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.- stand up 12. kick your desk (softly)
- smile
- whistle
- open or close the door
- hum
- knock on the door
- sit on the floor
- shake hands with someone
- look at your watch
- 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 - scratch your head
- look at the ceiling
4 ,% 20. Perform any action you choose. Use
- hold your pen in your left hand objects in the classroom if you wish.
1 1. rub your palms together :i. ,.
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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.