She’s eating. They're running. She isn’t reading, ‘The sun isn’t shining. ‘They aren’t walking. The present continuous is: am/is/are + doing/esting/running/writing etc. am (not) 1 Pm working. I’m not watching TV. 1 Maria is reading a newspaper. 0 She isn’t eating. (or She’s not eating.) 0 The phone is ringing is (not) O We're having dinner, 1 You're not listening to me. (orYou aren’t listening ...) © The children are doing their homework are (not) am/is/are + -ing = something is happening now: I'm working. she's Wearing a hat they're playing football ‘I'm not watching television past now “fire © Please be quiet. Pm working. (= I’m working now) 5 Look, there’s Sarah. She’s wearing a brown coat. O The weather is nice. It’s not raining. 1 ‘Where ave the children?” “They're playing in the park? © (on the phone) We're having dinner now. Can I phone you later? 1 You can turn off the television, ?'m not watching it the is wearing it now) Spelling (+ Appendix 5): come > coming write —* writimg dance —> dancing ron > ronning sit sitting swim —> swimming lie — lying amfislare -> Unit 1 are you doing? (questions) -> Unit 4 1 am doing and | do -> Unit 8 What are you doing tomorrow? — Unit 28Exercises 31 32 33 34 Unit 3 What are these people doing? Use these verbs to complete the sentences: seat have lie play sit wait 1 2 3 4 5 | @ |* | —f-)} | been. 1 4 on the floor: 2 He forabus, 5 breakfast. 3 They football. 6 on the table. Complete the sentences. Use these verbs: build cook gos have stand stay. swim work: I Please be quiet. [...m, working 2 ‘Where's John?’ ‘He’ in the kitchen. He 3 "You fon my foot? ‘Oh, I'm sorry’ 4 Look! Somebody in the river. 5 We'te here on holiday. We at the Central Hotel, es Sue? “She a shower? fd now. Goodbye. a new hotel in the city centre at the moment. Look at the picture, Write sentences about Jane. Use She's -ing or She isn't -ing. (have dinner) (read a book) ol (laugh) (wear a hat) (write a leteer) What's happening now? Write true sentences. I'm, not, wasting, my. hair (L/ wash / my hair) m It's snowing... or Hl (ie / snow) (I/ sit / oma chair) (I/ eat) (it / rain) (I/ learn / English) (I/ listen / to music) (the sun / shine) 9 (1/ wear / shoes) 10 (1/ read / a newspaper) won (watch television) 3 Git on the floor) She Jane. isn't, having, dinner, She's, watching. television. the piano) isn’t. snowing. 7