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Task Sheet for Unit 4 (Verbs ? present simple & perfect) Student errors: 1. I am a secretary for 5 years - Should be have been - She thinks it?s just present ? does not realize past must be reflected - Ask: ?How long have you been a secretary?? 2. I have eat breakfast - eat should be eaten - seems to forget the past & past participle for eat - ?When did you eat breakfast?? ?So you ate at 8?? ?So you have eaten already and are not hungry?? 3. She?s liked him since 6 months. - Unless it?s over, since should be for? - Doesn?t get difference between since and for - Explain that to use since it needs a specific time, but if it is still happening use ?for? 4. When you start work? - Meaning not clear: needs either ?did? or ?do? - Student may not understand present continuous vs past - Ask if she means today (& every day) or in the past? 5. I?ve been knowing her for 3 months. - improper use of perf cont w/ ?to know? - Explain: Instead of perf cont use pres perfect - Ask: so you have known her for 3 months? Teaching Ideas to Activate for: a) Present simple - Have student pairs ask each other: what do you do every day? I wake up. I bathe and dress. I eat breakfast. I go to school? b) Present continuous - In groups of 3-4, ask 1 student to mime different activities & partners to guess: He is running. He is smoking. He is laughing. He is thinking? c) Present perfect - In groups of 3-4, ask students to tell a favorite free-time activity they have done I have seen a good movie. I have gone to the beach. I have played football? d) Pres Perf Cont - In groups, ask students to tell something they have done for a long time? I have been playing piano since I was 6. I have been coming to this school for 3 years. My mother has been encouraging me to practice English. e)
