Grammar

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Continuous

,=:cl sentences r and z in the Active grammar

rules a) and b).

Listen. What is haPPening? Make sentences with He/She ... . Work in pairs.
Student A: look at the picture below. Student B: look at the picture on page 66. Find five more differences.

Active g:rammar

O t 2 C O
a)

l'm working
clothes.

as on au pair.

My girlfriend is shopping for

A: ls the
B:
/Vo,

mon buying a DVD?

he isn' t. He's buying a baok.

l'm not buying lnythng. We're not s:oyi:g l.ong:.

Are you looking for anything speciol? Whot are you doing in Harrads?

Use the Present Continuous for:

actions happening at this moment e.g. sentence:

b) temporary actions happening'around

now' but not at this moment: e.g. sentence:
Use the Present Simpte (NOT the Present Continuous) with state verbs (e.g. be, know,

like, love, elc.).

see Referenrc p$ge ts

Use

the Present Continuous to comptete the

dialogues.

R: I (r)

(z) B: We ()

(wait) in the restaurant on the fourth floor. Where are you? lt's 4.3o1 What
(you

do)?

(sit) on the bus. The traffic (not / move). is very bad. We (+)
(Phone) from London.
(You

A: Hetto. I (s) B: Rea[[y? What (6) A: Jenny and I (Z)

friends for a week. lt today so we (9)

Writing
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Read the email in the Writing bank on page 73.

do) there?
(rain)

(8)

(stay) with some (not

Do the exercises.

go) out'

11 Write an emailto

Choose the correct alternatives.

a friend you haven't tall<ed to for a long time. Te[[ him/her about your life at the moment.

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I do/'m doing a Spanish evening class this term. lt starts/is storting al7.3o every Monday. What do you do/are you doing these days? Do you still study/Are you still studying? Michaela doesn't eot/isn't eoting meat. She doesn't like/isn't liking if. What do you usuolly do/ore you usually doing in the summer hotidays? fhey often go/'re often going lo Corsica with

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much to tell Jrou How are you? I've got so

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friends.