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    This document provides information about actions, prepositions, and the present continuous tense in English. It gives examples of actions and prepositions like "behind", "in", and "under". It explains how to form the present continuous by adding "-ing" to the verb and gives examples like "Ross is listening music". The document also provides sample dialogs asking if someone can talk and explaining why not using the present continuous. It lists reasons for being unable to talk and activities people may be doing these days.

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    What Are You Doing Unit 9

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    This document provides information about actions, prepositions, and the present continuous tense in English. It gives examples of actions and prepositions like "behind", "in", and "under". It explains how to form the present continuous by adding "-ing" to the verb and gives examples like "Ross is listening music". The document also provides sample dialogs asking if someone can talk and explaining why not using the present continuous. It lists reasons for being unable to talk and activities people may be doing these days.

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    WHAT ARE

    YOU DOING?
    UNIT 9
    Actions and prepositions

    Start: inicio
    Hold: sostener
    Look for: buscar
    Wave: ola
    Sit: sentado
    Stand: estar
    Run: corre
    End: fin
    Actions and prepositions

     Behind: detrás
     In: en (dentro)
     In front of: en frente de
     On: en (sobre)
     Under: debajo
    Present continuous statements

     Is the action at the moment. Walk: walking


    Play: playing
     The method of do is: verb+ing
    When the verb is formed by:
    consonant + vowelt + consonant

    + subject + verb be + verb-ing + complement Run: run+n+ing


    Sit: sit+s+ing

    Ross is listening music.

    - subject + verb be + not +verb-ing + complement


    They are not playing soccer.
    I can´t talk right now
    Amanda: Hello?
    Justin: Hi, Amanda. It´s justin. Is this a good time to talk?
    Amanda: Oh, sorry. I can´t talk right now. I´m cooking dinner. Can I call you back?
    Justin: Ok, sure. Talk to you later.
    Amanda: Thanks. Bye.

    Asking if someone can talk now


    Explaining that you can´t talk now
    * Is this a good time to talk?
    * Can you talk right now? * I can´t talk right now
    * Do you have a minute? * I´m busy right now
    * This isn´t a good time
    I can´t talk right now

     Change of reasons

    Clean
    Do my homework
    Play volleyball
    Wait for the doctor.
    These days
     Create a website
     Learn to drive
     Look for a job
     Study for an exam
     Study Italian
     Take a dance class
     Take tennis lessons
     Tutor a student
    Present continuous questions

     Wh-questions + verb be + subject + present continuous + complement?


    What are you doing these days?

    • Subject + verb be + present continuous + complemente


    I´m learning to drive.

     Verb be + subject + present continuous + complemente?


    Is she tutoring a student?

    • Yes, suject + verb be Yes, she is.


    • No, suject+ verb be+ not No, she´s not.

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