Grammar Feud

1. Grammar Feud Review of Simple present and Present Progressive

2. Rules • Work with a partner. • On a sheet of notebook paper, write your name and your partner’s name in the upper right hand corner. Also write today’s date. • In the left margin of your paper, number from 1 to 21 – leave 4 blank lines between lines each number. • Both partners should review the answers.

3. Questions 1-5 • These questions ask you to choose the verb tense that correctly completes the meaning of a sentence. • Just write the letter of the correct answer.

4. . • Ali _______ around the United States every summer. • traveling • travels • is travelling • travel

5. The St. John’s River ________ northward into the Atlantic Ocean. • flows • is flow • flowes • is flowing

6. When Simone ________ to France, she always ______ her passport. • flying. . .taking • is flying . . . Is taking • flies. . .take • flies. . .takes

7. The students ________ on time for class, so their teacher _______ happy. • comes. . .seems • are coming. . .is seeming • come. . .seems • is coming. . .seem

8. ____________ to the library to do research? • Do the student go • Is the student goes • Does the student go • The student go

9. Directions for slides 6 through 10 • For each slide, write • one sentence that describes what is happening in the picture. • One sentence that describes how often this person or these people probably do this activity. • One sentence that makes a general statement about this activity. • The sentences must be grammatically correct to receive credit. • Here is an example:

10. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement 1. The dog is running fast.2. The dog usually runs in the morning.3. The dog likes to run.

11. 6. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement

12. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement

13. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement

14. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement

15. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement

16. 1. action in progress 2. frequency of action 3. general truth statement

17. Directions for Slides 12 through 21 • Each slide gives you an answer to a question. You must write the question. • To receive credit, the question must be grammatically correct. • If an answer has a word underlined, then the question must be an information question about that underlined word or phrase. • Here are two examples:

18. Example 1: • Question: _________________________? • Answer: Yes, he likes tea.

19. Example 1: • Question: Does he like tea? • Answer: Yes, he likes tea.

20. Example 2: • Question: _________________________? • Answer: We like to swim at Daytona Beach.

21. Answer to Example 2: • Question: Where do we like to swim? • Answer: We like to swim at Daytona Beach.

22. Now we will begin the actual questions.

23. 12. • Question: ____________________________? • Answer: I eat tacos for lunch.

24. 13. • Question: ___________________________? • Answer: I rarely work out in the gym.

25. 14. • Question: ___________________________? • Answer: Professor Bendriss speaks three languages.

26. 15. • Question: ____________________________? • Answer: John writes his essays in the evening.

27. 16. • Question: __________________________? • Answer: Yes, Ming-Sheng has lots of money in his wallet.

28. 17. • Question: ___________________________? • Answer: No, Mrs. Britton is not giving a test tonight.

29. 18. • Question: ___________________________? • Answer: Mireya often lends her dictionary to Gabriel?

30. 19 • Question: ____________________________? • Answer: No, Fareena isn’t in Level 2 EAP.

31. 20. • Question: ___________________________? • Answer: Cherlieis talking on her cell phone right now.

32. 21. • Question: __________________________? • Answer: The movie starts at 4:00 p.m.