Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday!

Today we...

9 - 9:20am:
We had a guest named Jen who observed our class! We introduced ourselves and asked her questions about herself. She's a Master's student at Eastern Washington University who is studying teach English as a second language.

9:25-10:30am:
Vocab and Speaking Practice (work on your fluency - smoothness and speed of speaking)

10:40am-12pm:
Grammar: We started with Exercise 1 (Grammar 2-2) to find out what we already knew about the differences between Simple Present and Present Continuous. You guys knew a lot about habits and facts (Simple) and actions happening now (Continuous).

We went over notes for Simple Present.

Some extra notes:
Adverbs of Frequency (for Simple Present). 
      Most frequent --> least frequent:
            Always
            Almost Always
            Usually
            Frequently
            Often
            Sometimes
            Occasionally
            Rarely
            Hardly Ever
            Almost Never
            Never

- Usually, you put adverbs of frequency before the main verb (or sometimes at the beginning of a sentence, like this one!)
           We usually study grammar on Tuesdays.
            I always drink green tea in the morning.
            He almost never does his homework!

- BUT, in a Simple Present sentence with "be," put the adverb of frequency after the main verb and before an adjective:
            We are often tired on Friday.
             The students are almost always excited about grammar.
             I am rarely awake at 4am.
           
**ALSO, remember that "BE" does NOT use the auxiliary "do" in Simple tenses.

1-2pm:
Reading: "Real Estate Agent Blog."

HOMEWORK:
- Do Exercises 2 & 3