The Present Continuous Tense

source: http://www.iesgregorimaians.org/

Look at the picture and answer the questions

• What is Paul doing?
• Where is the cat climbing?
• What are the birds doing?
• Where is the grandfather sitting?
• What is he doing?
• What is the grandmother doing?
• Is Mrs Green watching TV?
• What are the girls doing?
• Are they swimming in the pool?
• Where are the ducks swimming?
• What are the ducks doing?
• What is Mr Green doing?
• Is Mr Green dancing?
• What is Mike doing?
• Is Mike cleaning the desk?
• Is he watching the ducks?

The Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

source: http://www.slideshare.net/burakcanli1/present-continuous-ppt

Present continuous ppt de Burak Canlı

New York City

source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCMtC50gwY

• Where is the city situated?
• When did the first settlers arrive?
• Who was the city shaped up by?
• What did the immigrants bring with them?
• How can you prove tha the city is outstanding?
• How are the streets organised in the city?
• What are the working hours of the subway?
• Name the iconic symbols of the city
• When was The Empire State Building open?
• How do you understand the phrase '' New York is the city of the spree"?
• How are the shop-windows described?
• Where is Times Square located?
• What can you do there?
• What's Central Park?
• What memorial appeared in the city after the disaster?

Natural disasters

Choose a disaster to be described. Follow the plan:

• what caused it to occur
• the possible signs of it getting  close
•  the specific events happening at the very moment of a catastrophe
• the consequences of an action 
• the possible casualties 
• the actions after the disaster that the authorities will be expected to take to rebuild the area

Get ready!

A list of words for you to know ( from the video about Guy Fawkes Day)

• Annual
  
• 

  to be foiled
• conspirator
• to be converted
• to tolerate
• follower
• to worship
• response
• explosives
• to be in charge
• repulsive
• effigy
• insult

Questions about the American capital

Here you can find the list of questions about Washington D.C.  The answers are in the videos and in the coursebook.

Get yourselves acquainted! 

Good luck!

Source: http://go.mail.ru/search_images?q=washington%20dc&frc=809011&frm=alqs&gp=809011#urlhash=6483593818625944713

Great cities of the USA - Washington D.C.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTZQ9bta31

Some more useful links  are here

America is electing the new President tomorrow!

Here is a video for you . It contains some new terms connected with the election process. Make sure you know them all and get ready to write a dictation and a short test

• GOP
• nominee
• incumbent
• run for office
• campain
• plaform
• convention
• rhetoric
• spin doctor
• positive campain
• negative campain
• poll
• pundit
• electoral college
• lobby
• cast a ballot

source of the picture: http://go.mail.ru/search_images?q=american%20elections%202016&gp=809011&frc=809011#urlhash=645679707018411482

11th

1. 4 ( 74- 78 )
2. Progress check ( 78- 80 ) Parts I and  II 
  Get ready to discuss the Presidential elections 
look through the videos once more

Bonfire Night

source https://www.youtube.coms/watch?v=4EYqC2GXs8w

Guy Fawkes Day

• What was the problem with the king?
• What is a treason?
• Who is an accomplice?
• How is the holiday celebrated?
• What is a guy?
• What is it made for?
• What do the kids shout on this day?
• Did the people want to celebrate this holiday in 1605?

Remember Remember the 5th of November

• What is the second name of this celebration?
• When did it all start?
•  Who did the rebels plan to blow?
• Did they succeed?
• Where was Fawkes kept ?
• Did he reveal the names of his fellow conspirators?

Have something done

Do you know how to undersatand this structure and use it?  Here is a list of tests for you to be done in a written form. 

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Test 4

Before doing them, make sure you know the rules ( use the printed card). Good luck to you all! (your works will be checked at the next lesson, so don't be procrastinators) 

Do it!

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