3M Chapter 1: E Writing & Grammar

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Chapter 1: E Writing & Grammar

Today:

Reading

Grammar 1

Practising 

At the end of this lesson...

...you can use tag questions in a sentence.

...you know the difference between the present simple and present continuous.

...

Reading

Grab your reading book and start reading.

Speaking

Work in pairs.

Tell each other something about the following topics:

• What your hobbies are.
• What you do on an average day.
• What your plans are for the upcoming weekend. 

Present simple vs. present continuous

Before looking up the rules, test yourself in the following quiz.

Why _______ you always interrupting me?

1. am
2. is
3. do
4. are

He _______ to the gym three times a week.

1. does
2. is going
3. do
4. goes

Just a second, that girl ________ me something.

1. asks
2. ask
3. is asking
4. asked

_____ they often go to the park on Sundays?

1. Are
2. Does
3. Do
4. Is

She _______ her homework at the moment.

1. does
2. do
3. is doing
4. doing

What _______ you usually do in the morning?

1. do
2. are
3. is
4. am

Tag Questions

We are getting married soon, aren't we?

That is not our problem, is it?

You laugh every day, don't you?

She is a doctor, ______?

1. does she
2. is she
3. isn't she
4. doesn't she

You don't like ice cream, ______?

1. does you
2. do not you
3. don't you
4. do you

He wears that shirt a lot, _______?

1. does he
2. isn't he
3. will not he
4. doesn't he

They can swim, ______?

1. cannot they
2. do they
3. can't they
4. can they

We haven't met before, ______?

1. have not we
2. have we
3. do we
4. haven't we

Modal verb? Repeat the verb in the tag question.

Not a modal verb? Use 'to do' in the tag question.

Exercises

p. 50-53

Exercises 25-30

At the end of this lesson...
...you can use tag questions in a sentence.
...you know the difference between the present simple and present continuous.