Friday, April 19, 2013

Present Continous or Simple Present?

 
 


Spelling rules to remember:
1. Double the final consonant after consonant + vowel + consonant CVC
or CC + vowel + consonant CCVC.
m o p
C V C  Right:  mopping   Wrong: moping
CCVC  Right: shutting   Wrong: shuting

2. Don't double the final consonant after two vowels with the same sound (VVC):
e a  t    Right:  eating    Wrong: eatting
VVC

3. When a word ends has a final 'e', drop the 'e' and add 'ing'
make  Right:  making   Wrong:  makeing
leave  Right:  leaving   Wrong: leaveing

1. gets
2. is playing
3. are sleeping
4. is mopping
5. opens
6. are eating
7. drink
8. are you leaving

Wh- Questions in the Predicate


Present Perfect: For


Present Perfect: Since


Present Perfect: Unit 1, How long...?



For Test on Tuesday, April 23!!!


a. intersection
b. ambulance
c. bite
d. Band-Aid / bandage
e. unconscious
f. cast
g. stretchers
h. windshield
I. IV
j. crutches
k. swollen
l. pale
m. concussion

True or False? A man was on vacation in France...


1. false (He was on vacation.)
2. false (His wife had to translate for him.)
3. true (light-headed = dizzy)
4. true (He had a little shortness of breath.)
5. false (He didn't have a history of heart disease in his family.)
6. false (He wasn't taking any medications at that time.)


2. The pain is sharp.
3. No, it doesn't radiate down my arm.
4. Yes, I have been feeling light-headed.
5. Yes, I have had a little shortness of breath.
6. No, I don't have a history of heart disease in my family.
7. I'm not currently taking any medications.
8. So far today, I have eaten some eggs, a bread roll, and coffee.
9. I am 55.