Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche Inglese 1999-2000 Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 6 a.a. 2013/2014

Review of Unit 5: pp. 54-57, 62-63 Unit 6: There is/there are Outline Review of Unit 5: pp. 54-57, 62-63 Unit 6: There is/there are There was/there were Houses & furniture 64, 151 Present continuous

There is, there are We use there is (singular)/there are (plural) to mean that something is present (c’è, ci sono) Examples: There is a white car on this road. It’s a sports car. There are some new shoes for you. They are here.

There was, there were We use there was (singular)/there were (plural) to mean that something was present (c’era, c’erano) Examples: There was a big buffalo on the side of the road. There were some beautiful flowers in that garden.

Question forms Are there/Is there…? Were there/was there…? Exercises on p. 133

Prepositions of place On, above, under, below, in, at, to, in front of, next to, opposite, near, behind, between The book is on the desk. The skirt is above the knee. The cat is under the bed. The TV is below the picture. The restaurant is opposite the train station, next to the flower shop. The church is in front of the garden. The post office is behind the bus stop. Exercise p. 66-67

Present continuous We form the present continuous with the auxiliary verb to be and the gerund of the lexical verb: am, is, are + –ing Ex. I am going to school, she is playing volleyball, they are eating lunch

Contracted forms Negative forms Interrogative forms Interrogative negative f. I’m leaving I’m not working Am I eating? Aren’t I eating? You’re leaving You aren’t working Are you eating? Aren’t you eating? She’s/he’s/it’s leaving She isn’t/he isn’t/it isn’t working Is she/he/it eating? Isn’t she/he/it eating? We’re leaving We aren’t working Are we eating? Aren’t we eating? They’re leaving They aren’t working Are they eating? Aren’t they eating?

Present simple or present continuous? We use the present simple for: Routine, habits (what we usually do) General statements Permanent situations We use the present continuous for: Situations happening at the moment, now (what we are doing now) Temporary situations

exercises Oh no! it rains/it’s raining! Do you often wear/are you often wearing jeans to work? My uncle loves/is loving black and white films. I’m sorry, Tania can’t come to the phone. She has/is having a bath. Look at that man! He dances/He’s dancing in the street. On Friday nights we watch/are watching a video. I don’t usually go/I’m not usually going to school by train. What do you read/are you reading? It’s a letter from Sonia. Do you want to read it?

homework After reading the postcard on p. 73, write a postcard to your friend describing a city you like and your experience.