Unit 6
Features of poems: rhyming words 1 Find and write the rhyming pairs in these lists. • moon room spoon shoot roof cool • boat hoot flat close foam nose • call smell pole small bell hole • train sail soil tail rain tall 2 Complete the sentences with words which rhyme with the underlined words. Example: I like to play all day . 1 I can see three birds in a ________. 2 There are five bees in the ________. 3 The farmer hit his toe with a ________. 4 The frog is sitting on a ________. 5 The cook is looking in a ________. 6 I am going to bake a ________. Language: present continuous
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To say what is happening now , we add ‘ ing ’ to verbs. dance è dancing play è playing
We use am , is or are before the verb: I am dancing. The band is playing.
1 Find three more verbs ending in ‘ing’ in the poem.
2 Complete the sentences with am , is or are .
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Example: We are listening to the music. 1 We ________ listening to the music. 2 I ________ reading a story.
3 Grandpa ________ telling a story. 4 Mommy ________ going shopping. 5 My brother and I ________ watching television. 6 Anna ________ washing her hands.
• Rhyming words: Get students to read the words in Exercise 1 aloud to help them identify the rhymes. CR The present continuous is used differently in Creole and Standard English. Give students examples in Creole and Standard English for them to compare. • Practise the -ing sound with your students.
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