PracticePractice

• Pg. 268 – listen and complete• Blog

Can, Could, and May for Can, Could, and May for PermissionPermission

• Pg. 270 chart

• Could is more polite that can.– When might you use this modal verb?

• May is very polite and very formal.– When might you use this modal verb?

• Please makes a request for permission more polite.– Could I please use the telephone?– Could I use the telephone please?

• Speakers often say sorry for negative responses.– Example – Could I borrow your book?– Sorry, I left it at home today.

PracticePractice

• Pg. 273, ex. 3.3 (pairs)• Pg. 274, ex. 3 (pairs)

Editing RaceEditing Race

• You can please make a list of your requests?• Can you tells me how many books you need?• Could we to borrow your folder?• Can you to pick up my test for me?• May you contact the teacher for me?• Your job is to get the chairs. You can please

get them?• He has the CDs. Do you please call him?• May we to borrow your files?

Email Writing ActivityEmail Writing Activity

Surveys

1A

What have you learned about the past continuous? --form and function?

Review

Review sentences at the bottom of the handout (white boards)

Friday’s Handout

When + while can be use to show a long action that is interrupted by a short action. When I was eating my dinner, Ruth called me. While I was eating my dinner, Ruth called me. Ruth called my when/while I was eating my

dinner.

When and While

When (not while) can be used for one action that happens immediately after another. (boom boom) When I got home from class, I took a nap. I took a nap when I got home from class. When I called my friend, she told me she

couldn’t talk. My friend told be she couldn’t talk when I

called her.

When Only

When (not while) can be used for a short action that happened during a longer action. I was sleeping when the phone rang. I was eating when you texted me. When you called me, I was driving.

When Only

Pg. 302, ex. 3.1 Pg. 303, ex. 3.2

Practice

1. Use when or whole to show that a long action was interrupted by a short action. Example: When/While I was eating, my friend called me.

2. Use when (only) to show that one event happened immediately after another event. When I got home from class, I took a nap.

3. Use when (not while) to talk about a short event that happened during a longer event. I was sleeping in my chair when my friend called.

Practice ( White Boards)

1. What you were doing when Obama became the president? 2. I watching TV all day yesterday. 3. What was you doing yesterday morning? 4. I was listen to the radio and talking on the phone. 5. I was sleeping while the phone rang. 6. When you was called me, I was driving. 7. While I ate dinner, Ruth called me. 8. When I call my friend, she told me she was being busy. 9. While I was sleeping when the phone rang. 10. While I was drive my mother called me.

Editing Race

Form and Function Handout

Guess + listen

Grammar in Context Handout

Game Boards

1B = Workbook pgs. 148-153 + Unit 20-22 test on Thursday

1A = Unit 24 test = Thursday

HW