read aloud to the recording of the text?

Is there ever a time when students are too old to be read to? Many teachers are firm believers in reading aloud -- even at the upper grade levels!

Many teachers believe reading aloud enhances classroom instruction and improves academic achievement --- and recent research supports their belief.

Now I am going to play the tape and you are going to read aloud to it.

2. Discovering useful words and collocations

Now it's time to do the two exercises on page 23. Check your work with your partner.

3. Talking about the participle

The Participle

A participle is an adjective formed from a verb. To make a present participle, you add "-ing" to the verb, sometimes doubling the final consonant:

"think" becomes "thinking"

"fall" becomes "falling"

"run" becomes "running"

The second type of participle, the past participle, is a little more complicated, since not all verbs form the past tense regularly. The following are all past participles: