You will learn how to:

 Talk about what you are doing.

 to recognize the seasons of the year. GUIDE NUMBER 6
SEASON OF THE YEAR

A. Read the two texts carefully. Then answer the questions:

ISABEL MARK
“On Saturday morning I usually “Christmas day we usually go to
get up and to the housework. my parents house. We open our
Then I meet some friends in town present, then have a big lunch at
for lunch, and go shopping in the about 2.00 in the afternoon.”
afternoon”
But this Christmas is different!
But this Saturday is different! This Mark and his wife are in
morning Isabel get up early Australia. They are visiting
because today she’s getting friends. This morning they went
married. She’s in church with her to church, ad now they are
family and friends. She’s wearing having a barbecue next to the
a white dress and her husband is swimming pool. It’s hot and
standing next to her. they’re wearing swimsuits.

1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings? _____________________________________

2. What is she doing this Saturday? _____________________________________
3. What does Mark usually do on Christmas day? _____________________________________
4. What is he doing this Christmas? _____________________________________

5. Underline the verbs in the two text, compare between the verbs that describe habits (usually) and the
verbs that describe actions at the time of speaking (this Saturday/ Christmas…/ Now …)
Then complete the rules:
6. When we describe habits, we put the verb in the ____________________tense.
7. When we describe actions at the time of speaking, we put the verb in the____________________tense.

.GRAMMAR
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
SPELLING GUIDE FOR
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
FORMING GERUND
I am walking I am not walking
Am I walking? go – going
I’m walking I’m not walking
You are walking You are not walking do doing
Are you walking? live – living
You’re walking You aren’t walking
He is walking He is not walking have- having
Is he walking?
He’s walking He isn’t walking sleep – sleeping
She is walking She is not walking heat- heating
Is she walking?
She’s walking She isn’t walking
stop – stopping
It is walking It is not walking
Is it walking? run – running
It’s walking It isn’t walking
We are walking We are not walking lend – lending
Are we walking? cry – crying
We’re walking We aren’t walking
You are walking You are not walking play – playing
Are you walking?
You’re walking You aren’t walking lie – lying
They are walking They are not walking die - dying
Are they walking?
They’re walking They aren’t walking
 We use the present progressive tense:
1. When somebody is doing something at this moment.
• Sarah is changing her clothes right now.
• Her boyfriend is waiting for her.
• We are learning the progressive tense in English.

2. When something is happening at this moment. When the action has started but hasn't finished.
• It is snowing at the moment.
• The economy is growing at an exponential rate.
• The children are sleeping, so please be quiet.

3. To talk about something that is happening around the time of speaking but not necessarily at that
exact moment.
 Alfredo is studying a lot for his exam.
 I'm reading a great book. (not necessary right at this moment)
 We are planning a trip to Jamaica.

A significant difference between these two tenses is we use the simple present tense for things that are
permanent or are in general and the present progressive tense for things that may change or are temporary.
Compare:

Negative (-) Interrogative (?)

Affirmative (+)
he isn´t living on a farm. Is Hank living on a farm
Hank is living on a farm now.
now?

PERMANENT TEMPORARY
Simon lives in Birmingham. Simon is living with his friends for now.
James smokes. James is smoking in the kitchen.
We walk to work. We're walking in the park.
I speak English. I am speaking English right now.
Verbs that we don't use in the Progressive Tense
Another difference is that there are some verbs in English that we don't use in the progressive tense. These
include:
Exception:
Perceptions verbs
Mental states Opinions Emotions
or senses
To forget to believe To hate To feel
To imagine To suppose To like To hear
To remember To doubt To love To see
To understand To assume To hope To smell

B. Make affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions:

1. I am eating a hamburger. (+)

2. In she dancing salsa? (?)
3. I am not walking in thr park. (-)
4. They are speaking French (+)
5. We aren´t swimming in the river (-)
6. Are you drinking water? (?)
 LISTENING

Listen and complete the text with the words in the box.

push their way Not sure how City people food you get them and then
come and go then grow tall don’t care about come in season place every four

I’m 1. Not sure how many people ever stop to think how wonderful four seasons are. I think people who live
in cities 2. Don´t care about the seasons. 3. City people spend half their lives indoors or underground. I live in
the country and I love watching the seasons 4. come and go.

Every day is different in the countryside. I love watching the crops grow in the fields. I watch them
5. push their way up from the ground in the spring and 6. then grow tall in the summer sun. Just before autumn
arrives, the farmer harvests 7. them and then winter comes. Seasons means it’s like living in a new 8. place
every four months. Everything changes. One wonderful thing about seasons is the seasonal 9. come in season
. There’s always something tasty that’s just
10. food you get.

SEASONS
VOCABULARY

Match with different color the picture with the written form:

WINTER SPRING AUTUMN SUMMER

Answer
1. Which one is your favorite season?
My favorite season is winter.

2. What is the principal season in Neiva?

The principal season in Neiva is summer

GRAMMAR ORDINAL NUMBERS

twelfth 5th second eighth 62th

A. Write the numbers: 9th third 13th First twenty first
Example:
a. 1st First f. 21st Twenty first
b. 2nd Second g. Fifth 5th
c. 3nd Third h. Sixty second 62th
d. 8th Eighth i. Ninth 9th
e. 12th Twelfth j. Thirteenth 13th