I am doing Units 3-4,

Appendix 5
(present continuous)

Q j How do you spell it? Write the continuous form (-ing) of these verbs in the correct list.

arrive b^11 come -gey dance decide -die- dig forget have help laugh listen
lie live make play put rob start stop swim tie wear win work write

helping swimming coming lying

wearing putting dancing tying
laughing digging having
working forgetting living
playing robbing writing
listening winning making
starting stopping deciding

Complete the postcard with the correct form of the present continuous (is/are + -ing).
Sometimes the verb is negative (isn't/aren't + -ing).

am lying
are watching
is swimming
aren´t swimming
are standing
are watching

are playing

is lying
is sitting
is wearing
is eating

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 I am doing Units 3-4, Appendix 5

Look at the picture and the description. Correct the mistakes in the description.

Steve is reading a newspaper. T h e boys, Sam and Eric, are playing with a ball. They are both
wearing sunglasses. Pam is cooking chicken. She's laughing because the smoke is getting in her
eyes. J o is standing with her mother and is listening to music on her personal stereo. She is eating
an orange. Fred, the dog, is lying on the grass asleep.

1 Steve X}.. tr... 9.... .. $ P.^rP.^T....... H ... .. bo ok.

2 Sam and Eric aren´t playing with a ball. They are playing with a toy train.
3 They aren´t both wearing sunglases. They are both wearing hats .
4 Pam isn´t cooking chicken. She is cooking fish
She isn´t laughing.She is crying because the smoke is getting in her eyes.
Jo isn´t standing with he mother.She is lying on the floor.
She isn´t eating an orange.She is eating a banana.
Fred,the dog,isn´t lying on the glass asleep.The dog is jumping.

You are talking to your friend, Barbara, on the phone. Ask questions to find out what she and
her family are doing.

Where are you? In the sitting r o o m .

(do) ? I'm talking to you!
Where are you sitting? (sit)? O n the floor.
why are you laughing? (laugh)? Because there's a funny man on TV.
What are you watching? (watch)? A comedy programme.
Are you enjoying it? (enjoy) it? Yes, I am, but I'm listening to you too.
Where's Pete? In the kitchen.
Is he cooking dinner? (cook) dinner? N o , he's talking to someone.
who is he talking to ? (talk) to? His friend, James.
And where are your parents? In the kitchen too.
Are they talking to james?(talk) to James? N o , they're making dinner.
(make)? M y mum is cooking fish and my dad
What are you parents making? is cutting the bread.

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