You are on page 1of 6
eres rr Coe ry Vocabulary: Topic Snapshot ww») 1. Read and listen to the phone conversation. Mollie: Just a minute, Sara. My teammate Jake: Hi, Molle, Where are you? Jake's calling Mollie: Oh, hi, Jake. I'm at the mall with Sara. Jake: Who's Sara? We'te shopping for new gym shoes. Mollie: She's my cousin. My mom's sister Sara: Hey, Molle! What about these? is her mother. Jake: Cool, Hey, guess what. Mollie: The new uniforms are in? That's great! Sara's buying a pair of shoes right now. Mollie: What? I can be there in about twenty minutes. OK? Jake: I'm wearing the new volleyball team uniform! You should come now! Jake: Great! See you soon, 2.. Match the two parts of each statement, according to the Topic Snapshot. a. buying new gym shoes now. b. shopping with her cousin, Sara. 4. Molie is... >» POPPING « aie calling his teammate on the phone. mes 4. speaking to her teammate on the phone. 3, Sarais pean ° . not taking on the phone, f. wearing the new uniform. 10 ten Grammar The present continuous: affirmative and negative statements 1. study the grammar. © Use the present continuous for actions in progress now. © Use a form of be and a present participle. Affirmative statements Negative statements | am doing — my homework. |1 — amnot playing video games. She is visitiAg her cousin. He isnot staying home We are watching TV. They ate net listening to music. Contractions with be + not ‘am not = im not not OR isn’t ‘not OR aren't (EEEIIEIEEY © You can use re and re not with subject pronouns. They're watching TV. / They're not watching TV. * Don't use ‘re and ‘re not with names or nouns. Use are and aren't. ‘My friends are playing video games. NOT My-iends¥e playing video games. ‘Megan and Ross aren't watching TV. NOT Megar-are-Ressre-ret watching TV. we) 2. Listen to the grammar examples. Repeat. 3. Complete each statement with the present continuous. Write an affirmative or negative form of be. Use contractions. 1. Gail's wearing the new soccer uniform. i's very nice! 2. My brothers playing video games now. They're doing their homework. 31 calling my grandma right now. it’s her birthday! 4.We staying home today. It's too cold and windy outside. 5. My mom and dad watching TV in the living room. They're in the kitchen 6. Mr. York is usually our teacher, but Ms. Magid teaching our class right now. 4. complete the conversations. Write the present continuous forms of the verbs. Use contractions. > Are you at the park? Hi, Jo. Where are you? =e aN ‘Awesome! No, I'm not. {'m doing (Ido) my homework. I'm at the beach with my friends, Yes, she is. (U/visit) the Eiffel (she / cook) right a Tower right now! now. You're late! (we/play) volleyball eleven 14 ’ Grammar The present participl spelling rules 1. study the grammar. To form the present participle, add -ing to the base form of the verb. \baseform present participle: listen > listening call + calling If the base form ends in -e, drop the -e and add -ing. write +> writing dance’-+ dancing Other present participles If the base form ends in one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant and add -ing. ecking eoheoettel swim + swimming — shop + shopping wie wae If the consonant is w, x, or y, don't double the consonant. Just add -ing. teaching stvwxyz draw + drawing play » playing wearing 2. Write the present participle of each base form. 4. listen listening 5. sing 9.90 2. practice 6. draw 40. cook 3. dance 7. tide 41. look 4. swim 8. play 12. stop 3. Complete each statement with the present continuous. Use contractions. 1. It's cold and windy today, so_{'m wearing, (I/wear) a warm jacket. (U/not/ wear) shorts 2. My dad isnt at work today (he/stay) home, and (he watch) TV. 3. Look! (Carla dance) right now. What a good dancer! 