SNL Builders’ACE American English

Farhan Naushad, Chairman

Usama Latif, PatronBird’s eye view

Activities

We intend to “celebrate” certain activities

Activity 1Delegates will be divided into

THREE subgroups.MAIN GROUP

SUBJECTS

ACTIONSPLACES

GRAND COALITION (?)a few examples

SUBJECT Team ACTION Team PLACE Team

MusharrafEating (can be more

specific)(At the) Workplace (office)

Bush Walking his/her dog (Near the) video store

Obama Travelling to work Muscle Mania Gym

Zeba BakhtayarWaiting for office van

(cab) or Buying groceriesAt the general/medical store

(D.Watson)

Aishwairya Attending a conference Savor Foods

Doctors Anaylyzing Data Habib Bank Ltd.

(INDIVIDUALS or GROUP)

Swimming Rawal Lake/Dam

When combined they’ll make sentences. Or would they?

Musharraf Attending a conference Savor Foods

Aishwairya Swimming Rawal Lake/Dam

Bush Waiting for office van (Near the) video store

Fix ‘em up

Musharraf is Attending a conference at Savor Foods.

Aishwairya is Swimming in Rawal Lake/Dam.

Bush was Waiting for office van near the video store.

Yes/No QuestionsAffirmative Statement:

Yes / No question:

Short Answers:

Full /Complete Answers:

John and Peter students.

John and Peter students?

Yes, they are / No, they aren’t

Yes, they are students. / No they are not students.

Affirmative Statement:

Yes / No question:

Short Answers:

Full /Complete Answers:

Mary tall and thin.

Mary tall and thin?

Yes, she is / No, she isn’t

Yes, she is tall and thin. / No, she is not tall and thin

are

Are

is

Is

“WH” - QUESTIONS

Wh-word Information about…

Example

What Things

Name

Occupations

Activities

What is this? It is a book.

What is your name? Roberth.

What do you do? I am a driver.

What is he doing? He’s working

Who People Who is the director of the school? Carlos Samaniego.

Where Places Where is he? In the house.

How State

Form / manner

How are you? I am sad.

How is Loja? It is small.

PRESENT CONTINOUS

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE YES/NO QUESTIONS

I am dancing I am not dancing Am I dancing?

You are eating You are not eating Are you eating?

He is sleeping He is not sleeping Is he sleeping?

She is reading She is not reading Is she reading?

It is running It is not running Is it running?

We are walking We are not walking Are we walking?

They are studying They are not studying Are they studying?

NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVEYES/NO

QUESTIONSSHORT ANSWERS

I can cook I can not cook Can I cook? Yes, you can / No,you can´t

You can dance You can not dance Can you dance? Yes I can / No I can’t

He can play He can not play Can he play? Yes, he can / No, he can`t

She can swim She can not swim Can she swim? Yes, she can / No, she can’t

It can run It can not run Can it run? Yes, it can / No, it can’t

We can sing We can not sing Can we sing? Yes, we can / No, we can’t

They can walk They can not walk Can they walk ?Yes, they can / No, they

can’t

12 Traditional (VERB) Tenses

Simple

Present

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Simple

Past

Past

Continuous

Past

Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Simple Future

Future Continuous

Future

Perfect

Future Perfect

Continuous

Simple Present

It is used to signal the following meanings: Habitual actions in the present. ~He walks to class every day. General timeless truths. ~Water freezes at 0 degrees centigrade. Sensory or mental perception in the present. ~I see a sign in the corner. ~I know that Charlotte is a teacher. Narrative present ~Seema hits the ball and falls over.

Present Continuous

Action in progress ~She is eating her lunch now. A temporary present occupation or activity ~She is studying at Keele University now. Repetition in a series of similar ongoing

actions ~Tommy is pushing the football around the

garden.

Simple past

A definite completed action in the past.

~He flew to Multan on Saturday. Habitual action in the past.

~Sana jogged to work every day last year. A situation that applied in the past with the

implication that it no longer applies in the present.

~Professor Hari Prasad Singh lectured at Punjab University for 30 years.

Past Progressive

An action in progress at a specific point of time in the past

~We were playing cricket at 1.00pm on Wednesday. Past action – simultaneous with some other past

event ~Students were working in the language lab when I

walked past the door. Repetition of some on-going past action ~She was talking throughout the entire film.

Simple future

An action to take place at some definite future time

~Rooprekha will walk to Saddar tomorrow. A future habitual action or future state

~Sana will take the bus to Hanley next year. A situation that may occur in the present and will

occur in the future but with a definite end date.

~You will live in England until you finish your degree.

Future Continuous

An action that will be in progress at a specific time in the near future

~He will be walking to school at 9.00am tomorrow.

Duration of some specific future action

~Begam Nawazish Ali will be working on her (?) thesis for the next ten years.

Present Perfect

A situation that began in the past and that continues into the present.

~Professor Faran has taught English for 24 years.

A past experience with current relevance~I have already seen that movie. A very recently completed action~Kareena has just finished her homework.

Present Perfect Progressive

A situation or habit that began in the past and that continues up to the present

~I have been living in Bahawalpur for 19 years. The incompleteness of an action in progress

~I have been reading a book.

{Compare – I have read a book.}

Past Perfect

An action completed in the past prior to some other past event

~He had already walked to Polyclinic Chowk before I could offer him a ride.

Past conditional

~If she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.

Past Perfect Progressive

An action or habit taking place over a period of time in the past prior to some other past event

~He had been walking to work before his father bought him a bicycle.

A past action that is in progress gets interrupted by another past action

~We had been planning to holiday in Gilgit but changed our minds when we heard about the bad weather.

Future Perfect

A future action that will be completed prior to a specific future time

~I will have finished this work by midnight. A state or action that will be completed in the

future prior to some other future time or event~I will have finished my essay by the time you

return from clubbing.

Future Perfect Progressive

Habitual action that is taking place in the present and that will continue into the future up until or through a specific future time

~He will have been studying for 3 hours by the time I get home.

Activity 2

The Whispering Round-the-Table Conference

Activity 3Listen to VOANEWS.com while

having the text clearly visible to us.

Watch Indian-American Movie Clips, e.g., The Namesake, Bride & Prejudice and the like.