NOW, I AM EATING ALONE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

EXERCISE ONE: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN AFF. AND NEG. FORM:

1.- Are you listening to music?
Yes, I am. I´m listening to music
3.- Is Peter playing the piano in his room? AFF.
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5.- Are those men fixing our the car? AFF.
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2.- Is that man working in the country?
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4. - Are the cats eating cooked fish? AFF.
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6.-Is Peter calling his parents? AFF.
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7- Are your parents buying a big house?
No, they aren´t. They are buying a car
They are buying a new car
9. Is Oscar driving your car? NEG.
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8. Are you washing the clothes? NEG.
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10. Are the men fixing our bikes? NEG.
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EXERCISES TWO: QUESTIONS WITH “WHAT, WHERE”

1. - What are you doing? 2.- What is the baby doing?

i I am cooking for my family - ……………………… …………………………………………….
3. - What is Mary doing? (eat) - ……………………..……………………………………..………
4. - What is the secretary doing? (write) - ……………………..…..…………………………….……………
5. Where are you going? - I am going to the market
6. Where is your brother studying? - ……………………….…….……………………………………….
7. - Where are the boys playing? ( park) - ……………………….………………………………………..……
8. - Where is Gloria having lunch? (my house) - …………………….. ….…………………………………………
9. Where are your brothers working? (mine) - ………………………………………………………………………
10.- Where is your mom washing the clothes? (yard)- …………………………………………………………………….

EXERCISE THREE: CHANGE THE SENTENCES FROM SIMPLE TENSE INTO THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE .
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1. My dad and my mom repair cars
2. Susan learns to dance rock
3. The cat plays with mice
4. Do you take a shower every day?
5. Does Mary visit her family on Sundays?
6. Do they teach English at the University?
7. I don´t do my homework
8. He doesn´t go to the cinema on Sundays
9. Gloria doesn´t make cakes for her children
My dad and my mom are repairing the car
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EXERCISE FIVE .- READ THE TEXT AND MAKE THE ACTIVITIES

 AT THE MARKET
This is a market in the city.
The people are walking around the market and buying things and foot. There are some policemen, they are
standing. The sellers are sitting behind their merchandise.
It is nice day. It isn´t raining. The sun is shining. One woman is eating an ice cream. There are children playing
soccer. Some of the people are buying tomatoes. One of the sellers is drinking tea. One of the policemen is
smoking a cigarette and looking at the people on the market.

The children are not smoking cigarettes. One of them is drinking tea or coffee. There are some dogs in the
market. One of the dogs is sleeping. Other dogs are playing with the children.

ACTIVITY ONE.- TRANSLATE THIS TEXT. ……………………………………

ACTIVITY TWO.- ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: .

1. Are the people at a party? Where are they? …………………………………………………………………………………..

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2. What are the people doing at the market? …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Are the policemen eating ice creams? ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Is one of the women smoking a cigarette? What is she doing? ………..………………………...............................
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5. Are the children reading a newspaper? What are doing? ………………………………………………………………..
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6. Are there any dogs at the market? What are they doing? .........................................................................
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ACTIVITY THREE.- QUESTIONS WITH “WHO IS……..”

1.- Who is smoking a cigarette? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Who are sitting behind their merchandise? ………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Who is eating an ice cream? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Who are playing soccer? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Who is sleeping al the market? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Who are playing with the children? …………………………………………………………………………………………………

ACTIVITY FOUR.- TELL US WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE DOING?

1. The policemen ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. The sellers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. One woman ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. One of the policemen ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. The children ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. One of the sellers ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7.-The dogs ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

EXERCISE FIVE. MAKE SENTENCES IN PRESENT AND CONTINUOUS TENSE LIKE THE EXAMPLE:

I USUALLY STUDY AT SCHOOL, BUT NOW I AM STUDYING AT HOME

My mother work at home work at an office

The teachers teach at schools teach at the university
My father take a bus drive the car to work
Tom cook lunch buy lunch at a restaurant
My family go to the movies stay at home to watch TV.
I call my friends send letters to them
They do homework on weekends do it in this moment
We sleep in the afternoons clean the house
My family watch TV. on Sundays Go to the cinema
Oscar get up late on Saturdays Get up early to go to fish with his friends
My friends and me Go to the party on weekends Study for the Math exam
My cat Eat raw fish Eat cooked fish

1.- My mother usually works at home, but now she is working at an office
2. The teachers usually teach at schools, but now , he is teaching at the University.
3. My father usually takes a bus, but now, he is …….……………………………………………..
4. Tom usually………………………………………………………………………………………….……….….
5 . My family ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
6. I ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
7. They ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….
8. We ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. My family ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Oscar ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. My friends and me ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
12. My cat ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………