“The Legend of King Arthur” There is no legend more famous in Britain than the Legend of King Arthur. It is said he was the son of King Uther Pendragon and that he was heir to the throne. However, Arthur was born in troubled times, so he was raised in secret, so that one day he could become King. Knowing that when King Uther Pendragon died many people would want to be king, Merlin, a wise wizard, used his magic to place a sword in a stone. Only the real king would be able to pull the sword out when it was the right time, and that was King Arthur!
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
READING
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Many people tried to free the sword from the magical stone, but each of them failed. Arthur however pulled on the sword and it slid easily out of the stone! After he became King, he gathered many good knights around the famous ‘Knights of the Round table’. With these loyal Knights he was able to defeat the invading Saxons at the battle of Mount Badon. There are many different tales of King Arthur, and we have been reading the most popular. Have you heard of anything else?
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
VOCABULARY
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Some new words you may not know, can you match these?
Sword Magician Dragon ?
Saxons Battle ?
Knights English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
GRAMMAR
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Progressive tenses We use perfect progressive tenses to highlight the continuous duration of an action mentioned:
I’ve been studying hard recently She had been reading for hours before her father arrived He will have been travelling for two weeks before he arrives home NB: Simple perfect tenses do not show us a continual action rather they show us show us habits or events which are, have, or will happen.
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
GRAMMAR
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Title? How to form the different perfect progressive tenses
Past perfect progressive
Had + been + ING form
“I had been reading King Arthur”
Present perfect progressive
Have/Has + been+ ING form
“They have been reading King Arthur”
Will have + been + ING form
We will have been reading King Arthur’s Legend by tomorrow”
Future perfect progressive
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
EXERCISE
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Present perfect progressive:-
Past perfect progressive tense describes a past, ongoing action that was completed before some other past action.
Form: Had been (was/were) + Infinitive +ING Makes these sentences Present perfect progressive
I . . . (read) King Arthur before she arrived home. She . . . (argue) TV until she went to sleep. Tim
. . . (argue) with Jill for hours, till he finally gave up.
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
EXERCISE
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Present perfect progressive:-
Present perfect progressive tense describes an action that began in the past, continues in the present, and may continue into the future.
Form: Have/Has/+Been+ Infinitive +ING Makes these sentences Present perfect progressive
I . . . (work) all day and I am still not finished. They . . . (travel) for a very long time and want to go home. She
. . . (+just/run) and is very sweaty.
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
EXERCISE
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Future perfect progressive:-
Future perfect progressive describes an activity that will happen before a future time
Form: Will have + been + Infinitive+ ING Makes these sentences Future perfect progressive: I . . . (read) King Arthur for a month next week. Mr Smith
. . . (teach) me for six weeks tomorrow.
Tomorrow she . . . (laugh) for two whole days!
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
EXERCISE
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Complete the sentences and state which are the Perfect progressive tenses or Simple Tenses.
Jill . . . (shop) with Tim’s money I . . . (live) without cake for two weeks until today! He is always
. . . (make) me angry!
Jill . . . (not/shop) for more than a few hours before she ran out of money
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
DISCUSSION
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Today we looked at the legend of King Arthur. Many people think this is the most famous royal legend in Britain. Do you know of any stories like this from your country? Think about one before your next lesson and be ready to tell your teacher. Some things you can think about are…
Stories of Kings Stories of Magic Stories of Dragons
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 16
OBJECTIVES REACHED
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Learnt about King Arthur Learnt some new, interesting, vocabulary Learnt how to form perfect progressive tenses Learnt when to use perfect progressive tenses
Now you can tell your friends about King Arthur andhis fantastic Legend! English Language