Selection And Use Of Example Sentences

Task 2: Selection and use of example sentences
Name: Gonzalez Hermosillo Mariana Elizabeth

The following sentences are all instances of “example sentences”. Look at them and then answer thequestions which follow.

a. It’s going to rain. Present tense
b. Japan is much more expensive than Italy. Adjective comparative
c. Mrs. Brown drives more slowly than Mr. Brown. Adjectivecomparative
d. I’ve got three children. Present progressive
e. He can’t have lived there. Past
f. I hoped I’d get a pay raise after 6 months. Past
g. Oil has been found in the IrishSea. Present perfect progressive
h. I worked for the company for 5 years. Past
i. Whatever did you do that for?
j. It is important that she be admitted to a hospital. Future
k. I’drather you didn’t tell anyone about this. Present
l. Thursday? No, I’m busy. I’m playing tennis with Jane. Future

1. What language point is each sentence intended to “present”?
2. Put thesentences in order according to the sequence in which the language points might be taught. Then group the sentences according to the levels at which they might be taught. Justify your decisions.
3.Choose two or three of these example sentences and explore the factors you would need to bear in mind in using them in the classroom.

2. A, J, I, K, D, B, C, H, F, E

Junior high school
A, J,I

Junior high elementary
K, D, B, C

High school junior high
H, F, E

It’s going to rain. Present tense
subject | + | auxiliary verb | + | main verb |
  |   | do |   | base |
Thereare three important exceptions:
1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.

Japan is much more expensive than Italy. Adjective comparative

Comparative and superlative forms of a...