Structure 2013-08-21

p. 2
A
1 have
2 John
3 school
4 change
5 truly (but a little bit surprisingly)
B
1 F - Canada
2 T - Dusya
3 F - first + middle (patronymic = father's name)
In Russian, my name would be Grigoriy Davidovich
4 F - Canada
5 T
6 F - he likes his first name
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Gregory           Hartley              Malivuk
first name     middle name      last name
given name                             family name
forename                                 surname
Middle names in the US can be family names (mine is my mother's surname) or first names (my cousin's middle name is Matthew).
Hartley is my mother's maiden name (the name she had before she got married).
hyphenated name: Hartley-Malivuk

diminutive: John -> Johnny

Johnson, Robinson, Davidson, Jameson
Greg, David's son -> Greg Davidson

Smith, Cook, Baker, Cooper, Kellog, Sawyer
Greg the Cook -> Greg Cook

Ferreira = Smith = Schmidt

"Kellog" is an old word for "butcher".
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Present Simple and Present Progressive
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Simple Present:
Things that happen regularly: I wake up at 7:30 every day.
Facts that are always true: The President lives in the White House.
Things I can read right now (movie and book reviews)
Verbs that are not actions: I love this movie.

Present Progressive:
Actions happening right now: I am teaching English grammar.
Actions in the "extended present": I am preparing to move.
   (We often use "these days" to talk about the extended present.)
Actions that happen repeatedly for some time: She's always smiling.

She always smiles when I see her. = She smiles once each time.
She's always smiling when I see her. = She smiles continuously.
He's always calling me on the phone. I hate this.

We use progressive when we think of an action with duration.
(The action takes a few seconds/minutes/hours/etc.)
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Actions are verbs that take some time. They can start, finish, and be interrupted.  Present progressive can only be used with actions.

Short Actions: don't take much time, most common in simple
- I wake up at 7:30. Class starts at 9:00. She turned off the lights.

Medium Actions: take some time, can be simple or progressive (with different meanings)
- I exercise every day after work. I am exercising right now.

Long Actions: take a long time, simple and progressive have similar meanings
- I live in Boston = I'm living in Boston.
- I teach English at BAE. = I'm teaching English at BAE (these days).
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Non-actions are verbs that don't require any amount of time.
"I have two roommates." - this doesn't happen for three hours, it can't be interrupted, etc.
Many non-action verbs can be true right now:
I have two roommates. I have three computers. I have 8 shoes. ...

Actions require time, so I can't do many of them right now:
I am reading two books. I am watching a movie. I am teaching. ...
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Homework: p. 6-7 Exercises 2 and 3