Present Continuous

19. a. Write sentences in the Present Continuous using the words given.
Example: We/ watch TV/ now
We are watching TV now.
Pay attention!
run running
sit sitting
put putting
stop stopping
swim - swimming

make - making
take - taking
write - writing

1. The baby/ drink/ his milk/ now

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2. Look! They/ run to catch the bus
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3. Mike/ make/ a wooden bird-house/ now
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4. Mary and John/ sit under a tree.
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5. The boy/ take off his shoes
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6. Sarah/ put on her coat to go out
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b. Write the sentences in 18. a. in the negative.
Example: We/ watch TV/ now
We are watching TV now.
20. Ask questions and give true answers using the words and the pictures given.
Example: Is the girl combing her hair?
No, she isnt. She is brushing her teeth.

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5. ________________________
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6. ___________________________
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21. Ask questions about the underlined words.

Example: Jacks dog is sleeping under a tree.
Where is Jacks dog sleeping?
1. Grandmother is sitting in an armchair.
Where ...?
2. Grandfather is digging in the garden.
Who ?
3. Julie is cooking dinner.
What ?
4. Im using Toms computer.
Whose ?
5. She is practising piano because she wants to enter a competition.
Why .?
6. She is going to school by bus today.
How ?
7. I am helping Ben with his homework.
What .?
22. Ask your friend questions about the people in the chart and then fill in the
answers.
Student A: look at the chart below.
Student B: look at the chart on page
Example: Student B: Where is Mary going?
Student A: Mary is going to the cinema.
Student A: When is Mary going to the cinema?
Student B: On Thursday.

Chart for student A:

Place
Time
Transport
Reason

Mary
cinema

Ann

Cindy
Museum

Monday

Tuesday
by taxi

by bus
to look at the
animals

to see some
interesting
things

Chart for student B - see Appendix I.

23. What is happening in the picture? Write sentences.
Example: A girl is throwing an apple at her classmate.

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5.________________________________

Kate