S2 Usage Remedial Lesson 1 (7th Dec

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​S2 Usage Remedial

Poll

How are you feeling now?

• Happy

• Sad

• Tired

• Scared

• Excited

Open Ended

Write ONE fact about the people or objects shown in the photo. (What tense should you use?)

Open Ended

Consider the facts you have just read about the picture. For how long have those facts been true?

Construct a sentence. (What tense should you use?)

Open Ended

Construct a sentence to describe an action that is currently taking place in the photo. (What tense should you use?)

Open Ended

What actions happened immediately before the events shown in the photo? Any long actions / short actions? (What tenses would you use?)

Open Ended

Before the events in the photo took place, how did the room look different?

Write a sentence to describe the difference(s). (What tense should you use?)

Open Ended

Remember the sentence about the difference in the room. Write a sentence to explain the difference. (What tense should you use?)

Open Ended

Write a sentence to describe the actions that will take place in the future, after the events of the picture. (What tense would you use?)

Poll

How are you feeling now?

• Happy

• Sad

• Tired

• Scared

• Excited

Poll

How helpful was that previous activity (e.g. writing sentences using different tenses) in helping you revise the tenses?

• Not very helpful

• Quite helpful

• Helpful

• Very helpful

Traditional Tenses Exercise

Explain your answers:

• Answer

• Tense (Clue? Communicative function?)

• Formula?

• Subject?

• Active / passive voice?

• Add "not"?

​“Athleisure” Is In Style

It is obvious that Hong Kong is in a “healthy lifestyle” craze. Fitness studios, healthy restaurants and personal trainers are everywhere. Meanwhile, the demand for stylish sportswear (1. grow) day by day. Because of the popularity of stylish sportswear, a new segment in the sportswear industry named “athleisure” (2. appear). These days, sportswear brands such as Adidas, Nike and Lululemon (3. design) clothes that can be worn in the gym and on the streets.

Design a proofreading exercise for your classmates!

​I will give you a sentence from the article, 'Athleisure Is In Style', which is entirely grammatically correct.

You need to insert ONE mistake into the verb.

1. Change a word

2. Remove a word

3. Add a word

​For example...

Meanwhile, the demand for stylish sportswear growing day by day.

Meanwhile, the demand for stylish sportswear is grew day by day.

Poll

How are you feeling now?

• Happy

• Sad

• Tired

• Scared

• Excited

Poll

How helpful was that previous activity (e.g. proofreading) in helping you revise the tenses?

• Not very helpful

• Quite helpful

• Helpful

• Very helpful