UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE HONDURAS

English III

Modulo # _6_

I. Datos Generales
Nombre de la Asignatura: _English III_____Código: __INE206__
Unidades valorativas: 4 Duración del Modulo: 10 días

Overview:
 The Focus of this unit is different aspects of travel
 Preposition of time and present continuous
 Daily routine verbs

Specific Objectives:

1. The student will be able to use Preposition of time and present continuous

2. The students will be able to use daily routine verbs

Skills to develop:
 Practice the correct use of preposition of time and present continuous
 Practice the vocabulary of the unit.

Brief Description of the Forum:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the
discussion forum and practice the reading segments of conversations use it
in conversation form in the forum.

Brief Description of Activities:

The student will practice conversations using the vocabulary learned.
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Homework Description:
Workbook Activities from your Textbook Personal Best Level A2- Unit 4 using
the Richmond Learning Platform by doing practice exercises of skills / self-
study and assignments.

II. Content:
Language:
- Preposition of time and present continuous
- Daily routine verbs

Content Development:

We use many different prepositions for talking about time.

We use in, on and at for lots of different times. Here’s a table comparing the
uses:

in on at

Months: in January / Days of the week:

in April on Monday
Seasons: in spring / in Days + parts of Clock times: at
winter days: on Tuesday 7.30 a.m. / at 5
Years: in 1984 / in afternoon / on o’clock
2015 Saturday mornings Festivals: at
Centuries: in the 20th Dates: on November Christmas / at
century 22nd Easter
Times of day: in the Special days: on my Exceptions: at
morning / in the birthday / on New night / at the
evening Year’s Eve weekend
Longer periods of
time: in the past / in
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the 1990s / in the

holidays

The present continuous is made from the present tense of the verb be and
the –ing form of a verb:

I am working

You are playing

He is talking

She is living

It is eating

We are staying

They are sleeping

We use the present continuous to talk about:

 activities at the moment of speaking:

I’m just leaving work. I’ll be home in an hour.

Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

 future plans or arrangements:

Mary is going to a new school next term.

What are you doing next week?

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Present continuous questions

We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of the subject:

Are you listening?

Are they coming to your party?

When is she going home?

What am I doing here?

Present continuous negatives

We make negatives by putting not (or n’t) after am, is or are:

I’m not doing that.

You aren’t listening. (or You’re not listening.)

They aren’t coming to the party. (or They’re not coming to the party.)

She isn’t going home until Monday. (or She’s not going home until Monday.)

Stative verbs

We do not normally use the continuous with stative verbs. Stative verbs
include:

 verbs of thinking and feeling:

believe love recognise understand

dislike hate remember want
know prefer suppose wish
like realise think (= believe)

 verbs of the senses:

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appear look smell taste

feel seem sound

 others:

agree belong need own

be disagree owe possess

We normally use the simple instead:

I understand you. (NOT I am not understanding you.)

This cake tastes wonderful. (NOT This cake is tasting wonderful.)

We also use the present continuous to talk about:

 something which is happening before and after a specific time:

At eight o’clock we are usually having breakfast.

When I get home the children are doing their homework.

 something which we think is temporary:

Michael is at university. He’s studying history.

I’m working in London for the next two weeks.

 something which is new and contrasts with a previous state:

These days most people are using email instead of writing letters.

What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays?

What sort of music are they listening to?

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 something which is changing, growing or developing:

The children are growing up quickly.

The climate is changing rapidly.

Your English is improving.

 something which happens again and again:

It’s always raining in London.

They are always arguing.

George is great. He’s always laughing.

Note that we normally use always with this use.

We can use the present continuous to talk about the past when we
are:

 telling a story:

The other day I’m just walking down the street when suddenly this man comes
up to me and asks me to lend him some money. Well he’s carrying a big stick
and he looks a bit dangerous, so I’m wondering what to do …

 summarising a book, film or play:

Harry Potter is a pupil at Hogwarts school. One day when he is playingQuidditch

he sees a strange object in the sky. He wonders what is happening
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Daily Routines

Daily Activities at Home

What are some of the daily activities that you do at home?

I wake up at 7am every morning.

I press the snooze button five times every morning before I turn off the
alarm and get up.
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I have a cup of coffee and make breakfast. I usually read the

newspaper while I have breakfast. My children like to have a shower after
they have breakfast but I like to have a shower before I get dressed.

My wife brushes her long hair, and I have short hair so I comb my hair.
How do you do your hair in the morning? It is important to brush your
teeth, and some women like to put make-up on.

After I have finished work, I go home to cook dinner. In my house I

usually make dinner. The family eat dinner together at 7:30pm. After dinner I
make sure that my children do their homework, and then I chill out on the
sofa and watch television. On television I usually watch the News. My wife
usually comes to tell me to take the rubbish out, or wash the dishes.
Our children feed the dog and the cat before they go to bed and I tell them
to go to the bathroom too. If I am sick I have to take my medication, but
then I get into my pyjamas and set the alarm so I wake up in the
morning.
The last things I do is lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to bed. It
doesn't take me long to fall asleep.

Daily Activities at Work

What are some daily activities that you do at work?

I go to work at 8.45am every morning.

I usually drive to work.

I always check my emails when I get to work, but I don't always reply to
them immediately.

I take a taxi or a train if I have a lunch meeting. I never take the

bus because it is too slow.
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When I am at my desk I usually work on the computer, even

during morning tea.

At 1pm most days I have lunch.

At 3pm we have afternoon tea, and that is when we usually talk and eat
cake.

When you are in the office you probably have a lot of papers. It is important for
you to file your papers, and so that you can find them again you need
to organise your files.

When I work I have to make telephone calls. If an important issue happens I

ask my secretary to organise a meeting.

Once a month I report to my boss, but maybe you have to report to your
boss more often. I usually write a documentthat my boss can read.

Other Daily Activities

What are some other daily activities that you do?

I exercise at least three times a week.

I usually go to the gym before work, but sometimes I go after work.

I meditate every morning so that I feel less stressed during the day.

Weekly Activities

What are some weekly activities that you do?

I go grocery shopping once a week at the local supermarket.

My family does the housework together every Saturday morning.

I usually do the washing on Sunday morning and when the machine is

finished I hang the clothes out to dry.
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On Sunday morning we go to church, and if there is lots of noise coming

from next door, sometimes we fight with the neighbour.

On Saturday night my parents stay at home and I go out with friends.

Even my friends that live at home call their parents each week.

Every evening, I water the garden.

I usually pay someone to wash the car, but my partner says I should do it, so
sometimes I argue with my partnerabout that.

If we are angry at the neighbour, we seek vengeance by annoying his dogs.

I work in an important office, so I have to shine my shoes each day.
Sometimes we hire a movie, because we don't like to illegally download
music and films. I make sure that I synchronise my iPod so I always have
new music on it.

To get our shopping, we go to the mall in the car.

Last week I forgot to recharge my travel card, and I had to argue with a
bus driver. I couldn't call the office because I forgot to recharge my
cellphone!

Bibliografía
1. Textbook: Personal Best Level 2B , Editorial Richmond.
2. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
3. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Personal Best: https://richmondlp.com