D-03.02 Get & Use Simple Present Statements, YES/NO & WH-Questions & Answers

Parts One to Three of Chapter 2 (the Simple Present: “Problems & Solutions”) of WorkLife English Grammar 2: English in Everyday Life.             12 pages Who It’s For: (Teachers & Helpers of) High Beginning Language Learners       Why It’s Useful: Being able to arrange simple verbs in phrases with auxiliaries, objects, and other parts of speech is one of the early “grammatical tasks” that give English learners the confidence they need for sentence construction. And (the title of) the chapter, “Problems & Solutions,” sets up the expectation that its material will lead to results—especially as they apply to language study in life situations. What You’ll Do:  [1] With (other) participants, act out (read aloud) the Strip Story “I Have a Problem” on page 20. Get speakers to be alert to verb phrases, differentiate between affirmative and negative statements, pronounce can’t and don’t as equivalents, and use emphatic “falling statement intonation” for their assertion