Class #5: Describing Ativities

  Vocabulary

APRON

BATHTUB

SINK

BROKEN CUP

DISH DETERGENT

KITCHEN SPONGE

DISHES

DISH RACK

RUBBER GLOVES

RUBBER DUCK

TOWELS / TOWEL RACK

BUCKET

MOP

FLOOR

(ORDINARY) SOAP

OVEN MITTS

SPAGHETTI

STOVE

VEST

LAWN CHAIR

GREEN

ORANGE

PINK

PURPLE

PINK

YELLOW

Song: "They're doing funny things today, they never do these things this way

They're side by side"

Doing the dishes

WIS: What are you doing?
WIA: I'm washing the dishes in the bathtub.
WIS: That's strange. Do you usually wash the dishes in  the bathtub?
WIA: No! I never wash the dishes in the bathtub. But I'm washing the dishes in the bathtub today.
WIS: Why are you doing that?
WIA: Because my sink is broken.
WIS: I'm sorry to hear that.

WIA: woman in apron
WIS: woman in shirt

Washing the kitchen floor

C: Hi Tim!
T: Oh, hi Charles.
C: Tim, what are you doing?
T: I'm washing my kitchen floor.
C: But you're using ordinary soap.
T: So? I always use ordinary soap. Don't you use ordinary soap when you wash your kitchen floor?
C: Never. I use "Sparkle". Here, Tim. I have some with me. Let's try it on your floor right now.
T: Wow! look at this floor! It's shining.
C: It always shines with "Sparkle".
T: No more ordinary soap for me.

Voice over: Floors always shine with "Sparkle".

C: Charles

T: Tim

At the office

MS: What's Fran doing?
WS: She's working late.
MS: Working late? Why is she doing that?
WS: It's Monday. She always works late on Monday.

MS: man singing
WS: woman singing

In the kitchen

MIPV: What's Bob doing?
MIBV: He's cooking spaghetti.
MIPV: Cooking spaghetti? Why is he doing that?
MIBV: It's Wednesday. He always cooks spaghetti on Wednesday.

MIPV: man in purple vest
MIBV: man in blue vest

In the backyard

WS: What's Gary doing?
MS: He's bathing his cat.
WS: Bathing his cat? Why is he doing that?
MS: It's Friday. He always bathes his cat on Friday.

MS: man singing
WS: woman singing

Grammar

The Verb To Be

                                              

The Present Continuous Tense

X

The Simple Present Tense

Compare these two situations:

In the picture on the left, the boy is talking about what he is doing right now, so he uses the present continuous tense.

In the picture on the right, he is talking about what he does every day, so he uses the simple present tense.

--> The present continuous tense is used to express actions in progress.

--> The simple present tense is used to express habitual actions.

Simple Present	Present Continuous
in general (regularly, often, never) Colin plays football every Tuesday. present actions happening one after another First Colin plays football, then he watches TV.	right now Look! Colin is playing football now. also for several actions happening at the same time Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
Signal words
always every ... often normally usually sometimes seldom never first then	at the moment at this moment today now right now Listen! Look!
Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present: be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want Possessive Adjectives • to show something belongs to somebody: That’s our house. My car is very old. • for relations and friends: My mother is a doctor. How old is your sister? • for parts of the body: He can break his arm. She’s washing her hair. I need to clean my teeth.