DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 49
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 1
3. Language Focus: Present Progressive
(Negative, Questions and Short Answers) (Page 21)
Curriculum:
Have the students look at the examples in the book.
AL: Students will compare different
Review the Present Progressive positive sentences.
language elements of English, such as
Ask and say:
tense and gender, to their mother
When we want to make a sentence negative, what
tongue.
word do we use? (not)
We add the word ‘not’ after the helping verb ‘to be’.
For example, "Jim is NOT eating an apple."
Write an example on the board and show where we add ‘not’ to a sentence.
Ask and say:
Now we know how to make a sentence negative.
How do we ask questions in Present Progressive?
We have to take the helping verb and move it to the beginning of the sentence. For
example,
Jim is eating an apple.
Is Jim eating an apple?
Say and ask:
Now let’s look at the examples in the book.
What else do you see here? ( short answers)
What does ‘short answers’ mean?
Well, when we ask a question, we don’t always have to answer in a complete sentence;
we could give the short answer. For example, if we ask, "Is Jim eating a banana?" the answer
could be, "Yes, he is." or "No, he isn’t."
Write on the board:
Short form: I am not = I’m not, you are not = you aren’t/ you're not he/she is not = he/she isn’t/
he'w/she's not. we are not = we aren’t /we're not, they are not/ they aren't/ they're not
Ask and say:
Who remembers the short form?
Give me an example. (Write down one or two examples given.)
Let’s take a sentence like, "Jim is eating a banana." (Write this on the board.)
We can use the short form here, too: "Jim’s eating a banana." or "He’s eating a banana."
Write one or two more examples on the board to make sure it’s understood.
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