Grammar Present Progressive affirmative-negative) rn D © no ima ‘We use the Present Progressive for actions % 1 " ae ¥ 1 eee that are happening at the moment of speaking. ou Te paying Yau arent por ty bate tating TV no ie re Ee eee amma aS entpaing Meveiongon he prone eat a NOTE tate-taking ie pana ae nya get geting SUT rappen-rappenn =H trey @ ‘Complete wit the Present Progressive ofthe Serbs inbrackets. - = 1. It___ (snow) today. Look at the arden. 1s white! 2.Harret_—____(notiterd tothe radio inher room. She (play) computer games. Look over therel There's a wonderful +3. Look at the children! They snow sculpture and itooks ike a have) a great time in the snow, {rlendly snowman, The people are taking pictures of this work of art. 4.Sorry, | carit help you at the moment. |_______ iy) my room, 5. It’s very cold today, 50 we (wear) our jackets. {A Listenand repeat. What's the dlifferencebetween aandb? arain — b.raining B.Listen and tick (7) the sound you hear. nnn et e Pronunciation Oo i snowing * fun spring xatenen Read again and complete the sentences. young |. There are people at the Winter Games this year. At the moment It nt snowing, but ts e Write — Write a few sentences about ‘what the weather fs ke today . The athletes are going vit the weather lant very fast and the people are and - 4. The snow sculpture looks like a :Bsn 5 Am 1 playing? Yes, 1 am. No, 1 ‘mot. Are you playing? Yes, you are, No, you aren't he he he Is she playing? Yes, she is. No, she isn't t it it we wo we Are you playing? Yes, you are, No, you aren't. they they they B. Read the dialogue again and complete the sentences. 1. Tom is putting up. for 2. Is at the sports centre, He's 3. Bill is writing : 4.Al is making a he's looking for 5. They can't put a cat on the flyer because cats, -Atthe moment | Complete with the Present Progressive of the verbs in brackets. LA: you Get) ready to go out? B: No, Im not. | don't want to go out tonight. Harry Go) his homework? B: No, he (alld on the phone, 3. A: Why (augty? B: Because my brother (wean a sily hat! Paul and Sait (pub up the posters for the fundraiser? B: Yes, they are. you © Liste 8 nes poster fora fundraiser. There are 4 ‘mistakes in the poster, Correct them. BIRCHWOOD SCHOOL Saturday 19th November FOOTBALL MATCH Students vs teachers BEGINS: ¥pm precaenan) © Sreax GUESSING GAME: What are they doing? Talkin pairs. Student A go topage 63. Student B go to page 64. 2hig Present continuous (1 am doing) ea Study this example situation Sarah isinher car. Sheisan her way to werk. She's driving to work. (=Sheis driving...) ‘Thismeans: she is ering now, atthe time of speaking Theaction é nat finished amjisjare+ ig isthe present continuous: iam i'm) driving helshe/t is” Che'sete) working welyoulthey are (werreeic) | doing et ea am doing something=|started doing tand | haven't finished; 'm in the middle of caingit Please don't makeso much noise. Im trying towork. (not Itry) “Where's Mark?’ ‘He'shaving ashower’ {not He has a shower) Let's go out now. Itisn’t raining ary more. (nat ltdoesn't rain), Hows your new job? Are you enjoying i” \WhatSall that noise? What's goingon? or What's happening? Sometimes the action isnot happening atthe time of speaking, Forexample: Steve stalking toa tend on the phone, He says: Pm eading a really good book at the moment. ) Is about aman who. ) Steve says‘T'm reading ..! but heis nat reading the bookat thetmeofspeaking, He means that he has started reading the book, but has not finished ityet. He isin the middle of reading ‘Some more examples: Kate wants to workin aly, so she's learning Italian (but perhaps she isn't leaming Italian at the time of speaking) Some fiends of mineare building theirovn house. They hope to finish itnextsummer, You can use the present continuous with today / this week / this year etc. periods around now} You're working hard teday. (not You werkhard today) B: Yes,| havea lot todo. ‘The company | workforisn’t doing so well this year. \We use the present continuous when we talk about a change that has started to happen. Weeften use these verbs in this way: getting, becoming changing, improving starting, beginning. increasing, rising, falling, growing 11 Isyour English getting better? (not Does your English get better) ‘The population of the worldis inereasing very fast. (not increases) Av first! cid like my jab, but 'm starting to enjoy itrow. (not| star) heute > Unit 19