teacher Possible Solutions:

1. T asks further concept-checking questions:
Have I concluded the plan yet? No
Has the trip happened? No
Does it depend on the planning is progress now? Yes

2. T clarifies the use and asks concept-checking questions:
Does the writer plan things every day? No
Possible Solutions:

1. In this case, t will use the fingers to show them something is missing. After eliciting The missing part, t will board the sentence and circle verb to be.

2. T will board the item and use different colours to show the ing ending of the verb.
Possible Solutions:

1. T uses the fingers again to mean both words are produced as one. T has Ss drill it.

2. T models the word, has Ss drill it and offers similar words to be practiced with.


Possible Solutions:

1. T clarifies the meaning and offers further concept-check questions (Is it related to general surroundings, like your house?)

2. T discourages the break of the word into two parts and tells Ss this is one word only, reinforcing the concept-check questions above.

Possible Solutions:

1. In this case, boards the item, using different colours to show the ‘al’ at the end, and relating it to the right word class.

2. T boards the word and shows the missing letter. Possible Solutions:

1. T prompts Ss saying the first part of the word and stopping right before the mistaken sound. After the correction, t has Ss drill it.

2. T gives ss two distinct models /e/ and /?/ and asks Ss to say which is correct. After the correction, t has Ss drill it.



The ‘-ing’ form is used together with some form of the verb ‘to be’ (am, is, are) in the construction of progressive forms.

In that case, only verb to be is conjugated (has/have been, was/were, etc), remaining the main verb intact in the ing form.

used for politely asking someone to do something for you, especially someone you do not know

I’m sorry to bother you

refers to a place which someone has visited sometime in his life and has
come back again. In other words, “has been to” refers to an experience.

refers to a place which someone has visited sometime in his life and has
come back again. In other words, “has been to” refers to an experience.


You have been working. You haven’t been working. Have you been working?

Learners may overgeneralise the rule and use the continuous form of the Present Perfect with state-verbs such as know or believe.