CURRENT PROJECTS A letter of a project!Dear Jane,A brief update on your current building program. As you know, we are concentrating on the new warehouse, and it’s going well – it’s a head of schedule. We are hoping to finish the construction work by the end of the month.

The office extension, however, is going very slowly. We are still working on the draft plans. The installation of the new elevator is also behind schedule. The problem seems to be a breakdown in communication. Collin Lamont doesn’t speak Spanish. Antonio Pena doesn’t speak much English. I think we need to meet. How about tomorrow at 10 o’clock?

With best wishes

What are you working on at the moment? Who is it for? Who is the customer/client? Ho is it going? Is it going well? What’s the problem? What’s going wrong? Will you finish on time? Are you going to behind the schedule?

Asking current projects

PRESENT TENSE1. Simple Present : Regular Activity2. Present Continuous : Activity at the time of

speaking3. Present Perfect : Focus on Action4. Present Perfect Continuous : Focus on

Duration

ADVERB OF TIME1. Frequency : never, seldom,

sometime, often, usually, always2. Habitual : every ……, once a

……, twice a ……, three times a ……

Simple Present

Function : 1. Routine activity

Echo usually gets up early in the morning.

2. HabitualMerry practices English speaking twice a week.

3. General truthSun rises from the East.

Formula : S + V1s/es + O is, am, are

4. Physical lawWater boils at 100⁰C.

5. SeasonsIndonesia has two seasons.

6. Location (permanent) Monas is located in Central Jakarta.

7. Schedule (fixed)Our school begins at 6.30 am.

Present ContinuousS + is, am, are Ving

Adverb of timeNow, at this moment, at this present time, todayEx. 1. I am teaching you in this class now.2. We are discussing tenses today.

Shhhh! The students are having test today.

Be quiet, please! The baby is sleeping now.

Shut up, please! Whachout! Stop it! Be honest, please!

Acclamation !

- Remember :I am remembering where my key is. (incorrect)I remember where my key is. (correct)

- HaveI am having a new hand phone. (incorrect)I have a new hand phone. (correct)I am having a line. (correct, but different meaning)

- Think - Want - Belong - See - etc

Non action verb

S + have/has v3 + complement Adverb of Time

- since, for, so far, until now, all the time/day, year, already, recently, currently, up to now.

Ex. Echo has already written several articles. The demonstrators have demanded the increase of salary so far.

Present Perfect: focus on activity

Determine whether the sentence correct or not

1. Echi often sends email to me. 2. Jean is not here now. 3. Peter study English with Mr. Ari this year. 4. We have been discussing tenses for two

weeks.

Exercise