READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 182
Grammar Activity
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Do the activity to practice the form: Present Progressive (questions).
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Sentence Builder (VA #20)
Before the lesson, prepare the Sentence Builder cards. You will need the following cards: pronouns,
to be verbs, verbs (for example: eat, sleep, play) and the verb ending "-ing,” and a question mark.
Pass out the cards, one per pupil.
Have pupils stand in a line to create sentences. Say a sentence and have the pupils who hold the
correct cards stand at the front of the class. For example: (You) (are) (eating). Then change the
sentence into a question and have pupils change their order accordingly: (Are) (you) (eating)(?)
Say new sentences and questions by changing either the pronoun or verb at a time. Play a few times
to have pupils practice building sentences, especially focusing on creating the correct word order for
question forms in the Present Progressive.
Course Book page 124
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Remind pupils to use the Grammar section on the page to help them with the following tasks.
Course Book page 124, task 5
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Have pupils choose the correct answer to the question according to the picture.
Grammar
Course Book page 125
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Before teaching the grammar form, ask pupils to look at the questions in the Course Book.
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Ask pupils what these questions have in common. Elicit that they all begin with a question word
(who, what, when, where, why)
Remind pupils that they already know the meaning of these words.
Tell pupils that there are two types of questions in the Present Progressive – questions that start
with To Be (Am/Is/Are) and questions that start with wh- question words (who, what, when, where,
why). (Use L1 if needed.)
Introduce the Present Progressive (wh- questions).
Review the regular Present Progressive question form by asking: Is she doing homework?
Explain that in order to make a wh- question, the wh- question word (who, what, when, where, why)
is said in the beginning of the sentence. The wh- question word is followed by the to be verb (am, is
are). The subject then follows, and then the main verb+ing. Use L1 if needed.
Show how these questions are different from the Present Progressive question that we learned
earlier by giving the examples: Is she doing homework? New: Why is she doing homework? When is
she doing homework?
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Give example sentences for each pronoun: When is he doing homework? When are you doing
homework? When are they doing homework? etc.
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• Explain “who” questions.
Have pupils look at the sentence Who is doing homework?
Explain that in questions that start with who, we do not use a pronoun (I, you, he, she, etc.).
Give additional examples: Who is walking to school? Who is eating lunch? Who is joining student
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