. - v. hv+~: I have to write your full name on the board when I introduce you to the class. . ". .,.': How do you spell your name? :. . . KUNIO: My first name is Kunio. K-U-N-1-0. My family name is Akiwa. :~' ' . , .C -:? MARIA: Kunio Akiwa. Is that right? :. I. ,. .? , , . KUNIO: Yes, it is. And what is your name again?" , ' ,.< MARIA: My first name is Maria. M-A-R-I-A. My last name is Lopez. .+ . .~. . ,. KUNIO: Thanks. It's been nice talking with you: -;c:!:. , . .,#.! . I , :. .,., -3.; '.jk?: , ,' ,; ,&-,, &:. ,. , .; ~6, MARIA: I enjoyed it, too. . ~, : PART U. 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 .,.:L: PART III. NOW it is Maria's turn to introduce Kunio to the class. What is she going to say? Create an introduction. Begin with "I would like to introduce Kunio . . . ." P~RT IK Pair up with another student in the class. Interview each other. Then introduce each other to the rest of the class. In your conversation, find out your classmate's: name length of time in this city native country or hometown reason for being here residence fkee-time activities or hobbies Take notes during the interview. PARTK Write the names of your classmates on a sheet of paper as they are introduced in class. 17 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: . , . , . 1. What is your name? . . '. .i;. ,m ' 2. Where are you from? .,. :; '' ,, ,, . '2 , ~ , . . .~ , , . : - , ' " '-, 3. Where are you living? 4, Why are you here (in this city)? a. Are you a student? If so, what are you studying? . ' b. Do you work? If so, what is your job? , ', , , . c. Do you have another reason for being here? ! <, . 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. EXERCISE 3. Pretest (error analysis): present verbs. (Charts 1-1 - 1-6) Directions: All the sentences contain mistakes. Find and correct the mistakes. Example: I no like cold weather. + I don't like cold weather. 1. Student at this school. 2. I no living at home right now. 3. I be living in this city. > :~, , >g7. . ;;. 1 ; ,:. ' z ! # ; . , : . ,. . . . , &, ::f* . , i 1 'q;, , . : i . >. ;, ' . , ' - . . . .: ' *. . 1. %%& .;w*:g .;::;& ;;. , : .:,:;. ;* 5. I am not knowing my teacher's name. 6. (supply name) 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? Y I.,.< *Choose rhe appmpriate pronoun for your teacher, ha or $he. Present Time 3 1-1 THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE THE SIMPLE PRESENT THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (a) Ann takes a shower every day. (b) I usually read the newspaper in the morning. (c) Babies my. Birds&. (d) NEGATIVE: It doesn't snow in Bangkok. (e) QUESTION: Doe8 the teacher 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. @) Jimmy and Susie are babies. They are crying. I can hear them right now. Maybe they are hungry. (i) NEGATIVE: It isn't snowing right now. (j) QUESTION: Is the teacher speaking right now? The SIMPLE PIWENT expresses daily habits or usual activities, as in (a) and @). The simple present expresses general statements offact, as in (c). In sum, the simple present is used for evenrs or situations that exist always, usually, or habimally in the past, present, and future. The PRESENT PROGRESS~TE expresses an actiw'y that is in 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 I-you-we-they work? he-she-it work? I am not working. You-We-They are not working. He-She-It is not working. SIMPLB PRESENT I-You-We-They work. He-She-It works. Am I working? Are you-we-they working? Is he-she-it working? PRESENT PROGRESSIVE I am working. You-We-They 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 + is = He's, She's, It's working. I does + not = doesn't She doesn't work. do + not = don't I don't work. is + not = isn't He isn't working. are + not = aren't They aren't working. (am + not = am not* I am not working.) Wore: am and not m not conmctcd. 4 CHAPTER I 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 7:30 A.M., and the Wilsons are in their kitchen. Mrs. Wilson is sitting at the 1 breawast table. She is reading a newspaper. She reads the newspaper every morning. Mr. 2 3 Wilson is pouring a cup of coffee. He drinks two cups of coffee every morning before he 4 5 goes to work. There is a cartoon onTV, but the children aren't watching it. They 6 7 are playing 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 10 11 .r -~ ,., L;?< ~-, ' thew either. They often watch the news in the evening, but they don't watch cartoons. . .!I L 12 13 EXERCISE 5. Slmple present vs. present progressive. (Charts 1-1 and 1-2) Directions: Complete the sentences by using the words in parentheses. Use the simple EJ ; present or the present progressive. '.~/ 1. Shhh. The baby (deep) is slee~ihs . The baby (sleep) sleeps for ten hours every night. Present Time 5 2. Right now I'm in class. I at my desk. I 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 @e) usually warm and sunny. 5. A: Look out the window. (it, rain) ? Should I take my umbrella? B: It (start) to sprinkle. 6. A: Look. It'sYoussef. B: Where? +., < ' , . . ' _ . ' A: Over there. He (walk) out of the bakery. 7. A: Oscar usually (walk) to work. (walk,you) - ,,., .<. to work every day, too? . B: Yes. . . . A: (Oscar, walk) with you? B: Sometimes. 8. A: Flowers! Flowers for sale! Yes sir! Can I help you? , , , V.G. n . B: I'll take those-the yellow ones. I I ., ~ ,.~, A: Here you are, mister. Are they for a special occasion? B: I (bud them for my wife. I (buy) her flowers on the first day of every month. 6 CHAPTER 1 EXERCISE 6. Activity: uslng the present progressive. (Charts 1-1 and 1-2) Directions: Student A performs an action. Student B describes the action, using Student A's name and the present progressive. Example: stand next to your desk TEACHER: (Maria), would you please stand next to your desk? Thank you. STUDENT A: (Student A 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 , 7. read your grammar book I 18. shake your head "no" 'L, 8. erase the board 19. scratch your head 9. look at the ceiling 4 ,% 20. Perform any action you choose. Use 10. hold your pen in your left hand objects in the classroom if you wish. :i. 1 1. rub your palms together ,. ,& ,iFi \ .! EXERCISE 7. Activity: using the present progressive. (Charts 1-1 and 1-2) Direceions: Use the present progressive to discuss your classmates' immediate activities. Divide into two groups, I and 11. . . . , . : 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 ti scratching her chin. Spyros is leaning against the wall.). Be sure to use your classmates' names. Later, Group I and Group I1 should reverse roles, with Group U acting and Group I describing. [7 EXERCISE 8. Activity: using the present progressive. (Charts 1-1 and 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 ' I, I'm picking up a paintbrush. I'm dipping the brush in the can of paint. I'm lifting the brush. Now I'm painting the wall. Suggestions for actions: painting a wall drinking a cup of tealcoffee petting a dog dialing a telephone climbing a tree playing the piano diving into a pool and swimming driving a car watching a tennis match pitching a baseball 8 CHAPTER 1 . a newspaper. She reads the newspaper every morning. Mr. 2 3 Wilson is pouring a cup of coffee. He drinks two cups of coffee every morning before he 4 5 goes to work. There is a. residence fkee-time activities or hobbies Take notes during the interview. PARTK Write the names of your classmates on a sheet of paper as they are introduced in class. 17 EXERCISE 2. Introducing. 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