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    The teacher, Donna, began her summer school English class which typically started with only a few students present but filled up over the first few minutes. Summer school was only eight weeks long and had smaller attendance than the regular semesters. Donna introduced the lesson which was about present participles as adjectives, noting that students often get confused by participles. She provided examples of how present participles indicate emotions or feelings caused by subjects. Donna checked if students understood so far and saw that they looked confused, as she expected since this topic is difficult. She planned to have them practice present participles and hoped that by the end of class most students would feel comfortable using them.

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    The teacher, Donna, began her summer school English class which typically started with only a few students present but filled up over the first few minutes. Summer school was only eight weeks long and had smaller attendance than the regular semesters. Donna introduced the lesson which was about present participles as adjectives, noting that students often get confused by participles. She provided examples of how present participles indicate emotions or feelings caused by subjects. Donna checked if students understood so far and saw that they looked confused, as she expected since this topic is difficult. She planned to have them practice present participles and hoped that by the end of class most students would feel comfortable using them.

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    The teacher, Donna, began her summer school English class which typically started with only a few students present but filled up over the first few minutes. Summer school was only eight weeks long and had smaller attendance than the regular semesters. Donna introduced the lesson which was about present participles as adjectives, noting that students often get confused by participles. She provided examples of how present participles indicate emotions or feelings caused by subjects. Donna checked if students understood so far and saw that they looked confused, as she expected since this topic is difficult. She planned to have them practice present participles and hoped that by the end of class most students would feel comfortable using them.

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    Asia Educational Academy

    Reading 7

    English is confusing
    Good evening, everybody! said the teacher, Donna. Where is everybody? That was sort
    of a daily joke by Donna. Usually the class started with only two or three students present, and
    then filled up as the minutes went by. It was summer time. Summer school was only eight weeks
    long. Class attendance was always smaller than during fall and spring semesters.
    I dont know, teacher. Maybe they late or no come, said one student. Maybe watching TV
    football tonight.
    Is there a soccer game tonight? It seems like theres a soccer game every night. Oh, well.
    Lets get started, okay? Were on page 36 in the workbook. Tonight were studying participles as
    adjectives. Students are always confused when they learn about the present and past
    participles, so we will practice this a lot. Tonight, were just going to practice the present
    participle.
    The present participle tells us what emotion or feeling the subject is causing. For example,
    Grammar is boring means that the subjectgrammarcauses an emotion of boredom. If we
    say, The movie is interesting, we are saying that the movie causes a feeling of interest. If we
    say, The roller coaster is exciting, we are saying that the roller coaster causes a feeling of
    excitement. Any questions so far? Am I confusing you? Is everyone confused?
    The classroom was quiet. Donna looked at blank faces. They were confused. She knew
    this would take a while. But eventually, the faster students would grasp it, and then they would
    help the slower students. By the end of the evening, most of the class would feel comfortable
    using the present participle.
    Donna erased the board and put some new examples on it. She loved guiding her students
    through difficult topics like this one. She always felt a little bit thrilled when the look of
    understanding came to their faces

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    Reading 7

    How many students were present in the class?

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    2.

    What filled up as minutes went by?

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    3.

    How long was summer school?

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    4.

    How often is there a soccer game?

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    5.

    What pages were they on ?

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    6.

    What are they studying?

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    7.

    How often are the students confused?

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    8.

    How much will they practice?

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    9.

    Which participle are they going to practice?

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    10.

    When would the students grasp it?

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