Think Unit 2_lesson 3

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Happy new year!!!

Today's schedule

- Happy New Year!

- New Year Resolutions?

- Important dates

- Present Continuous

- Exercises about the Present Continuous

- Reading about Teen's New Year's Resolutions

What comes to mind when you think about
new year's resolutions?

Do you have any New Year's Resolutions?

Yes!

Nopes!

If you had to pick one resolution for this new year, what would it be?

Vocabulary test & Listening test Unit 2

Note down in your diary:

- Vocabulary Test is on Thursday the 26th of January.

- Listening Test will be on Tuesday the 31st of January.

Present Continuous

'I can describe what people are doing'

= Ik kan beschrijven wat mensen aan het doen zijn.

The name of the tense we use to do that is the Present Continuous 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present contiNUous: gebeurt NU 

Example: They are working now.

How do you make this tense?

1. you use the verb to be: am, is / are 

2. infinitive + ING

 

I am chilling right now...

How to make present continuous affirmative

Hoe maken we bevestigende zinnen?

I + am + infinitive + ing

I am just doing my job.

you/we/they + are + infinitive + ing

We are eating soup at the moment. 

he/she/it + is + infinitive + ing

He is singing right now.

Can you do the following exercises correctly?

Choose the correct form of the present continuous.

Jimmy ___ games now.

1. is playing
2. are playing
3. am playing
4. plays

You ___ London at the moment.

1. am visiting
2. are visit
3. are visiting
4. is visiting

Present Continuous

When you see these (signal) words in a sentence:
Use the Present Continuous!

now

at the moment

look!/listen!

right now

at present

Choose the Present Continuous.

Listen! The birds ___ a song!

1. sing
2. singing
3. are sing
4. are singing

Choose the Present Continuous.

Our teacher ___ the grammar now.

1. explains
2. is explain
3. explaining
4. is explaining

Choose the Present Continuous.

When ___ for vacation?

1. are we leaving
2. are we leave
3. we leaving
4. we leave

Luister wat gezongen wordt.

Even when I lose I ... ....

4. the man is looking at a mine.

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How many times do I have to tell you? Even when you ... ... you are beautiful too.

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4. the man is looking at a mine.

I ... .... on sunshine, oh oh

4. the man is looking at a mine.

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Which words indicate you should use Present Continuous?

1. At the moment
2. Every Saturday
3. Now!
4. Often

Watch a video & take notes

You are going to watch a video about mister Bean doing his spring cleaning. Write down all the Present Continuous forms you see. You have to type them down in a slide further on, so don't forget to take notes!

Type all the Present Continuous forms of the Mr Bean video here, please.

Now practise some more!

1. Visit the website on the next slide and do the exercise, please!

2. Take a screenshot of your score

3. Upload this on the slide after the next slide.

Good luck!

www.practisingenglish.com

Upload the screenshot of your score on the exercise here, please.

How did it go?

Happy? You rule!

Sad?  Start over and try again.
Still not clear? Ask for help from your English teacher.

By now

you can describe what people are doing.

Click on the next slide

A webpage will open: 
Do the 5 exercises.
If you need to you can watch the explanation video. 

When you get less than 70%, do the exercises again.
Aim for 100%!!!

hoeengels.wordpress.com

Back to New Year's Resolutions

Read the information on the next slides to read, learn and think some about New Year's Resolutions.

Good luck!

Visit the website on the next slide, but read the information on this slide first ;-P

- Scan the 50 new year's resolutions for teenagers on the site on the next slide.

- Choose 3 resolutions that might be good for you to try out.

- Read the text at these 3 resolutions.

- Note down your 3 resolutions after the slide with the link to the website, please. 

raisingteenstoday.com

Which 3 New Year's Resolutions did you pick? Note them down below, please.

Homework Thursday the 12th of January

- Finish this LessonUp, please!