14th of April Speaking instruction + Present Perfect Continous

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V4 14th of April

Today's planning

• Present Perfect Continous
  
• Agreeing and disagreeing: useful phrases
  
• Discussion: how to talk about something 
  
• Goal: know what you need to work on
  
• Know what to do for article discussion
  

People at home:

• -Check Feedback Homework on Teams if you haven't already
• - Study present perfect (simple and continuous)  (just study
• - Study gerund
• - Study idiom
• - Do workbook 12,14,20,21
• --> Ex with Gerund
• Practice on English page the tenses you need

Speaking Assignment

- Find an article

- Summary article: 1 minute

- Your opinion on subject: 1 minute

- Discussion with partner: 2 minutes

Find an article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science_and_environment

https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=news

Tips

- Step 1: see how it's done / know when you are successful (dos and don'ts plus when success)

- Step 2: how to talk about things with little preparation

- Step 3: learn how to use statements to agree / disagree (learn expressions) 

- Step 4: practise and check what you need to work on

- Repeat 

Opinions

Argument

Disagreement

Agreement

Statements

Statements

1. Pick a statement

2. Write down keywords that come to mind

3. Order them in a logical way to present your argument.

4. Discuss

5. Change

Key words exercise

Write down as many key words about the statement you see in the next slide!

smoking
Marijuna = legal

Grammar

Gerund

Present Perfect Continuous

Pick the one with the correct gerund
(more may be correct)

1. I love sleeping through the night.
2. My favorite pastime are reading books quietly.
3. Eating a slice of pie quickly is a recipe for disaster.
4. Do they like swimming with dolphins?

Present perfect continuous

(it sounds worse than that it is don't worry)

What's the rule or the 'formula' for the PPC? How do we make it?

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continous

Examples PPC

They have been talking for the last hour.

She has been working at that company for three years.

What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?

Recently, I have been feeling really tired.

She has been watching too much television lately.

vs PP: I have seen that movie twenty times.

I think I have met him once before.

Make four sentences with the PP and the PPC

I understand how to make and use the Present Perfect Continuous

1. Yes!
2. No D:
3. With help
4. A little

Exercises

• ex. 38 (PPC)
• --> all ex. with Gerund and vocab
  
  
• 31,32 if you can. 
• --> I will explain the Used to/Would & Direct Speeck/Ind.Speech  on Friday, if you don't understand it yet!