Facilitator’s Guide G06 ~ English Home Language
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Activity 2: Listen for information and give a summary 1 hour
You will need: Study guide A newspaper article Text in facilitator’s guide Vocabulary in context prejudice: a feeling of like or dislike for someone or something especially when it is not reasonable or logical blog: frequently updated diary on a website intended for public viewing bizarre: amusingly odd blatitude: an empty, pointless comment or statement made as though it were important or helpful boisterous: noisy, energetic and rowdy, often wild assumption: something taken for granted; something believed to be true without proof abandoned: (in this context) given up; stopped using Go through tenses and subject-verb agreement with the learners Tenses
There are three main tenses: present tense, past tense and future tense.
Present tense: the action is happening now or it happens regularly. We add -s or -es depending on whether the subject is singular or plural. For example: Naledi goes to town. He watches the television news broadcast. The sun sets in the west.
Past tense: the action took place in the past. To change a verb to the simple past add –ed to the verb or change the verb form. For example: Naledi went to town. He watched the television news broadcast. The sun set in the west.
Future tense: the action will take place in the future. We use shall or will for the future tense. We use shall for I/we (first person) and will for the other persons (you, he, she, they). In modern use, however, will is used more than shall. Shall is used mainly with I and we to make an offer or suggestion, or to ask for advice. For example: I will watch the television news broadcast. I shall tell you what we want you to do. She will go to town. They will go to town.
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