You will learn how to:

 Talk about what you are doing.

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

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

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

1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings? get up and to the housework. _
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
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
FOR
FORMING GERUND
I am walking I am not walking
Am I walking? go –
I’m walking I’m not walking
You are walking You are not walking going do
You’re walking You aren’t walking Are you
doing
walking?
He is walking He is not walking live –
He’s walking He isn’t walking Is he walking? living
She is walking She is not walking have- having
She’s walking She isn’t walking Is she walking?
sleep –
It is walking It is not walking sleeping heat-
Is it walking?
It’s walking It isn’t walking heating stop –
We are walking We are not walking
Are we stopping run
We’re walking We aren’t walking
walking? – running
You are walking You are not walking lend – lending
Are you
You’re walking You aren’t walking
walking? cry – crying
They are They are not play – playing
Are they
walking walking lie – lying
They’re walking They aren’t walking die - dying
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 TEMPORA
RY
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
Mental Opinions Emotions
verbs or
states
senses
To forget to believe To hate To feel
To imagine To To like To
suppose hear
To To doubt To love To see
remember
To To To hope To
understand assume smell

B. Make affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions:

1. . (+)
2. . (-)
3. . (?)
4. . (+)
5. . (-)
6. . (?)
 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. many people ever stop to think how wonderful four seasons are. I think people
who live in cities 2. the seasons. 3. spend half their lives
indoors or underground. I live in the country and I love watching the seasons 4. .

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

SEASONS VOCABULARY

Match with different color the picture with the written form:

WINTER SPRING AUTUMN SUMMER

Answer
1. Which one is your favorite season?
.

2. What is the principal season in Neiva?

.

GRAMMAR ORDINAL NUMBERS

twelfth 5th second eighth

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