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rd 3 lam doing (present continuous) She's eating. It’s raining ‘They're running, She isn’t reading. The sun isn’t shining. ‘They aren’t walking. ‘The present continuous am/is/are + doing/eating/rinning/writing et I am (not) -ing I’m working. he Chris is writing a letter. she } is (uo) ing She isn’t cating. (or She’s not cating.) it The phone is ringing. we We're having dinner. you | are (not) -ing You're not listening to me. (or You aren’t ...) they The children are doing their homework Bo oam/is/are + -i something is happening, now: Tan working she’s wearing a hat they're playing football I’m not watching television past ——______—— now ——_________— future @ Please be quiet. I’m working. (= I'm working now) @ Look at Sue! She’s wearing her new hat. (= she is wearing it now) @ The weather is nice at the moment. It’s not raining. @ ‘Where are the children?” “They’te playing in the park’ @ (on the phone) We're having dinner now. Can you phone again lat. @ You can turn off the television. ’m not watching it. Spelling (=> Appendix 5): come coming write > writing dance > dancing run running sit sitting swim —> swimming lie > lying am/is/are > BEY are you doing? (questions) = Tam doing and I do => (14] ‘What are you doing tomorrow? => 34 33 34 UNIT EXERCISES 3 What are these people doing? Use these verbs to complete the sentences: eat have lie play sit wait 1. She's eating an apple. 4 on the floor. 2 He for a bus. > breakfast. 3 They football. 6 on the table. Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs: build cook go have — stand ~— stay. = swim work. Please be quiet. 1m, working. ‘sJohn?’ ‘He's in the kitchen. He onmy foot’ ‘Oh, I’m sorry’ Look! Somebody in the river. We're here on holiday. We at the Central Hotel. “Where's Ani ‘She a shower! They a new theatre in the city centre at he moment, 1 now, Goodbye. ey aHMEENe Look at the picture. Write sentences about Jane. Use She’s -ing or She isn’t -ing, 1 (have dinner) Jane ten’t having dinner. 2 (watch television) She's watching television. 3 (siton the floor) She 4 (read a book) 5. (play the piano) 6 (laugh) 7 (weara hat) 8 (write a letter) What's happening at the moment? Write true sentences. 1 (1/ wash / my hair) U'm not. washing my, hair, 2 (it/enow) E'S, snowing..OR Ib isn’t snowing. 3 (1/sit / oma chair) 410 ca) 5 (it rain) on 6 (I/learn / English) 7 (1/ listen / to music) 8 (the sun / shine) 9 (1 / wear / shoes) 10 (U/ read / a newspaper) tas 116} are you doing? (present continuous questions) positive question T am am I he doing he she pis | Working is } she | working? it going it | going? saying staying? we we they they ling OK?’ “Yes, I'm fine, thank you’ “Yes, take an umbrella? @ Why are you wearing a coat? It’s not cold. © What's Paul doing?” ‘He's reading the newspaper? © ‘What are the children doing?’ “Theyre watching television. @ Look, there’s Sally! Where’s she going? @ Who are you waiting for? Are you waiting for Sui Study the word order: is/are + subject + -ing Is he working today? Is Paul working today? (sot ‘Is working Paul today?”) Where are they going? Where are those people going? (not ‘Where are going those people?’) short answers ‘Yes, lam. No, I'm not. he ‘Yes, she fis. it we ve os bare they he’s Wf si it’s he not. or of isn’t. it we're we No,{ you're fnot. or No, } you yaren’t. they're they © ‘Are you going now?" _ ‘Yes. Lam.’ © ‘Is Paul working today?” ‘Yes, he is.” @ ‘Is itraining?” ‘No, it isn’t.’ © ‘Are your friends staying at a hotel?” ‘No, they aren’t. They're staying with me? Lam doing -> MEY What are you doing tomorrow? = questions = 41 a GA: EXERCISES Louk at the pictures and write the questions. Rae J (you/go/now?) e you watching Lt: Le Yes, see you| GALS = neh ge tomorrow. ean No, notat atthe moment No, you can s turn itoft. 6( Gou/write/a letter?) mn. 3 Yes, it'sE|\ ¥es,t0 |, E, very [5 No, ies ny sister, “a fanny Frey \ fgets) on Look al the pictures and complete the questions. Use one of these: cry eat go laugh lookat —read What are wou reading > df Write questions from these words. Use is or are and put the words in order. 