Present continuous

4 Grammar 1
1 Study the table.

I ’m (am)
playing handball.
He doing gymnastics.
’s (is)
She doing aerobics.
making an action film.
They ’re (are)

2 Write these words in the correct column.

rowing judo snowboarding kitesurfing aerobics football gymnastics

hockey volleyball swimming windsurfing bowling

She’s playing … He’s doing … I’m …

judo

3 Write.

1 †hey’re 2

3 4

Act out a sport and ask your family to guess. Then tell them.
Yes, I’m playing tennis.
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 Present continuous

4 Grammar 2
1 Study the tables.

Affirmative ✓ Negative ✘
He doing judo. He doing aerobics.
’s (is) isn’t
She rowing. She windsurfing.
They ’re (are) playing volleyball. They aren’t playing handball.

Question Answer
he bowling? he is.
Is Yes,
she kitesurfing? she isn’t.
doing gymnastics? No, they aren’t.
Are they
snowboarding?

2 Complete.

1 ™e isn’t doing judo. He 2 snowboarding. He

3 swimming. She 4 watching TV. He

5 Is reading?? she ✓ 6 Is rollerblading? he ✗

7 kitesurfing? he ✓ 8 rowing? she ✗

3 Write.

1 2
Are they windsurfing? Is she doing judo?

†hey’re

Tell your family about what a person is doing in a magazine,

18 in the street or on TV.
 Classifying

4 Dictionary skills
1 Use your dictionary to find the meaning of these words.

1 keeping fit 6 baking

2 jogging 7 walking the dog

3 housework 8 photography

4 hiking 9 gym

5 rock climbing 10 hanging out

2 Write these words in the correct column. Then add another three words to each column.

aerobics bowling kitesurfing playing volleyball watching TV listening to music

swimming riding a bike snowboarding playing the recorder reading

It’s a water sport … It’s a land sport … It’s not a sport …

bowling, reading,

Tell your family about your favourite hobbies.

Choose three sports and three activities that are not sports. 19
 Verbs ending in -ing

4 Spelling
1 Read and circle True or False.

How do you form the gerund of a verb that ends in ‘e’?

Spelling –ing
If there are one or more consonants before ‘e’ just add
write – I’m writing a letter.
ING. True False
dance – She likes dancing.
If there are one or more consonants before ‘e’ remove
give – He likes giving presents. the ‘e’ and add ING. True False
make – They are making an action film.

2 Write the –ing forms of these verbs.

1 create 5 see

2 play 6 do

3 leave 7 make

4 close

3 Complete these sentences with the –ing form of the verbs in brackets.

1 He’s into the swimming pool. (dive)

2 She’s a strawberry smoothie. (make)

3 I like . (dance)

4 She likes to my house after school. (come)

5 You are very cold. Look you’re . (shake)

6 Hannah and her family are house in December. (move)

7 We’re Oxford in May. (leave)

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8 They’re the hotel until next summer. (close)

9 The boys are volleyball. (play) If a verb ends in a

consonant + ‘e’, you remove
10 Are you aerobics? (do) the ‘e’ when you add ‘ing’.

Talk to one of your parents and say what they are doing.
20 Dad, you are making an omelette.
 Describing what
people are doing

4 Reading and writing and like doing

1 Read and match.

1 My friend Paul loves sport. He really likes

a b
playing volleyball and rowing, but in this
picture he’s listening to music on his
exercise bike.

2 My sister Julie doesn’t really like many c

sports. She quite likes playing football,
but she hates aerobics. In this picture she
d
is doing the only sport she loves. She’s
doing karate. e
3 My friends Sarah and Helen really love
gymnastics, but in this picture there are
doing aerobics.

4 I don’t like playing volleyball or tennis or 5 My friends Jenny and Paula like playing
football, but I love swimming. In
volleyball, hockey, football and tennis. In this
this picture I am swimming with my
pictures they’re playing handball. It’s their
best friend.
favourite sport.

2 Write about your friends and family.

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p!
iting Tip
Writ
You can give more information about the hobbies
people like and dislike by using ‘really’ and ‘quite’.
My mum quite likes doing aerobics, but she really
loves doing yoga.

Tell your family about two sports that you quite like and
two sports that you really like. 21