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UNIT 5
Hey, what are you doing?

SNAPSHOT

Many people worry about their health. They obviously want to be healthy.
Here are some activities you can do to stay healthy. Write down the activities
they are doing. Can you guess them all?

______________________ ______________________ ______________________

______________________ ______________________ ______________________

Which of these do you do regularly to stay healthy?

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SPEAKING

Practice the following telephone conversation in pairs.

William Hello, can I speak to Kate?

Kate This is Kate. Who is speaking?
William Hi, this is William.
Kate Hi William. How are you doing?
William I am doing very well. How about you?
Kate Me too. I am fine. What are you doing?
William Oh, I am just watching TV. Am I disturbing you?
Kate I am exercising with my sister. We are jogging. Can I call you back
later?
William Sure, don’t worry I will call you tonight.
Kate OK, I will be waiting.
William OK bye.
Kate Bye.

READING

Read the following text carefully.

Matthew is an athlete. He is a swimmer. Many swimming fans

like him very much. He always takes part in swimming
competitions such as the Olympics. He usually gets up at 5.30
a.m. Today he is late, it is 6.00 and he is still in bed.

He usually goes to swimming practice by bus but today he is

driving his car. He arrives at the swimming pool at 6.30 every
morning but it is 7.00 now and he is still driving.

It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but
today he isn’t having lunch at 12.00, he is swimming at the
moment.

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It is 7.30 p.m. now, Matthew is watching TV. He usually watches

TV at 7.30 because his favorite program starts at that time.

Matthew has his dinner at 8.30 every evening and he is having

dinner now.

It is 10.00 p.m. now and Matthew is going to bed. He always

goes to bed at 10.00.

Exercise 1
Answer the following questions by referring to the text above.
1. What does Matthew do?

_______________________________________________________________

2. What time does he usually get up?

_______________________________________________________________

3. How does he usually go to work?

_______________________________________________________________

4. Why is he driving to work today?

_______________________________________________________________

5. What time does he arrive at work every day?

_______________________________________________________________

6. When does he always have his lunch?

_______________________________________________________________

7. What is he doing at 12.00 today?

_______________________________________________________________

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8. Why does he usually watch TV at 7.30?

_______________________________________________________________

9. What time does he go to bed?

_______________________________________________________________

10. What time is he going to bed now?

______________________________________________________________

GRAMMAR FOCUS

Present Continuous

To describe events / actions that are happening at the moment of speaking or

are going to happen in the future. Time signals used - now, at this rate, at this
moment, at the time, at this time.
Formula and Example

S + be (/is/am/are) + V-ing

E.g. We are practicing yoga (at the moment).

be (are) followed by practice + ing shows that the event is happening at the
time of speaking/writing.

Exercise 2

Find 5 V-ing from the reading text.

a. _________________________________________________________________

b. _________________________________________________________________

c. _________________________________________________________________

d. _________________________________________________________________

e. _________________________________________________________________

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Exercise 3
Find 5 sentences that include Present Continuous from the reading text.
1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________________

Positive
SUBJECT TOBE V-ING OBJECT COMPLEMENT
I am playing football in the yard
She/he/it is running at the moment
You/they/we are having dinner together

Negative
SUBJECT TOBE NOT V-ING OBJECT COMPLEMENT
I am not playing football in the yard
She/he/it is not running at the moment
You/they/we are not having dinner together

YES/NO Questions
TO BE SUBJECT V-ING OBJECT COMPLEMENT
Am I playing football in the yard?
Is she/he/it running at the moment?
Are you/they/we having dinner together?

WH- Questions
WH- TOBE SUBJECT V-ING COMPLEMENT
What am I doing now?
Where is she/he/it bicycling at the moment?
How are you/they/we playing baseball?

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Spelling Rules for Verbs
Verbs ending in -e. We drop it before adding -ing.
have – having
One-syllable (very short) verbs consisting of consonant (except w, x, y), double
the final consonant before adding -ing.
run – running

Exercise 4
Fill in the blanks with “is” or “are”.
1. Kate _____ cooking a turkey for dinner.
2. Mom _____ setting the table.
3. John ______ making coffee.
4. The boys _____ watching TV.
5. It____ snowing outside.
6. The baby ____ laughing.
7. The girls _____ painting Easter eggs.
8. We_______ eating turkey.
9. The dog ____ barking.
10. They _____ celebrating Easter.

Exercise 5
Write the correct “ing” verb in the blank.

1. Kate is ______________ dinner (prepare).

2. They are _________ for Easter eggs (hunt).

3. We are ______________ turkey (eat).

4. The Easter Bunny is ___________ (come).

5. I am ____________ Easter eggs (make).

6. The children are ____________ candy (eat).

7. You are ______________ a nice song (sing).

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8. The dog is _____________ the cat (chase).

9. The cat is ________________ (run).

10. He is _______________ coffee (drink).

Exercise 6
Fill in the blanks in these questions with “be” and “ing” verb.

1. _______ I _____________ dinner? (cook)

2. _______ Jack ______________ pie? (bake)

3. _______ the girls ______________? (eat)

4. ___ it_______________? (rain)

5. ____they___________Easter eggs? (make)

6. ______ you ____________ ? (come)

7. ____ the dog________________ ? (bark)

8. _____ she ________________? (talk)

9. ______he ____________________? (laugh)

Simple Present and Present Continuous

Simple Present tense Present Continuous Tense

Form Subject + Verb + Object Subject + tobe + V-ing

The activity is happening at the

Function As a regular activity
moment

Jack usually goes to campus but today he is driving his dad’s

Example
by bus, car.

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READING

Every March or April Kate’s family celebrates Easter, a Christian holiday. She
boils eggs and her children color them. She and her husband hide them in the
garden. After a special meal for lunch, they have an Easter egg hunt. The
children look everywhere and compete to find the most eggs.

Change the reading above into the Present Continuous tense.

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SPEAKING

In pairs, act out some activities and ask each other using Simple Present tense
and Present Continuous tense.

Example

Student A: What do you usually do on weekends?

Student B: I usually go to the city park and. . . .

Student B: What are you doing?

Student A: I am just finishing my task, and. . .

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WRITING

Write about an annual celebration you are familiar with.

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