E-GAZARCHIN UNVERSITY

Seminar 2

Approved by Enkhjargal. D /The Head of Department/

Prepared by Orkhontuya. B /English Language teacher/

10th September 2014English Language Teacher Orkhontuya. B/Master/

WORK DAY

A B C

D E

OCCUPATIONS / PROFESSIONAL

DIALOGUE 1

S.1 What do you do? / What’s your job / occupations?

S.2 I’m an accountant. How about you?

S.1 I’m a carpenter.

S.2 Are you an experienced ___________?

S.1 Yes, I’m a very experienced __________ months / years.

S.2 How long have you been a /an __________?

S.1 I have been a/ an _________ for eight years / months.

DILOGUE 2

S.1 What does John do? / What’s his job?

S.2 He’s a pilot.

S.1 How long has John been a _________?

S.2 He’s been a __________ for five years/weeks.

DILOGUE 3

S.1 Which of these occupations do think are the most

interesting / difficult/ dangerous/ stressful / demanding/

rewarding/ exciting/ tiring/.

S.2 In my opinion the most interesting occupations are _____

_________ .

DIALOGUE 4

S.1 What kind of job would you like in the future?

S.2 I’d like to be a/an __________ .

S.1 Who has a/ an interesting/ dangerous job?

S.2 I think journalists have an interesting job.

They travel a lot.

DILOGUE 5

S.1 Who earns a lot of money?

S.2 In my view a solicitor earns a lot of money.

DILOGUE 6

S.1 Who has a part time / full time job?

S.2 Students have a part time job.

DILOGUE 7

S1. Who works a long hours? S.2 Doctors work a long hours.

PRESENT SIMPLE a) For permanent states, repeated actions and daily routines.

He works in a bank. (permanent state)

He takes the train to work every morning.

( daily routine / repeated actions)

b) For general truths and laws of nature.

The sun sets in the west.

c) For timetables ( planes, trains, etc.) and programmers.

The plan from Ulaanbaatar arrives at 8:30.

d) To give instructions ( medicine/drugs) or directions.

Take two tables before bedtime.

Read the directions before using any piece of equipment.

( directions).

Time expressions : usually, often, always, etc.,

1. every day/ evening/ week/ month,/

every summer/ year/ Monday.

in the morning/ afternoon / evening.

at night, at the weekend, on Friday

2. How often do you go out? (To answer this question.)

I sometimes go out at the weekend.

Adverbs of frequency always 100% rarely

usually 75% seldom 10%

often 50% hardly ever

sometimes 25% almost never

frequently = very often / never

many times

occasionally = sometimes

you

they

we eat?

your students

your children

Affi

rmat

ive

0%

Negative

S.2 I three times a day.

They four times

We eat once a day

My sister twice a day

Students

day

3. How many times a week…?

month

year

4. John

S.1How often does your nephew go shopping?

husband

S.2 John goes shopping every other day or so.

My nephew about twice a week.

SPELLING OF FINAL –S/ - ES

a) He

She

It visits / writes our site every week.

My grandmother

John’s teacher

b) Final – es is added to words that end in – ch, sh,-s,-x

and – z.

My aunt teaches Math at school every year.

c) If a word ends in a consonant + -y, change the – y to –i

and add –es.

fly flies, try tries, copy copies

d) If a word ends in a vowel + - y, simply add –s

play plays, enjoy enjoys, buy buys

e) The singular forms of the verbs go, do, and have are

irregular.

go goes, do does, have has

Chris does a lot of things around the house on the

weekend.

f) Vowels = a, e, i, o, u. Consonants = all other letters in

the alphabet.

AFFIRMATIVE

a) Karen always tells the truth.

b) They usually go out a lot with their friends , on Friday or Saturday nights.

c) John sometimes has a shower in the morning.

SUBJECT FREQ ADV VERB OBJECT

NEGATIVE

1. My boy friend rarely

hardly ever does the dinner.

never

2. My uncle does not usually do his homework everyday.

Your wife

Their son

My parents do not ever take the bus.

Your students

Our friends

SUBJECT FREQ ADV VERB+S OBJECT

SUBJECT AUXILARY VERB + NOT FREQ ADV

VERB BARE OBJECT

INTERROGATIVE

S.1Do your friends always come to the gym?

they

we

you

S.2 Yes, My friends do, Yes, My friends always come.

No, My friends do not (don’t)

S.1Does he often go for a walk at the weekend?

she

it

S.2 Yes, he does, Yes, he goes.

No, he does not (doesn’t) go

AUX. VERB SUBJECT FREQ ADV VERB

BARE OBJECT

SPECIAL QUESTIONS

S.1 What time do you get up in the morning?

they

S.2 I get up at 6:30 in the morning.

they

What kind house he

What sort of fruit does Ann want to have?

What type shoes your sister

He wants to have a villa house.

My sister wants to have some banana.

Ann wants to have loafers.

How far do you live from work? I live from work four

blocks. ( how many miles/ how many kilometers…?)

WHQ AUX. VERB SUBJECT VERB BARE OBJECT

Present progressive a) For actions taking place now, at the moment of

speaking.

He is giving the baby a bath at the moment.

b) For temporary actions; that is actions that are going on

around now, but not at the actual moment of speaking.

Chris is looking for a new job these days.

c) With adverbs such as: always, constantly, continually,

etc. (= et cetera). For actions which happen very often,

usually to express annoyance, irritation or anger.

1. I’m always meeting Sara when I go shopping.

2. You ‘re constantly interrupting me when I am talking.

d) For actions that we have already arranged to do in the

near future, especially when the time and place have

been decided.

They’re moving into their new house next week.

e) For changing or developing situations.

The climate is getting warmer ever year.

More young people are buying cars nowadays.

Time expressions:

1. now / at the moment / at present/ right now.

these days / nowadays / still /today / tonight / tomorrow /

day after tomorrow /from now / a couple of hours later/

from day to day.

a) Students’ English is improving from day to day.

2. next week /Monday /month /weekend.

3. look! / listen!

AFFIRMATIVE

1. I am sitting at the table right now.

2. He

She is working at work these days.

It

3. They

You are teaching English next week.

We

Teachers

4. Listen! Someone’s singing a song.

5. Look at them! Some children are fighting each other.

SUBJECT Be Verb+ ing Object Adverb of time

NEGATIVE

a) I am not rehearsing the exam now.

b) He

She is not working at work these days.

It

c) They

You are not teaching English next week.

We

INTERROGATIVE

b) Am I cleaning my room at the moment?

c) Yes, You are. No, You are not.

SUBJECT Be + not Verb+ ing Object Adverb of time

BE SUB Verb+ ing Object Adverb of time

S.1 Is he drinking anything at present?

she He No, He

it S.2 Yes, She is. She is not. (isn’t)

your dad It It

a) Are they

we having a shower right now?

you

Ann and John

b) Yes, They are. No, They are not. (aren’t)

We We

Yes, I am. No, I am not.

SPELLING OF – ING FORM

a) Smile smiling, hope hoping ( drop the – e, add – ing.)

b) Help helping, learn learning (if the verb ands in two

consonants, just add – ing).

c) Rain raining, heat heating (if the verb ends in two

vowels + a consonant, just add –ing).

One - syllable verbs

d) Stop stopping, plan planning( if the verb one syllable

end in one vowel + one consonant, double the consonant to

make the –ing).

Two – syllable verbs

e) Visit visiting, offer offering (if the first syllable of a two

Syllable verb is stressed, do not double the consonant

f) Prefer preferring, admit admitting (if second syllable

of a two – syllable verb is stressed, double the consonant).

g) Play playing, enjoy enjoying (if the verb ends in a

vowel + - y, keep the – y. Do not change the – y to – i).

h) Worry worrying, study studying (if the verb ends

in a consonant + - y, keep the – y for the –ing).

i) Die dying, tie tying (- ing form: change the – ie to

NOTE: Do not double (w, x, y)

snow snowing, fix fixing, say saying.

It’s snowing outside nowadays.

Pete’s repairing the tap / faucet at the moment.

A SPECIAL QUESTION

S.1 What are you doing tonight?

S.2 I’m going out with my friends.

B

S.1 Where is Ann going?

S.2 She’s visiting her grandparents.

C

S.1 What am I doing right now?

S.2 You are listening to music.

D

S.1 What type of music are they listening to at the moment?

S.2 They’re listening to hip hop music.

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