Present continuousI, we, you, they (question, negative)

Dave! You aren'tplaying basketball!

You're sewing!

They're eatingspinach! Am I

dreaming?

Negative We use the present continuousfor something that is

happening at this moment.

Positive

am am not'm

singing.'m not

singing.We playing. We playing.You

areYou

are notaren't

They're

They

Am Yes, am.

singing?No, am not / 'm not.

wedancing? Yes, we are

Are you youthey No, they are not / 're not.

Short answersQuestions

o Write.Positive V'

(read)1..~r:r:.. r.~~~[~9. a book.(do)We our homework.(eat)They ice cream.(talk)you to your friend.(fly)you .

Negative X(watch)I..~r:r:..~~~ .. ~~.t:<?ry.i.'!9... TV.

(play)We basketball.(drink)They orange juice.(listen)you to me.(walk)you .

What's happening now? Write true answers.Are we studying English? ..y.~.~.'..~.~..~F~.: .Are you wearing a T-shirt? .Are your friends playing basketball? .Are we looking at our books? .Are your mum and dad working? .Are you listening to your teacher? .

('It e Look, read and write.

lit's Saturday afternoon ... I............. you

....................... out?

Where are Zoe, Dave and Brian?What ..~r.~.....they ..q9.(If.9 ... ?

1 do?

Hey! Wait!you very fast!

2 go? 3 walk V'

Sorry, Corky. We .to the cinema and we're late!

They .to me!

They withme! I. home!

he, she, it (question, negative)

Wait! I'm coming with you!You're my best friend!

Positive Negative

HeSheIt

reading a magazine.sleeping.

HeSheIt

is notisn't

reading a magazine.sleeping.

Questions Short answers Questions with question words

she doing?he going?singing?

WhatWhereWho

heshe reading a magazine?it sleeping?

Yes, heshe

No, it

e Look and write.

1 (read/listen to)Brian .f~~.).~.r~.9.~Jflf} a magazine. He..~~..~(~~~~(~9.}~ music.

2 (eat! drink)Corky chocolate. He milk.

3 (play/fly)Dave basketball. He a model plane.

4 (talk/read)Anna to Brian. She a book.

S (sleep/climb)The cat under the tree. It.. the tree.

e Look at the picture in Exercise 4. Write questions and answers.1 Corky / sleep? Is ..9.~r.~..~.'.~.~p.~'!.g? No, ..~~..(~'!.~~= .2 loe / look at the birds? Is ? Yes, .3 the cat / drink milk? ? .4 Brian / listen to music? ? .S Anna / do her homework? ? .6 Vicky / play basketball? ? .

G Read the answers. Then write the questions.1 Where ..~r~}~~y..p.~~y.~f!f} ? They're playing in the park.2 Who ? Brian's listening to music.3 What ? Dave's wearing jeans and a T-shirt.4 Who ? Vicky is playing tennis.S What ? Corky's drinking milk.6 Where ? They're going home now.

Spelling rules: verb + -ing

Verbs that end in -e Verbs that end in a vowel + consonant:

dance -+ e -+ dancing swim -+ mm -+ swimmingcome -+ e -+ coming run -+ nn -+ runningclose -+ e -+ closing stop -+ pp -+ stoppingride -+ e -+ riding sit -+ tt -+ sittingwrite -+ e -+ writing

Look!

n G look, read and write.

Quiet. Corky! We..~~~.~~(r1g .our homework!

I. chocolate!Look. Corky! Yummy!

1~

Yes! He now!We can do our homework.

4 close? sing X

e Write the -ing forms. /

play + -ing = playing dance + -ing = dancing stop + -ing = stopping

1 ................................... 4 ................................... 7 ...................................2 ................................... 5 ................................... 8 ...................................3 ................................... 6 ................................... 9 ...................................

o Look, read and write.

4 you / sleep?

n 4I!) Play a memory game.A: Look at the picture in Exercise 4. Ask questions about it.B: Look at the picture in Exercise 4. Then close your book and answer the questions.

~ Yes. that's right.)

Now swap roles.