Comunicacion y Tecnologia Educativa

1. Module I
Fundamentals of English Grammar.
1. Content: The Simple Present and Present
Progressive.
By Professor:
Cristina Ramos

2. The Simple Present and Present
Progressive
• Simple present is also called present simple.
• Form:
affirmative negative question
I I am. I am not. Am I?
he/she/it He is. He is not. Is he?
you/we/ You are. You are Are you?
they not.

3. The simple present tense is used for
two main types of action
Habits Actions which happen
regularly (for example,
every day or every week)
Things which do not often
States change (for example,
opinions and conditions)

4. The SimplePresent
• Rules:
• Add-s to the base form in3rd person singular (
he, she, it).
• Use don´t and doesn´t for negatives plus the
base form of the verb.
• - I don´t go to bed before 10:00 p.m.
• - He doesn´t talk Spanish very well.

5. The Simple Present: Yes/No questions
• Use do/does and the base form of the main
verb.
• Do you speak English? Yes, I do. No I don´t.
• Does she live near you? Yes, she does.
No, she doesn´t.

6. Present Progressive
• Form : affirmative negative question
I I am playing. I am not Am I
playing. playing?
he, she, it He is playing. He is not Is he
playing. playing?
you, we, they You are playing. You are not Are you
• Rules: playing. playing?
• A single, silent e at the end of the word is dropped before ing.
• * come- coming
• But: ee at the end of the word is not changed.
• * agree- agreeing
• The final consonant after a short, stressed vowel is doubled before ing.
• * sit - sitting
• The letter l as final consonant after a vowel is always doubled before ing.
• *travel- travelling

7. Present Progressive
• H He is reading a book now… Make
silence silence.
• Peter is listening to his radio at this
m moment.
• It is raining at present....Let`s stay
• at home!!

8. Common present progressive time
expressions include:
• At the moment, now, today, this week, this
month, tomorrow, next week (for future
arrangements ), currently.
• Question word + conjugate the helping verb
'be' + subject + verb + -ing.
• What -> are you -> doing this afternoon?
What -> is he -> doing this afternoon?
What -> is she -> doing this afternoon?
What -> is it -> doing this afternoon?

9. Present Continuous - Practice

10. Complete the sentences with
the Simple Present or the Present
Progressive
) John ____________football at the moment.
2) We often___________ tests at our school.
3) I ___________ to my teacher now.
4) Look! Mandy and Susan __________a film on TV.
5) Olivia ___________her uncle every weekend.
6) Now the sun ________________.
Progressive.
7) They sometimes ___________ poems in the lessons.
8) Listen! The band ___________the new guitar.
9) First I_____________, then I dress.
10) Every morning my mother ___________up at 6 o'clock.

11. Look at the images an write sentences
about what are they doing?
• The boys are playing football.

12. Content Objectives
• The student improves the four linguistic skills.
• The student recognizes basic structure verb tenses
(simple present, present progressive)
• The student recognizes word function in sentence
usage ( nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives).
• Constructs sentences using pictures in present or
progeessive tenses.

13. Estrategies
• Reaches teaching objectives.
• Motivates students for the lessons.
• Plans the teaching materias.
• Monitorates students behabior´s.
• Organizes information which is going to be
taught through mind maps, semantic webs,
etc.

14. Glossary
• Strategy:
• Module:
• Nouns:
• Objective:
• Adjectives:
• Skills:
• Verb:.
• Present:
• Progressive:
• Assignments:
• Evaluation:

15. Assignments
• Reviewing prior knowledge.
• Presenting a visual aid with sentences related
to the topic.
• Asking questions to peer about daily routines
or facts.
• Answering Yes/No questions.
• Completing sentences with simple present
and present progressive.

16. Evaluation
• Classwork and workshop….………………20%
• Assignments….………………………………… 20%
• Class participation…….………............... 20%
• Oral Presentation……………………………..20%
• Written test…………………………………….. 20%

17. Bibliography
• Allen Ascher & Joan Saslow- Top Notch 1,
Pearson, 2006.
• Escudero, Maria T.- La Comunicación en la
Enseñanza. Editorial Trillas. Mexico, 1997.
• Kallestein, Hellen Rosenfield- Grammar Step by
Step 2, McGraw Hill, 2004.
• Schrampfer Azar, Betty- Understanding and Using
English Grammar, Pearson Education, 1999.
• You-tube website.