1 (working / Paul / today?) 13. Paul working today?. 2 (what / doing / the children?) . What. are. the. children doing? 3 (you / listening / to me?) 4 (where / going / your friends?) 5 (your parents / television / watching?) 6 (what / cooking / Ann?) 7 (why / you / looking / at me?) 8 (coming / the bus?) White short answers (Yes, 1am. /NNo, he isn't, etc.) 1. Are you watching TV? ....NOs, 'm nob. 4 Isitraining? 2. Are you wearing a watch? 5 Are you sitting on the floor? 3. Are you eating something? 6 Are you feeling well? UNIT (7 Co Ky | do/work/like etc. (present simple) ‘They're looking at their books. He's eating an ice-cream. They read alot. He likes ice-cream. ‘They read / he likes / I work ete. = Uhe present simple: 1/we/you/they read like work live watch do have he/she/it reads-_‘likes. works lives watches. does has Remember: he works / she lives / it Is ett © I work in a shop. My brother works ina bank. (ot ‘My brother work’) © Linda lives in London. Her parents live in Scotland. © Tt rains a lot in winter. Ihave — he/she/it has: © John has a shower every day. Spelling (=> Appendix 5): ~es afier-s/-sh/-ch: pass passes finish finishes watch —> watches y— ies: study studies try > tries alse: do—does go> goes B We use the present simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all the time: © ike big cities © The shops open at 9 o'clock and close at 5.30. @ Tim works very hard. He starts at 7.30 and finishes at 8 o'clock in the evening, The Earth goes round the Sun. © We do a lot of different things in our free time. © It costs a lot of money to stay at luxury hotels. C atways/never/often/sometimes/usually + present simple © Sue always arrives at work early. (not ‘Sue arrives always’) © usually go to work by car but sometimes I walk. (not ‘I go usually’) © Julia never eats breakfast. @ Tom lives near us. We often see him, Tdon’t ... (negative) = [IJ Do you ...? (questions) [18] alwaye/usually/often etc. (word order) —> IEE] Tam doing and 1 do = [EY 5a aA s4 55 uMIT EXERCISES 5 Write these verbs +8 or-es. 1 (read) she... reads, 3 (fy) it 5 (have) she 2 (think) he 4 (dance) he © (finish) it Complete the sentences about the people in the pictures, Use these verbs: eat golive play sleep Z Len ‘Our house, 1 He plays.. the piano. 4 2 They inaverybighonse 5 to the cinema a lot. 3 alot offruit. 6 eight hours a night. Complete the sentences. Use these verbs: boil close cost cost like like meet open speak teach wash 1 Margaret .SP04K8.. four languages 2. In Britain the banks usually at 9,30.n the morning, 3. The City Museum at 5 o'clock in the evening, 4 Tina isa teacher. She mathematies to young children, 5. My jobis very interesting, I alot of people. 6 Peter his hair twice a week. 7 Food is expensive. It alot of money. 8 Shoes are expensive. They alot of money. 9 Water at 100 degrees Celsius. 10 Julia and L are good friends. I her and she me. Write sentences from these words. Put the verb in the right form (arrive or arrives etc.), 1 (always / early / Sue / arrive) Se always, arrives, early. 2 (basketball /1/ play / often) 1 3. (work / Margaret / hard / usually) 4 (Jenny / always / nice clothes / wear) 5 (dinner / we / have / always / at 7.30) 6 (television / Tim / watch / never) 7 dike / chocolate / children / usually) 8 (Julia / parties / enjoy / always) ‘Write sentences about yourself. Use always/never/often/sometimes/usually. 1 (watch television) | never watch television. / | usually watch television in the evening. (etc.) 2 (read in bed). 1 3. (get up before 7 o'clock) 4 (go to work/school by bus) 5 (drink coffee) 9 I don’t ... (present simple negative) A The present simple negative is don’t/doesn’t + verb: a An A E hy She doesn’t drink coffee He doesn’t like his job positive negative I | work 1 we | like we | do not you | do you | (don’t) | work they | have they ike he | works mo do he. | likes fhe | doesmor | have she | does MS | (doesn’t) © | has Le © I drink coffee but I don’t drink tea © Sue drinks tea but she doesn’t drink coffee. © You don’t work very hard. © We don’t watch television very often © The weather is usually nice. It doesn’t rain very often. © Gerry and Linda