Patina · Building English

Build It — Weather Report

Build the sentence left to right. Two choices are yours and both can be wrong: the red word has to follow the subject, and the yellow time word has to match the form — going to goes with tomorrow, everything else goes with today or right now. Every word in the bank works with every subject, so nothing is off limits. Then tap 🔊 to hear it.

★ build a sentence  ·  ★★ change the subject and fix the red word  ·  ★★★ build one in each of the three times

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For the teacher · In class

project it and ask two things out loud — "am, is, or are?", then "which time word?" Build the same subject three ways (cold today / getting cold right now / going to get cold tomorrow) so the room hears one subject move through the three times. Then swap It for I and run the same three: only the little red word changes.  ·  ✏️ On paper: circle one word in each column, then write your sentence.

Unit 10 teacher's key (PDF)

whoam/is/arewhatwhen.

Two choices are yours. The red word follows the subject: I takes am; he, she, it take is; you, we, they take are. And the yellow time has to match: going to goes with tomorrow or next week, and everything else goes with today or right now.

🔵 Who

🔴 am / is / are

⚪ What

🟡 When

For the teacher · Answer key

Present: It is cold today.  ·  I am hot right now.  ·  They are cold today.    Present continuous: It is getting cold right now.  ·  She is getting hot today.  ·  I am getting cold right now.    Going to: It is going to get cold tomorrow.  ·  They are going to get hot next week.  ·  She is going to get cold tomorrow.
The two rules: I → am  ·  he, she, it → is  ·  you, we, they → are.    And going to → tomorrow / next week; everything else → today / right now.