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Hi teachers.Which of the following would be correct? Is it too complicated? Can it be shorter?a) Look at the drawings and complete the present progressive no questions deducing the appropriate verbs according to the context for the questions.a) Look at the drawings and complete the present progressive no questions deducing the appropriate verbs for the questions according to the context.Thanks in advance

Tenacious Learner · Accepted Answer

Sorry no need to answer the ones above.

Just these ones please. Which of the following would be correct?

a) Look at the drawings and complete the present progressive no questions using the correct forms of the verbs below them only for the answers.

b) Look at the drawings and complete the present progressive no questions using the correct forms of the verbs below them only in the answers.

Thanks again

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Sorry no need to answer the ones above.

Just these ones please. Which of the following would be correct?

a) Look at the drawings and complete the present progressive no questions using the correct forms of the verbs below them only for the answers.

b) Look at the drawings and complete the present progressive no questions using the correct forms of the verbs below them only in the answers.

Sorry, I have trouble understanding your overall instructions. They seem complicated and confusing to me.

For one thing, you are asking me to complete some questions, but telling me to use certain verbs in answers. Yet you didn't tell me to produce answers, just questions.

Clive

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi Clive,

The sequence is as follows.

Here we have a drawing of a person watching TV in a square and paste under it we have a rectangle with this information: Base form: WATCH

Information to consider: There are 5 more drawings with some other actions on the same page.

Look at the drawings and complete the questions and answers using the correct present progressive forms of the verbs below them.

1.- ________ _____ Robert __________ now?

____ ______ _____________ TV.

Information to consider: Another page with the same drawings, but different directions.

Look at the drawings and complete the yes questions using the correct present progressive forms of the verbs below them.

1.- ___ Robert _____________TV now?

Yes, ____ _____.

Information to consider. Another page with the same drawings but different directions.

Look at the drawings and complete the no questions deducing the appropriate present progressive forms of the verbs according to the context for the questions and the correct present progressive forms of the verbs below them for the answers.

Attention: the negative verbs in the answers are contracted.

1.- ____ Robert _____________ a cup of coffee now? No, _____ ________.

He ____ _____________ TV

I hope it helps. I just don't know how to paste drawings here. I've tried but I can't find how to do it.

Thank you

Clive · Answer

Hi,

As I've said before, my feeling is that your instructions seem to me too complicated.

And I don't like to ask people to complete sentences that are mainly a lot of consecutive 'blanks',

eg ____ ______ _____________ TV.

I know you don't agree with me, so go with what you feel is best for your audience.

Clive

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi Clive,

Well let write you a couple of more comentaries about 'a lot of' consecutive blanks. First of, I don't think I have a lot of them, only a few. On the other hand, why do I have these blank spaces? Because students asked me to do so. They said, "Most of the books have just one line to complete either the question or the answer, sometimes 2 lines, and that's very confusing, because we don't know if the answers or questions are right or no. We don't know if we write all the words that are needed or only some of them. Finally one day one of them said, "Why don't you divide the line into a few lines. Why don't you, let's say if the answer has 5 words, give us five lines with one or two words in between, if the word to be written is long, give us a long line for it, if it is short give us a short one.

I thought that was a lot of work to change that in more that 800 pages, but I thought it was a very godd idea. So, I did it.

Since them, all the students I have had, like it very much, and say, 'when I see 5 lines I know the answer or the question has to contain five words, it's really helpful'.

I feel I should say it. So as you can see, It is not if I agree with you or not; it is what the students asked me to do. That's the only reason for me to do it, and so far it has worked, But of course, I'm open to anything in terms of learning.

Bu the way, I learn a lot in this forum and let tell you that I have changed all the directions in my method, just because one day, a few weeks ago. you wrote, "Look at each picture. Write a question about it. Then write an answer".

So all my directions now begin with " Look at the drawings and ..."

First things first. I though Clive is right, the first thing the students have to do is look at each drawing in order to answer.

Well, thank you very much for reading me and remember I'm still learning.

Thinking

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Thanks for the background information. I understand what you are saying.

As I said, I think that as a teacher you are the one who best knows the students or readers, and you ultimately have to rely on your own judgement. I'm sure you will make good and thoughtful decisions.

800 pages is a lot of work!

Please post again if you would like more help with anything.

Clive

Tenacious Learner · Answer

ClivePlease post again if you would like more help with anything.

You just don't know how much your words mean to me. I really am grateful. Just a few days ago in this forum one of the teachers wrote me, "Sorry, I've lost interest again. I still think little of your method". Doesn't matter who said it. The thing is that I've asked him why he had said such a thing and there was no answer. Do you understand now why I said that your words mean a lot to me?

Thank YOU again for your support.

Thinking

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