october 28 -25. past continuous
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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.
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