Chapter 2
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Chapter 2 2-1 Simple Present • general statements of facts and truths • habitual activities or everyday activities 2-2 Present Progressive • activity that is in progress at the moment of speaking • Class – do Ex. 4
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Chapter 2. 2-1 Simple Present general statements of facts and truths habitual activities or everyday activities 2 -2 Present Progressive activity that is in progress at the moment of speaking Class – do Ex. 4. Non-Progressive Verbs. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 2
2-1 Simple Present • general statements of facts and truths• habitual activities or everyday activities
2-2 Present Progressive• activity that is in progress at the moment of
speaking • Class – do Ex. 4
Non-Progressive Verbs
• verbs rarely used in the progressive tenses; describe conditions or situations – not actions
• See common verbs with both non-progressive and progressive meanings
• am/is/are + being (describes temporary behavior)
Pairs – do Ex. 5 • Class – do Ex. 9, 10
Simple Past
• Activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past.
• If a sentence contains when and has the simple past in both clauses, the action in the when-clause happens first.
Example: 1
2• When the phone rang, I answered it.
What happened?
Scene 1:
B. Rita stood under a tree when it began to rain.
Scene 2:
A. Rita was standing under a tree when it began to rain.
Past Progressive
Both actions occurred at the same time, but one action began earlier and was in progress when the other action occurred.
1 2– I was walking to class when it began to rain. – While I was walking to class, it began to rain.
Sometimes past progressive is used in both parts of a sentence when two actions are in progress at the same time.
– While I was studying in my room, my roommate was having a party in the living room.
– ssshhh!!!
Ex. 27
2. called, wasn’t, was studying3. didn’t hear, was sleeping4. was shining, was blowing, were singing5. were arguing, walked 6. opened, found (when 1st)7. was reading, fell, closed, snuck/sneaked
Annoyance • 2-9 Using Progressive Verbs with
Always/forever/constantly– Annoyance
My roommate is always playing his guitar!
• Do - Ex. 35
Using Expression of Place with Progressive Verbs
• She’s studying in her room. – focus: activity
• She’s in her room studying. – focus: location
• Do – Ex. 37 & 38
Ex. 373. He was in his bedroom watching TV. 4. He was watching TV in his bedroom. 5. He’s taking a nap on the couch in the living
room. 6. He’s on the couch in the living room taking a
nap.
