This is a short activity to see what students have retained from the basic syntax lesson , as a matter of fact they have to read and understand the lesson well before taking this activity Change the verb into the correct form: 1. Anna (rest) right now. 2. I (talk) on the phone at this moment. 3. Bella (cook) dinner now. 4. They (help) the teacher right now. 5. He (run) very fast! 6. Julia (bake) a chocolate cake at the moment. 7. I (have) fun! 8. You (dance) very nicely. 9. They (answer) all the questions. 10. John (eat) Salad, and I am eating fish. 11. Marta (drive), and Chris is sleeping (sleep). 12. It (rain). 13. I (write) my homework. 14. We (work) on the new show right now. 15. Kate (lie) in bed now. 1- give 03 examples in your style as the BASIC SYNTACTIC ORDER A and B 2- use your mind to write 03 different examples like the QUESTIONS A , B and C -Aux V+S+V+C -INT PR+AUX V+S+V+PREP -Aux V+S+V+C 3- give 03 exapmles as the COMPOUND SENTENCE 4- Give 03 examples like the following: NEITHER or NOR + AUX.+ SUBJECT (when you agree with some one) SO + AUX.+ SUBJECT (when you agree with something) This is a story where students follow its events , in the same time and through their answers we can check their insight for the present simple . Stacy’s Story Stacy is a teacher. She loves to teach. She is in a university. She teaches in the faculty . She is the lead teacher. Sometimes she works in the laboratory. Chad is Stacy's colleague. He is also in the university. He teaches next to Stacy. He teaches the economic classes . Sometimes Chad helps Stacy. Dean is Chad and Stacy's boss. He is also in the university. His office is next to Chad. He supervises students works . Dean does teach. The university faculties meet three times a month. They mostly perform students projects. Sometimes they prepare exhibitions and fairs . They are a very reputed . A - Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Present tense. What does Stacy do? How does Stacy feel about teaching? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ . Who is Chad? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who is Dean? ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ This activity opens an acceptable category of understanding for students in past tense use , and adapts their skills toward the full assimilate of this tense . B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word or phrase) and tag questions. Examples for the sentence “Jacksweeps the floor.” Negative: Jack does not sweep the floor. Yes/No Question: Does Jack sweep the floor? WH-Question: Who sweeps the floor? Tag Question: Jack sweeps the floor, doesn't he? 1.She teaches in the university Negative: _____________________________________ Yes/No Question: ______________________________ WH-Question: _______________________________ Tag Question: ________________________________ 2. He stands next to Stacy. Negative:_______________________________________ Yes/No Question:____________________________ WH-Question: _______________________________ Tag Question: _________________________________ 3. He teaches economic classes Negative: ________________________________ Yes/No Question: ____________________________ WH-Question: _______________________________ Tag Question:__________________________________ Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Past tense. 1. Where was George last night? What did George announce after dinner? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Where was Clara? What did she show her friends? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What did Charlie do after the announcement? What did Katherine do? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word or phrase) and tag questions. Examples for the sentence “Amandawashed the dishes.” Negative: Amanda did not wash the dishes. Yes/No Question: Did Amanda wash the dishes? WH-Question: Who washed the dishes? Tag Question: Amanda washed the dishes, didn't she? 1. George stood next to Clara.Negative: _____________________________________________________ Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________ WH-Question: _________________________________________________ Tag Question: _________________________________________________ 2. She sho