On vacation # Student Book #17 Present progressive: affirmative and negative 'm talking to my friend, tm not having dinner. You're wearing a cool jacket. You aren't eating your pizza. He's / She's / It’s drinking water. He She / itisn’t running, We're / You're / They're dancing. We /You / They aren’t playing soccer. ‘We form the present progressive with subject + amjislare + -ing form, The -ing form of a verb is usually base form + ~ play + -ing -» playing Sometimes there are changes in spelling. * consonant + -¢: take off the -e ride — riding (NOT rideing) * stressed vowel + consonant (except y): double the final consonant run— running ‘T Write the -ing forms of the verbs. Tread reading 2 go stop write walk study have swim, 2 Choose the correct answers. 1 Laren’t (Gm noDiistening to you. 2 They aren't / isn’t cleaning their rooms. 3 You ‘re /’s wearing a beautiful dress. 4 The catis / are sleeping on my bed. 5 Weisn't / aren’ staying in an expensive hotel. 6 Dads / are setting the table for dinner. ig. ‘We use the present progressive to talk about actions happening now, or around now. Right now, he’s eating pizza. I'm studying English this year. We're studying Chinese this term. We also use it to talk about situations now. We're staying in a hotel. 'm not wearing a sweater today. 3 Complete the postcard with the correct present progressive forms of the verbs. Buongiomno! 1m staying (tay) with emy cousin im Waly for two ya because: my but my aunt # cook tralian weeks and it's awesome! (oot learn) a Not of Haan cousins always epeak to me in Engh, Geach) me to food. (can make amazing pizza now “Today is Sunday, 90 we 4 (pot do) a at. Fight now, |S (et) oes to the pool and ny aut and uncle (make) spaghetti alla carbonara — my favorite lund in the workdt See you 8000, Sara | can use the affirmative and negative forms of the present progressive. ®O @O @O€ Student Book 7.19 Present progressive: questions and answers (On vacation Cs Am | staying here? lam. What am | doing? Are you / we / they going Yes, | you / we / they are. you / we / | watching 7 Why are shopping? he / she / it they this movie? Is he / she / it feeling cold? I'm not. How is he / she / it | feeling? No, | you / we / they aren't. he / she / it isn’t. CMD = We form yes/no questions in the present progressive with this structure: AmiisjAre + subject + -ing form 4 Order the words to make questions. Then complete the short answers. We form Wh. questions in the present progressive with this structure: Question word + am/is/are + subject + -ing form .. 5 Read the answers and complete the questions. Use the present progressive and the question words. 1 are / studying / you / ? how what what what why why ‘Are you studying? Yes,| am. 2 wearing / is / sunscreen / your brother / ? 1 "What are 2 * No, he -you____drawing ?” —_—__ 3. park / you / are / sunbathing / in / (you / draw) (we / run) “vs a picture of you, “Because that’s our bus!” the/? No, we 2 4 she //is/ the / to / listening / teacher /? Yes, she 5am / your / sitting /1 / chair / in /? Yes, you 6 you / feeling / tired / are / ? No, | Fy (your brother / do) “He's learning to surf.” all those sweaters?” (you / wear) “Because I'm cold!” i (the dog / eat) “"My homework! Stop it, Benji!” (you / feel) “Tired, but very happy.” {can use the question and answer forms in the present progressive. @O @O @Ouaz) € Student Book .27 Simple present vs present progressive | usually have lunch at school. Today, I’m having lunch at home. He plays soccer on Fridays. He's playing soccer right now. We don’t eat meat. We're vegetarians. We aren’t eating meat this evening. We're eating fish ‘We use the simple present to talk about routines and habits, and things that are generally true. have lunch at 12:30. My sister doesn’t eat meat. ‘We can use the simple present with adverbs of frequency like never, sometimes, often, usually, and always. | usually walk to school, but I sometimes go by car. ‘We can also use other time expressions with the simple present to say when or how often we do things. * on weekends / Sundays * every day / week / year | visit my grandparents on Sundays. We eat vegetables every day. ‘I Read sentences A and B. Which time expressions can you use to complete each sentence? Write A or B. ‘A | walk in the park . B I'm walking in the park. 1 at the moment. B. 4 right now. 2 on Sundays. 5 every day. 3 today. 2 write simple present or present progressive sentences. 1 we / have / lunch / right now 2 my brother / never / clean / his room 3 our grandparents / stay / with us / at the moment 4 ‘Ellie / study / English / every day 5 the students / usually / walk / to schoo! 6 1/ not wear / my jacket / today We use the present progressive for actions happening now or around now. I'm sunbathing on the beach, ‘We can use time expressions with the present. progressive to say exactly when something is happening. * today * this moming / afternoon / evening © tonight * (right) now * at the moment 1'm reading right now. We aren't studying today. 3 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Use the correct simple present or present progressive forms of the verbs. Tom usually The students ‘getsup (getup) (lay) early, but today soccer this afternoon. he? (have) They * breakfast in bed. (have) P.E. every Wednesday. « affin® | usually * We usually (eat) healthy food, but” (go) to today 1¢ the beach on vacation, (have) ice cream! but this summer we® (hike) {can use the simple present and the present progressive. ®O ©O @O€ Student Book ».29 ( My kind of day Possessive pronouns cn | We can use a possessive pronoun in place of a This is my book. This book is mine. Dera amass ‘These are your gloves. These gloves are yours. Ws my hoodie. ~ It's mine. is this his skateboard? Is this skateboard his? |W use the same form for singular and plural nouns. This isn'ther phone. _| This phone isn’t hers. This swirnsult s hers. These gloves are hers. “These aren‘t our bikes. These bikes aren’t ours.) W€ USE a possessive pronoun when it's clear which This isn't your pizza. _| This pizza isn’t yours. call see eoacece! (eer enecessary to Are these their hoodies? | Are these hoodies theirs? | ““™ This bike is yours. (NOT This bike is your bike.) We can ask questions about possession with Whose ... ? and answer them with possessive pronouns. Whose hat is this? Ws mine. Whose coats are these? ‘They're ours. 4 Replace the green words with possessive pronouns. 1 These aren't my sister's flip-flops. Her flip-flops are blue. Hers 2 That isn’t my swimsuit. My swimsuit is in my backpack. 3 This isn’t my brother's room. His room is next to the bathroom. 4 These aren’t your sodas. Your sodas are on the table. 5 That isn’t my parents’ car. Their car is red. 6 This isn't our bus. Our bus doesn’t go to the city center. 5 Complete the conversations with the correct possessive pronouns. Max: Whose dog is this? Max: Excuse me, Mrs. Bell's. Max:--Oh, hiMom. yours thisdog*—_____? Mom: Max, thisis Toby. Mrs. Bell: No, it isn’t our dog He's a present for Mr. Kerr: s___is black your birthday. He's But Mr. and white. Is it 7 and Mrs. Bell at number Mr. Kerr's? Max: Really?! Cool! Thanks, 64 have adog. Maybe Max:_—_No, Mr Kerr says the Mom! vss dog isn't ¢ Is a mystery! can use possessive pronouns. ®O @O @O