don’t know many people. B Remember: I/we/you/they don’t ... @ I don’t like football he/she/it doesn’t... @ He doesn’t like football @ I don’t like Fred and Fred doesn’t like me. (not “Fred don’t like’) © My car doesn’t use much petrol. (not ‘My car don't use’) © Sometimes he is late but it doesn’t happen very often. C We use don’t/doesn’t + infinitive (don’t like / docsn’t speak / doesn’t do etc.) © [dou’Clike washing the cat. I don’t do it very often. Sandra speaks Spanish but she doesn’t speak Italian. (not ‘doesn't speaks’) © Bill doesn’t do his job very well. (not ‘Bill doesn’t his job’) @ Paula doesn’t usually have breakfast. (not ‘doesn’t ... has’) [20} I do/work/like etc. (present simple) => NEY De you ..? (present simple questions) => ITE 6.1 65 unit EXERCISES 6 Write the negative. 1 [play the piano very well. don’t play the piano very well. 2 Jane plays the piano very well. Jane 3. They know my phone number 4 We work very hard. 5. He has bath every day. 6 You do the same thing every day. ‘Study the information and write sentences with like. 1 Bill. and. Rose. like, classical. music. Carol : I i classical music. 2 Bill and Rose Carol 1 classical music? ? 2 boxing? no | yes | ? 3 horror films? yes | no | ? Write about yourself. Use: I never... or often ... or! don’t... very often. 1 (watch TV) | don’t watch TV very often. (OR | never... OR | often ...) 2 (go to the theatre) Bh chresasschraic tc r 3 (ride a bicycle) y 4 (eat in restaurants) 5 (eravel by train) Complete the sentences. All of them are negative, Use don’t/doesn’t + one of these verbs: cost go know ead see use. wear 1 [buy a newspaper every day but sometimes I don't read. ic, 2. Paul hasa car but he a it very often, 3. ‘They like films but they ci to the cinema very often, 4. Amanda is married but she o-eecstsnenninimnennnenn & FING, 51 oe much about politics, I'm not interested in it, 6 Itsnotan expensive hotel. It : much to stay there. 7 Brian lives near us but we him very often, Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative. 1 Margaret .$Pe4K,.. four languages — English, French, German and Spanish. (speak) 2 1.dont like... my job, Its very boring. (like) 3 ‘Where's Martin?” ‘I'm sorry. I 2 (know) 4 Sue isa very quiet person. She very much, (talk) Sai eam alot of tea. It his favourite drink. (drink) 6 Tesnottrue! I itl (believe) 7 That’ a very beautiful picture, I. sina itvery much. (like) 8 Mark is a vegetarian, He ........ meat, (cat) UNIT | Do you ... ? (present simple questions) A We use do/does in present simple questions: positive question 1 | work I we | like we you | do do | you | work? they | have they | ike? he | ors fee ee she | likes does | she | "¥* does it it has B_ Study the word order: do/does + subject + infinitive Do | you work | in the evening? Do | yourfriends | live | near here? Does | Chris play | tennis? Where | do | your parents | live? How often | do | you wash | your hair? What | does | thisword | mean? How much | does | it cost | to fly to Rome? Questions with always/usually/often: Do | you | always | have | breakfast? Does | Chris| often | play | tennis? What | do | you | usually | do | at weekends? What do you do? = What's your job?: @ ‘What do you do? ‘I work in a bank? C Remember: do I/we/you/they... _ ® Do they like music? does he/she/it ... ® Does he like music? D short answers I/we/you/they do. V/we/you/they don’t Yes, No, he/she/it does. he/she/it doesn’t. © ‘Do you play tennis?’ ‘No, I don’t © ‘Do your parents speak English?’ ‘Yes, they do! “Does George work hard?’ “Yes, he does: ‘Does your sister live in London’ “No, she doesn’t? (23) Tdo/work/like ere. => EINE tdon’e .. (negative) > quesiom > [EEE TA UNIT EXERCISES 7 Write questions with Do ...? and Does Ilike chocolate. And you? Do. you like chocolate? Tplay tennis, And you? you Tom plays tennis. And . Ann You live near here, And your friends? You speak English. And your brother? I do exercises every morning. And you? Sue offen goes away, And Pa J want wv be farnous. And you' 9 You work hard. And Linda? aueene oN ‘Write questions. Use the words in brackets (...) + da/does. Put the words in the right order. (where / live / your parents?) Where. do your parents live? {you / early / always / get up?) Do you always get up early? (ow often / TY / you / watch?) (you / want / what / for dinner?) ike / you / football?) (your brother / like / football?) (what / you / do / in the evenings?) (your sister / work / where?) (€0 the cinema / often / you / go?) (what / mean / this word?) 11 (often / snow / it / here?) 12 (go / usually / to bed / what time / you?) 13 (how much / to phone New York / it / cost?) Seavanavne 14 (oul foubrealdtsat/ have / usually:/ what) Complete the questions. Use these verbs: do do enjoy go like start teach work 1 What .42. you. I work in a bookshop. 2 : Its OK. 3 What time moun in the morning? | | At9 o'clock. 4 on Saturdays? | | Sometimes, 5 How to work? | | Usually by bus. 6 And your husband. What ...re0in-nmnsns ? | | He'sa teacher. 7 What ... 2| | Science. 8 his job? | | Yes, he loves it. Write short answers (Yes, he does. /No, I don't, etc,). 1 Do you watch TV alot? ..No,.| don't, OR Yes,.! do. 2 Do you live ina big city? 3 Do you often ride a bicycle? 4 Does it rain a lot where you live? i : 5 Do you play the piano? on a [23 ae =6| am doing and! do 8 (present continuous and present simple) Jim is watching television. He is not playing the guitar. But Jim has a guitar. He often plays it and he plays very well, Jim plays the guitar but he is not playing the guitar now. Is he playing the guitar? No, he isn’t, (present continuous) Does he play the guitar? Yes,he does. (present simple) B Present continuous (I am doing) ~ now, at the time of speaking: Pm doing past, ——____ now, ——__________ future @ Please be quiet. P'm working, (not ‘I work’) © Tom is having a shower at the moment. (not ‘Tom has’) Take an umbrella with you, It’s raining. @ You can turn off the television. I'm not watching it. Why are you under the table? What are you doing? C Present simple (( do) —in general, all the time or sometimes: a 1 work every day from 9 o'clock to 5.30, © Tom has a shower every morning, @ It rains a lot in winter. ©1 don’t watch television very often. © What do you usually do at the weekend? D We do nor use these verbs in the present continuous (I am ing): like love want know understand remember —_ depend prefer hate need = mean _ believe forget Use the present simple only with these verbs (I want / do you like? etc.): @!'m tired. | want to go home. (not ‘I’m wanting’) © ‘Do you know that girl?” "Yes, but | don’t remember her name? @1 don’t understand. What do you mean? [24] present continuous => present simple = procnt for de Gre => EDIE 841 unit EXERCISES 8 Answer the questions about the pictures. 1 Does he take photographs? Yes, he. does. Is he taking a photograph? No,, he isn’. What is he doing? He's having, a. bath, 2 Isshe driving a bus? Does she drive a bus? What is she doing? 3. Does he clean windows? Is he cleaning a window? What is he doing? 4 Are they teaching? Do they teach? What do they do? Put in amvis/are or do/don’V/does/doesn't. Excuse me, .42.... you speak English? 1 2 ‘Where's Ann?” ‘I know? 3. What’ funny? Why ughing? 4 ‘What your sister do?” ‘She’ a dentist? 5 Ie raining. I want to go out in the rain. 6 ‘Where you come from?’ ‘Canada’ 7 How much it cost to phone Canada? 8 George is a good tennis player but he play very often. Put the verb in the present continuous (Iam doing) or the present simple (I do) Fixcuise me DO you speak —(you/speak) English? 1 2 ‘Where's Tom? ‘He's having. (he/have) a shower? 3 |don’t watch... (I/not/watch) television very often. 4 Listen! Somebody eee (sing). 5 Sandra is tired. (she/want) to go home now, 6 How often (you/read) a newspapei 7 ‘Excuse me but (you/sit) in my place? ‘Oh, I'm sorry? 8 ['msorry, i (I/not/understand), Can you speak more slowly? 9 Teslate. ... (I/go) home now (you/come) with me? 10 What time (your father / finish) work in the evenings? 11 You can turn off the radio. (I/not/listen) to it 12 ‘Where’ Paul?” ‘In the kitchen. (he/cook) something? 13. Martin (not/usually/drive) to work. He -» (usually /walk). 14 Sue (not/like) coffee. (he/prefer) tea. 125

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