4 (\/shop) for clothes at the mall 5,__________(Marty/,go) to the park right now, (He ride) his bike 105 12 were 4. Listen to the conversations. Circle the correct verb form. 1. He's doing /(@ot doing)his homework. Hes watching / not watching TV. 2. She's calling / not calling her friend. She's playing / not playing video games, 3. He's vi ing / not visiting his grandma. She's swimming / not swimming at the beach. 4, He's wearing / not wearing his new T-shirt. His mom's writing / not writing an e-mail Vocabulary Family and other relationships 108) 1. Look at the pictures. Read and listen. aaa S 2 ‘My father's brother is Tim, My mother's brother is Sam. They're my uncles. 1. an uncle 2. an aunt Tina and Nate are my Aunt Wendy's children, Tina is my Aunt Wendy's daughter. Nate is my ‘Aunt Wendy's son, Tina and Nate are my The kids next door are Seth and Carla They're my neighbors. 6. a neighbor 7. ateammate wn) 2, GEIETND iisten and repeat. 108)) 3, QELMTEEETINEEDD Listen to the conversations. Write the activity and the relationship. 1. She ‘s playing soccer with her teammates 2. He with his 3. She her My father’s sister is Jane My mothers sister is Wendy. They/re my aunts, 5. acousin 4. He to music with his 4 fn 3. achild / two children 4, ason / a daughter Lacey and Sue are ‘on my team, They're my teammates, oer en + a mother/a father (parents) ‘a grandmother/a grandfather (grandparents) ‘sister/a brother friend + aboyfriend/a girlfriend + aclassmate Write two statements about people in your family or about other relationships. Uncle David is my father’s brother. Jacob is my cousin. thirteen 13, : Be 14 Reading A personal blog 109) 1, Read Leo's blog. What is the event today? fourteen Ge le eeremtg re ‘It’s a big day for my family. My grandma is sixty years old today, and it’s party time! Mr. Clark, our neighbor, is here. He's playing the piano in the living room ‘and singing "Happy Birthday" to Grandma, My dac's in the living room, but he's ‘not singing. (That's good! Mr. Clark’s a good singer, but my dad really shouldn't ‘sing when people are listening!) My uncles, Dave and Peter, are watching the soccer game on TV, Dac's listening to Mr, Cark, but he's watching the game, too, ‘My mom and my aunts are talking inthe kitchen. And my cousins are here, but they're playing video games in my brother's room. My big sister, Alison, should be with our cousins, or with Grandma, but she's calling her boyfriend in her room, as usual, Wel, | should go now and be with my grandma, too. See yal 2.. Read the statements. Circle T (true) or F (false). 1 onewn Leo's grandmother is playing the piano. Ti© 2. Leo's uncles are playing soccer. T/F . There are five people in the living room. TIF . Leo's cousins are playing video games. TIF . Alison is calling her classmate. TIF . Leo's neighbor can sing and play the piano. T / F 3. Correct the false statements in Exercise 2. a. 1. Leo's neighbor is playing the piano, bo « a ., Read the information. Who are they? als aaewn She's with Leo's aunts. She isn't watching TV. o's morn . She's not in the living room or the kitchen. She's not playing video games. He's with Grandma. He's listening, but he’s watching TY, too. . She's with the neighbor. She isn't watching TV or playing the piano. . They're not singing. They're watching TV. . He's not at Leo's house. He's on the phone. Ask if someone is busy; Offer to call back later 110) 1, Read and listen to the conversa GD Hello? QQ Hi Mia. This is Jeff. Are you busy? Hey, Jeff Actually, | am. I'm playing video games with my cousin right now. €Q Oh, im sorry. Can | call you back later? ‘GD Sure. How about at 3:00? © QQ OK. Talk to you then, GD Bye bye. Ways to express a later iif) How about at 3:007 in fifteen minutes? this afternoon? ten and repeat. this evening? a) 2. 3) Create a NEW conversation. Change the activity, the relationship, and the time to call back. ‘Are you busy? ‘Actually, | am. fifteen 15

You might also like