Questions, Present Progressive and Future Tenses

Questions, Present Progressive and Future Tenses

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Instructors: Rachel Fernandez

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In this course, “Questions, Present Progressive and Future Tenses,” you will learn about question words in English and how to form questions in the simple present. Then you will learn how to form the present progressive to express ideas about things that are happening right now. You will look at the differences between the simple present and present progressive. Finally, you will learn how to use “to be going to” and the present progressive to talk about the future and how to use “can” to talk about ability.

We will start this week with question words. You will learn how to ask information questions in the simple present. Information questions are questions where the answer is not "yes" or "no." The answer is some information. For example, “Where are you?” is an information question because the answer is not “yes.” It is, “I’m at school.”

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4 videos3 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 21 minutes

Meet Your Teachers2 minutes
Question Words6 minutes
Information Questions BE6 minutes
Information Questions Simple Present7 minutes

3 readingsTotal 90 minutes

Question Words (Practice Exercise)30 minutes
Information Questions BE (Practice Exercise)30 minutes
Information Questions Simple Present (Practice Exercise)30 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Information Questions Simple Present20 minutes

This week, you will learn more about nouns: count nouns and non-count nouns. This will help you ask questions like “How many brothers do you have?” and “How much time do you need?” Then we will look at the present progressive. This is another verb tense in English. The present progressive tells about things that are happening now. You will learn about how to form it and also how to make the negative.

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3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 20 minutes

Count/Non-Count Nouns, How Many & How Much8 minutes
Present Progressive7 minutes
Present Progressive Negative5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 90 minutes

Count/Non-Count Nouns, How Many & How Much (Practice Exercise)30 minutes
Present Progressive (Practice Exercise)30 minutes
Present Progressive Negative (Practice Exercise)30 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Count/Noncount Nouns & Present Progressive20 minutes

This week is all about asking questions with the present progressive. You will learn how to ask yes/no questions and information questions. Then we will compare simple present and present progressive so you can see when to use each. You will learn about signal words and the difference between sentences like “I speak English” and “I am speaking English.”

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3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 16 minutes

Present Progressive Yes/No Questions4 minutes
Present Progressive Information Questions5 minutes
Present Progressive & Simple Present8 minutes

3 readingsTotal 90 minutes

Present Progressive Yes/No Questions (Practice Exercise)30 minutes
Present Progressive Information Questions (Practice Exercise)30 minutes
Present Progressive & Simple Present (Practice Exercise)30 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Present Progressive Questions & Signal Words20 minutes

Now that you know how to form the present progressive, this week you will see how we use “be going to” and the present progressive to talk about the future. You will also learn how to use “can” to talk about what you can and can’t do.

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