Main Topic 11: Housing/Corporate Policy Lesson 62: Construction (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to CONSTRUCTION. 2. Review Present Perfect Progressive Tense. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) A. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. 1. The construction of the hotel needs more than fifty carpenters. a. painting b. building c. arranging d. destroying 2. The foreman evaluated the workmen s performance. a. laborer b. engineer c. architect d. supervisor 3. Mr. Frederick wants to renovate his office to have a bigger space. a. ruin b. reduce c. respect d. remodel Page 1
4. It is difficult to find the location of the construction on the map. a. site b. building c. workers d. materials 5. Engineers and architects can easily read blueprints. a. print b. color c. design d. picture B. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes) Practice using the words you ve learned in your own sentences. 1. Construction 2. Foreman 3. Renovate 4. Location 5. Blueprint Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (4-5 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. June, the owner of the building, asks the foreman about the renovation. June: Good morning, Peter. How s the renovation going? Peter: So far, so good. We got the building permit immediately so we were able to start earlier than planned. June: I know. Without the, it would not be possible to start the renovation. Peter: Exactly. It also helped that we are in an place. The tall and modern buildings nearby inspired us to make this building as good as new. June: I agree. How about the materials? Is there anything else that you need? Peter: As of the moment, we have all the materials that we need. We just have to clean the before painting. June: I see. I m very excited to see my newly-renovated building. Peter: Hopefully, we will be able to finish this by the end of the month. Choices: a. urban b. window c. license d. area Page 3
II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: General Description: Topic: Present Perfect Progressive Tense (5-6 minutes) The Present Perfect Progressive Tense shows/describes a continuous action that has been finished at some point in the past or that was started in the past and continues to happen in the present. The action is usually of limited duration and important at the present. This tense is formed with the modal "have" or "has" (for third-person singular subjects) plus "been," plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending): Examples: Pattern: Subject + has/have + been + verb(-ing) Positive Negative Question I / you / we / they I have been working. I have not been Have I been working? working. he / she / it He has been thinking. He has not been thinking. Has he been thinking? Remember: There are three situations where one can use the Present Perfect Progressive tense 1. To put emphasis on the duration of action: o She has been monitoring the construction site for three hours. 2. For actions that have recently stopped or are still going on: o I have been waiting for you just now. (recently stopped) o He has been working as a foreman since 2001. (still going on) 3. For a finished action that affects the present: o I have been planning the rennovation all year. Comprehension Check: Can you identify the situation the Present Perfect Progressive Tense is used for? I have been walking around the site checking things. Now I feel so tired. Page 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. Paul been considering the idea of buying a house. a. is b. has c. have d. have been 2. The workers have been for their pay. a. tiring b. giving c. getting d. waiting 3. I have been working for 8 months. a. for asking him b. on the blueprint c. for the new location d. to destroy the house Page 5