NHL News: New Players and Playoff Games
Introduction
Matthew Schaefer did something great for the New York Islanders. Other teams are also changing their players for the playoffs.
Main Body
Matthew Schaefer is a young player for the New York Islanders. He won a big award called the Calder Trophy. He is the youngest player to win it. He scored 23 goals. But his team did not go to the playoffs because they changed their coach. The Vegas Golden Knights are winning their games against the Anaheim Ducks. Two players, Pavel Dorofeyev and Tomas Hertl, are scoring many goals. This helps the team because Mark Stone is hurt. Other teams have problems. The Edmonton Oilers have a player named Connor Murphy. He is 33 years old, so the team is not sure if they want him. The Boston Bruins need a new center player. The Montreal Canadiens are using many different players to score goals.
Conclusion
Vegas is moving to the next round of games. The Islanders and Bruins want to find new players.
Learning
The "Who is doing what" Pattern
Look at how we describe people in this text. We use a simple formula: Person → State/Action.
1. Describing a Person (The 'Is' Pattern)
- Matthew Schaefer is a young player.
- Connor Murphy is 33 years old.
- Mark Stone is hurt.
2. Describing Action (The 'Ing' Pattern) When something is happening right now or these days, we add -ing to the action word:
- Vegas is winning.
- Players are scoring goals.
- Montreal is using different players.
Quick Tip for A2: If you want to talk about a person's identity or feeling, use is. If you want to talk about what they are doing in the game, use is/are + -ing.