Venezuela agropecuaria

They’ll scratch and bite you.
lesson description
You will be able to form the future progressive, discuss animals and their actions, and use the future progressive form of the verbs “pet,” “lay,” “feed,” “scratch,” and “climb.”

objectives
• Discuss animal behavior • Form future progressive sentences and questions • Practice the future progressive verb tense

Lesson ID: #0409

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verbs
q Infinitive q Present Tense q Simple Past Tense q Future Tense q Present Progressive q Past Progressive q Future Progressive

to feed you feed you fed you will feed you are feeding you were feeding you will be feeding topet they pet they pet they will pet they are petting they were petting they will be petting to lay I lay I laid I will lay I am laying I was laying I will be laying

to climb we climb we climbed we will climb we are climbing we were climbing we will be climbing to scratch he scratches he scratched he will scratch he is scratching he was scratching he will be scratching

your turn
Choose thebest verb and complete each sentence by filling in the blank with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The dog won’t ________ you if you are nice to him. (bite OR fly) The cat has sharp claws. Be careful that she doesn’t _________ your arm. (pet OR scratch) The birds _________ in the sky right now. (fly OR feed) We____________ the farm animals at 5:00 A.M.tomorrow. (scratch OR feed) You can ______ the rabbits. (pet OR fly) Look! The squirrels ____________ the tree to get away from the dogs. (fly OR climb) The butterfly __________ near my window. (fly OR pet) When we go to Mexico next month, we ______________ the whales. (climb OR feed) The snake ___________ you if he sees you. (bite OR feed)

10. We _____________ the farm animals tomorrow. (bite OR pet)Lesson ID: #0409

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conversation
Read the following conversation out loud five times. Todd: You have a monkey. Alexis: I was at the zoo. Todd: Do they let you pet the monkeys at the zoo? Alexis: No. You can go to the farm animal section and pet the horses and cows and pigs, and they have a barn with some chickens. Todd: Lions and tigers? Alexis: No, they’ll scratch and bite you.Todd: Can you feed them? Alexis: No, but you can feed the giraffes and zebras.

Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0349)

key phrases
The tiger climbs the tree. The bird sits on a limb. Did you see the whales? The frog is sitting on a lily pad. The lion is walking around. Come pet the farm animals with me! The turtle moves very slowly. The monkey iseating a banana for lunch.

your turn
Match the image with the correct vocabulary word.

butterfly horse tiger snake lion turtle pig zebra

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future progressive
The future progressive is used to express an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. Often, the specific time in the future is when another action will occur. There are fourcircumstances where we use the future progressive verb tense. The first use refers to a continuous action that will be in progress at a time after the present. • I will be traveling to Los Angeles next week. The second use of the future progressive tense refers to an action that will occur in the future along with another action. • You are going to be waiting for her when her plane arrives. You can...