ACTIVITY 3

WRITING TASK

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Claudia Eraso
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Unit 1 – Present Progressive. Chapter 12

I. Mechanics Using commas in a series

We use a comma between all the members of a list, or a series. We need eggs, cheese, milk,
and bread.

Copy the sentences, and make all the corrections that are necessary. Use capital letters
when they needed.

1. What do you see hear feel and smell?

What do you see, hear, feel and smell?

2. I see cars people houses stores and factories

I see cars, people, houses, stores and factories.

3. The largest cities in the world are new york city mexico city tokyo los angeles
shangai buenos aires paris and peking
The largest cities in the world are: Ney York City, Mexico City, Tokyo, Los
Angeles, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Paris and Peking.

4. People are using more food fuel water and air

People are using more food, fuel, water and air.

5. They are planning cities building roads finding water putting up houses and limiting
growth
They are planning cities, building roads, finding water, putting up houses and
limiting growth.

6. The growth of cities is a problem in europe africa asia north america and south
America
The growth of cities is a problem in: Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and
South America.

7. What are we doing about the traffic the noise the pollution and the crowding
What are we doing about the traffic, the noise, the pollution and the crowding?

8. Do these problem have an answer

Do these problems have an answer?
 II. Grammar Spelling- ing verb forms
The present progressive tense is a combination of two verbs. The auxiliary is a form of be,
and the main verb takes an ing ending. The spelling rules depend on the order of vowel (V)
and consonants (C) in the verb.

1. Verbs that end with e drop the e and add ing. Write the forms below with the correct
spelling.
-She is writing. (write, drive, live, come, move)
She is driving.
She is living.
She is coming.
She is moving.
-We are dancing. (dance, shave, hide, smile, hope)
We are shaving.
We are hiding.
We are smiling.
We are hoping.

2. Verbs that end in a vowel followed by a double consonant (VCC) or in a double

vowel followed by a consonant (VVC) simply add ing. Write the forms below with
the correct spelling.
-He is cooking. (cook, wait, help, count, sleep, think)
He is waiting.
He is helping.
He is counting.
He is sleeping.
He is thinking.

-They are working. (work, eat, read, watch, finish, walk)

They are eating.
They are reading.
They are watching.
They are finishing.
They are walking.

3. Verbs that end in a single stressed vowel followed by a single con

sonant (VC) must add another consonant before adding ing. Write the
forms below with the correct spelling.
-I am swimming. (swim, win, plan, sit, stop)
I am winning.
I am planning.
I am sitting.
I am stopping.
-You are cutting. (cut, run, dig, shop, get up)
You are running.
You are digging.
You are shopping.
You are getting.
You are upping.
(Notice that verbs with the stress before the last syllable do not follow this pattern. They do
not take a double consonant, vísit - visiting, énter - centering, límit -limiting)

(A few more exceptions to the rule of the double consonant are verbs
that end in w, x, or y. They do not double. Write the forms below with the correct spelling.)
-He is buying. (buy, relax, grow)
He is relaxing.
He is growing.
-We are playing. (play, fix, pay, saw)
We are fixing.
We are paying.
We are sawing.
 4. Verbs that end in ie change the ie to y and add ing. Verbs that end
in other vowels simple take ing.
She is dying. (die, lie, tie, go, see)
She is lying.
She is tying.
She is going.
She is seeing.

III. Grammar Subject verb agreement + present continuous

Rewrite the paragraphs below, adding the correct form of the verbs.The verb be
must agree with the subject. The main verb takes ing.

Many farm people are coming into the cities, (come) They ___ _____ their farms for a life
in the city. (leave) They___ _____ for jobs, houses,
and a new set of friends. (look for) The cities___ _____ very crowded.
(become) The government ___ _____ to help the people, but the problem
is too serious, (try) The head city planner ___ _____ worried about the future. (get)
“We _____ not _____ new houses fast enough,” he says. (build) “The
city___ _____ out of room, water, jobs, and houses. (run out) We ___ _____ about a limit
on growth. (think about) Our big cities ___ _____ too
fast. (grow) Few farmers ___ _____ grain and vegetables for us to
eat. (raise) This situation ___ _____ the whole country in danger.” (put)

Many farm people are coming into the cities; they are leaving their farms for a life in the
city. They are looking for jobs, houses, and a new set of friends. The cities are becoming
very crowded.

The government is trying to help the people, but the problem is too serious, the head city
planner is getting worried about the future. “We are not building new houses fast enough”,
he says. “The city is running out of room, water, jobs, and houses. We are thinking about a
limit on growth. Our big cities are growing too fast. Few farmers are raising grain and
vegetables for us to eat. This situation is putting the whole country in danger.
 IV. Controlled Composition Dicto-comp

Your teacher will read the paragraph below three times. Listen carefully,
but do not take notes. After the third reading, write the paragraph
as well as you can from memory.

Some governments are trying to plan for the future. They are building new roads, putting
up new houses, finding more water, and limiting growth in certain areas. Still, city planners
are getting worried. People are crowding into the cities faster than the cities can take them.
The cities are running out of room. What is the answer to this problem?
V. Grammar Using the definite article the before prepositional phrases.

The general rule for the definite article is that we use the when we know the identity of the
noun. We often know which particular noun is meant if there is a prepositional phrase to
define it.

Example: Every person has X problems. (No article because “problems” is a very general
word here.) The problems of cities are serious. (Here we use the because we know which
problems we are talking about. They are the problems of cities.)
Write these phrases. Add the at the beginning.
1. _____the_____ growth of cities
2. __________ smell of pollution
3. ____the______ noise of the crowd
4. _____the_____ pollution from cars
5. __________ cars in the street
6. ____the______ governments of South America
7. ___the______ products from our factories
8. ____the______ noise from factories
9. _____the_____ sound of a horn
10. _____the _____ history of the world
VI. Sentence Construction Making questions about topics
There is usually more than one way to ask a question. For each topic below you may ask a
question at least two ways. Use the vocabulary that is given and write two questions for
each topic. You will need to add auxiliary verbs.
1. Moving
Where / farmers / moving Where are farmers moving?
Farmers / moving / to the city
Are farmers moving to the city?
Where are farmers moving? / Are farmers moving to the city?
2. Looking for jobs
What / people / looking for
People / looking for / jobs
What are people looking for? / Are people looking for Jobs?

3. Growing
How fast / cities / growing
Cities / growing / very quickly
How fast are cities growing? / Are cities growing very quickly?

4. Building
What / governments / building
Governments / building / new roads and houses
What are governments building? / Are governments building new roads and
houses?

5. Looking for water

What / governments / looking for
Governments / looking for / wáter
What are governments looking for? / Are governments looking for wáter?

6. Feeling
How / city planners / feeling
City planners / feeling / worried
How are city planners feeling? / Are city planners feeling worried?