A) Present continuous with a future meaning.
This is Ben’s calendar for next week.
He is playing tennis on Monday afternoon.
He is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning.
He is having dinner with Ann on Friday.
These things have been decided and arranged to do.
I’m doing something (tomorrow).
= I have already decided and arranged to do it.
A: What are you doing Sa
tense was…
11. T: Continuous. That means I’m talking and it’s continuing. I’m talking and doing something at the same time, But in the past tense, I’m doing something, at the past. Present continuous, I’m doing something, and talking now.
In this excerpt, the teacher cues the start of this sequence by stating, “I’m going to ask you some questions first.” Through
tense and aspect, 2) modal verbs, and 3) relative pronouns.
Prator’s(1967) 6 categories of difficulty between the first language and the second language says that there are 6 levels of difficulty by the grammatical or phonological features. The most difficult level to learn is ‘over-differentiation (level4)’ and ‘split (level5)’.
The ‘over-differentiation’ means that a new item
Start the lesson with greetings. Ask how are they doing today and also start conversation by using ‘social’ languages about what the students did the previous day to create an English atmosphere, it makes more interesting class. Students can practice real English. Using social language is essential as many textbooks do not explore slangs, idioms and other terms that native English speakers ma
“A simple traditional song or poem for children” (Oxford Dictionaries)
The Difficulty of Defining Nursery Rhymes
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon
Nursery Rhymes and (cynical) jokes
– rebellion against authority
- releasing taboos in polite society