Present Perfect Continuous

12 Outubro 2018, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Irregular and regular verbs: 1) hang, hanged, hanged/ hang, hung, hung 2) lie, lay, lain/ lay, laid, laid/ lie, lied, lied

2) Spelling rules

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1. verbs ending in the letter ‘y’

marry  _________, cry  _______, apply  _______, hurry  _______, try  _______, worry _______

2. verbs consisting of one syllable, ending: vowel + consonant

stab  __________, rob ___________, plan  ________, stop  __________, beg _________

3. verbs of two syllables, stress on the last syllable, ending: vowel + consonant

 occur __________, prefer  __________, refer  __________, admit  _________, emit _________

4. verbs ending in the letter ‘l’ (BrE)

cancel  _________, travel __________

-ing

1. verbs ending in ‘–e’

come  __________, move  __________, write  ____________

except: ending in ‘-ee’ : see______

2. verb consisting of one syllable, ending : vowel + consonant 

stop  ___________, hit  ___________

3. verb of two syllables, stress on the last syllable, ending : vowel + consonant

prefer  _________

4. Verbs ending in ‘l’ (BrE)

travel  ____________

3) Present Perfect Simple: Handout: Students had to form the rules based on bunches of example sentences: 1) I have been playing the violin for seven years./ Martha has been learning English for nine years./Peter has been working on his project since 1999. 2) She has been washing his shirt. Now she is tired./She has washed his shirt. 3) with the verbs: ‘wish’ and ‘want’: She has been wanting this book for a long time 4) Somebody has been eating with my spoon! Somebody has been sleeping in my bed!

4) individual/ pair-work activity: Exercises on Present Perfect Continuous (Unit 9, 10) in Use: Raymond Murphy: Grammar in Use, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Homework: Read “Student who handed £1 to a homeless man” B1.2 Workbook p. 21-2

Possessive case. Simple past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect. "Student who handed ...".

10 Outubro 2018, 16:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Feedback on students' summaries of "Eye witness" by Ed McBain.

Possessive case. Simple past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect. "Student who handed ...".

10 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Feedback on students' summaries of "Eye witness" by Ed McBain.

Present Perfect Tense.

10 Outubro 2018, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Warm-up: group work activity: irregular verb contest

2) Present Perfect Simple: Handout: Students had to form the rules based on bunches of example sentences: 1) He has given her a kiss. Now she is pregnant/

I’ve lost my key. I can’t open the door/She has broken her arm. So she can’t help you. 2) Difference between present and past: She has just left.

But: She left just now. 3) Have you been to England?/Have you ever tried eating bread and butter with sugar?/Have you ever read Ulysses by James Joyce? 5) already, yet, still 6) adverbs and conjuncts: recently, lately, for, since, just, today, this month

3) individual/ pair-work activity: Exercises on Present Perfect Simple (Unit 7) in Use: Raymond Murphy: Grammar in Use, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

4) Group work activity, speaking exercise on technology and our world

Summary writing of the short story "Eye witness" by Ed McBain.

8 Outubro 2018, 16:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Feedback on letters of advice.