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GAP Writing/Grammar

GAP Writing/Grammar. Shinsuke Tsuchiya. Continuous. Rules Examples Practice. Tense. Use ‘be’ verbs to express tesnse Past Continuous : a continuous action that was interrupted Ex. I was living in Texas when I graduated from high school and moved away .

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GAP Writing/Grammar

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  1. GAP Writing/Grammar Shinsuke Tsuchiya

  2. Continuous • Rules • Examples • Practice

  3. Tense • Use ‘be’ verbs to express tesnse Past Continuous: a continuous action that was interrupted Ex. I was living in Texas when I graduated from high school and moved away. Present Continuous: current continuous action Ex. I am currently living in a duplex. Future Continuous: future continuous action Ex. I will be living in a house.

  4. verbs that end in a consonant and -e hope: hoping, hopeddate: dating, datedinjure: injuring, injured

  5. verbs that end in a vowel and a consonant one-syllable verbs Verbs that end in a single vowel and a consonant stop: stopping, stoppedrob: robbing, robedbeg: begging, begged • verbs that end in vowels and a consonant rain: raining, rainedfool: fooling, fooleddream: dreaming, dreamed

  6. verbs that end in a vowel and a consonant two-syllable verbs (watch for stress) • stress on first syllablelisten: listening, listenedoffer: offering, offeredopen: opening, opened • stress on second syllablebegin: beginning, beganprefer: preferring, preferredcontrol: controlling, controlled

  7. verbs that end in two consonants start: starting, startedfold: folding, foldeddemand: demanding, demanded

  8. verbs that end in -y • Vowel + y enjoy: enjoying, enjoyedpray: praying, prayedbuy: buying, bought • consonant + y study: studying, studiedtry: trying, triedreply: replying, replied

  9. verbs that end in -ie die: dying, diedlie: lying, lied

  10. irregular verbs buy: buying, boughtbreak: breaking, brokecome: coming, camefind: finding, foundhit: hitting, hitswim: swimming, swam

  11. New Project • Brochure for festival/celebration in country • New grammar pattern: WH-question + present • Brainstorm ideas/Create an outline

  12. What is a brochure? • Purpose -To inform your audience about your cultural festival/event • a question-answer format -Questions that your audience might have Ex. What is hinamatsuri? -Which information is most important for that audience?

  13. Brainstorming activityWhat kind of questions do you have? • Japanese hinamatsuri

  14. Outline • What is hinamatsuri? -a doll festival held in March 3rd every year. -the girl’s day in Japan -it celebrates girl’s growth • What is the history behind hinamatsuri? -it began in Heian period (794 to 1185) -dolls were set afloat (taking troubles or bad spirits with the dolls) • What are the customs? -families display the dolls in February until March 3rd -families takes the dolls down immediately after the festival *leaving the dolls past March 4 will result in a late marriage for the daughter. • What does each doll symbolize? Etc.

  15. Let’s brainstorm for ideas and make an outline • Festivals/events in country • What kind of questions do people have? • Outline

  16. Evaluate your brochure • In order to evaluate your brochure, please ask yourself the following questions. • Does your brochure answer the basic questions a person might ask about your topic? These are the what, where, when, why, how questions. • Does it have a title that will interest the audience? • Are there interesting pictures and/or graphs that help to present your information? • Is your information grammatically correct? • Have you tried to use good academic vocabulary? • Is the format of your brochure easy to read, and does it follow a logical presentation style? • Have you used your own words and not copied text from the internet or other sources?

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