Transcript 3.(not watch)

3. Focus on Vocabulary
1. Match situations on the left with appropriate quotes on the
right:
1. Encouraging a player
to accept a challenge.
a. “Put up with it just a
little longer.”
2. Telling a player that he is
outstanding.
b. “it’s hard. But I know you
can do it.”
3. Telling a player to
tolerate a difficulty.
c. “you ran that race faster
than anyone ever ran it
before.”
4. Complimenting a player
who broke a record.
d. “you did very well this
year: twelve wins and only
two losses.”
5. Summarizing the team’s
achievement.
e. “you ‘re better than most
players I know of. You ‘re
the best player on the
team.”
6. Praising a player for his
talent.
f. “you ‘re a natural athlete.”
Answer Key
1. b
2. e
3. a
4.c
5. d
6. f
2. Complete with words from the list:
{Borders- broke- encouraged- national- organsoutstanding- tolerate- waves}
1. athletes’ hearts, lungs, and other major ……. are in excellent
condition.
2. An open- water swimmer must ……………… cold.
3. In the water, Lynne Cox can’t see the ……………. she crosses.
4. First, she ran in small local races; then when she was good enough,
she ran in ……………….. races.
5. Big ………………… are a problem- they make swimming difficult.
6. She lost the race and wanted to quit, but her friends …………………
her to try again.
7.He was a (n) ……………….. boxer; he won the heavyweight
championship.
8. In 1992, Yoko ……………. the world record for speed skating 1, 000
meters.
Answer Key
Answer key:
1. Organs 2. tolerate 3. borders 4. national
5. waves 6. encouraged 7. outstanding
8. broke
4. Focus on Writing
Transition words of time
They are used to :
1- show the relationships between the sentences
in a piece of writing.
2- show time relationships. They help the reader
understand which event happened first, which
happened second and so on.
Transition words are like : first, then, next, and later.
They are followed by a comma.
2. Complete the story with transition words of
time from the following list.
finally
first
next
then
Bonnie Blair could skate by the time she was two years
old, and by the age of four, she was in races. (1) ……….,
she skated in group races .(2)………., she took up speed
skating, where only two skaters race at a time. She won
many races. (3) ………, in 1984, she made the U.S.
Olympic team, but she didn’t win any medals. (4)………,
in 1988, Bonnie Blair made the U.S. Olympic team again,
and this time she won both gold and bronze medals.
Answer Key
(1)First
(2)Then or next
(3)Next or then
(4)Finally
The Present Progressive Tense
• We use this tense to refer to what is
happening at the moment of speaking.
• Form:
• Is / are / am + verb + ing
• He is walking to school now.
• They are helping their mother at the
moment.
• I am writing my report this afternoon.
More about the present progressive
Spelling rules:
•
When we add the “ing” to the end of the verb we should:
1. cancel the “e” at the end of the verb
arrive ……………..arriving
write ……………….writing
2. double the last consonant if it has a vowel before it
run ……………..running
stop…………….stopping
3. not cancel the “y” at the end of the verb before adding “ing:
play……………..playing
carry …………..carrying
More about the present progressive
• Negative form:
is / are / am + not + verb + ing
Examples:
He is not coming to the office today.
I am not watching TV now.
You are not listening to the radio at the moment.
• Question form:
Yes/ No : Is / Are / Am + Subject + verb ing …….?
Examples:
Is she coming today?
Are they reading now?
Am I coming with you?
More about the present progressive
• Wh questions:
Wh word + is / are / am + subject + verb ing ………?
Examples:
Where are you going now?
When is she going shopping?
What am I doing at the moment?
Some words and phrases refer to the present progressive
such as: “now, at the moment, today, Look!, Listen!, this
week….”
2. Use the words to write sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
at/ I/ my/ friend/ smiling/ am
biking/ is/ across/ Robin/ America/ not
soccer/ they/ playing/ in/ not/ park/ are/ the
to/ game/ we/ trying/win/are/this
Answer Key
1.
2.
3.
4.
I’m smiling at my friend.
Robin isn’t biking across America.
They aren’t playing soccer in the park.
We’re trying to win this game.
3. complete the paragraph using the present
progressive tense of the verbs provided. Use
contractions.
I 1.(watch) a football game. My team 2.(play) for the
championship. For once I 3.(not watch) the game on TV. I
was finally able to get a ticket, and I’m actually at the
stadium! My team’s quarterback 4.(throw) the ball to one
of his receivers. The receiver 5.(run) down the field. The
players on the other team 6.(try) to stop the receiver from
catching the ball. But I think they 7.(not/ run) fast enough.
I think he might be able to catch the ball! But the man in
front of me 8.(jump) up and down. He 9.(make) it
impossible for me to see what 10.(happen). Too bad I
11.(not/ sit) at home in front of my TV!
Answer Key
1.’m watching
2.’s playing
3.’m not watching
4.’s throwing
5.’s running
6. Are trying
7.’re not running
8.is jumping
9.’s making
10.’s happening
11.’m not sitting