VOCABULARY PREVIEW

1. actor 5. player 9. SWImmer

2. dancer 6. smger 10. teacher
3. driver 7. skater 11. typist
4. instructor 8. skier 12. violinist

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 They're Busy

Am I am. (I am) I'm

Is
{ }
he
she
it eating? Yes,
re
she
it
}
is.
(He is)
(She is)
(It is)
He's
She's
It's eating.

Are { you
we
they
}
p:u }
they
are.
(We are)
(You are)
(They are)
We're
You're
They're

A. Are you busy?

B. Yes, I am. I'm studying.
A. What are you studying?
B. I'm studying English.

1. Is Alan busy? 2. Is Doris busy? 3. Are your parents busy?

baking • cookies reading • the newspaper painting • the kitchen

4. Are you busy? 5. Are you and Tom busy? 6. Is Ann busy?
writing • a letter cooking • dinner knitting • a sweater

7. Is your brother busy? 8. Are Mr. and Mrs. Garcia 9. Is Beethoven busy?
ironing • his shirts busy? composing • a symphony
cleaning • their garage
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 What Are They Doing?

Do
r}we
you
they eat? Yes, r}
we
you
they
do. We
I
You
They
} eat.

Does {
he
she
it
} } does.
He
She
It
} eats.

A. Wha t are you doing?

B. I'm practicing the piano.
A. Do you practice the piano very often?
B. Yes, I do. I practice the piano
whenever I can.

1. What's Carol doing? 2. What's Edward doing? 3. What are you doing?
watch the news SWlm study math

4. What are Mr. and Mrs. 5. What are you and your 6. What's Mrs. Anderson
Park doing? friend doing? doing?
exerClse play Scrabble read poetry

7. What's Daniel doing? 8. What are you doing? 9.

play baseball with his chat online with my
daughter friends
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 Do You Like to Ski?

I'm not . ..
} don't. He }
{ you (do not) She isn't . . .
No, they It (is not)

} doesn't. We }
{ it You aren't . . .
(does not)
They (are not)

A. Do you like to ski?

B. No, I don't. I'm not a very good skier.

1. Does Richard like to 2. Does Brenda like to 3. Do Mr. and Mrs. Adams
sing? swim? like to skate?
smger skaters

4. Does Arthur like to 5. Do you like to type? 6. Do you and your friend
dance? typist like to act?
dancer actors

7. Does your grandmother 8. Do you like to play 9. Does Howard like to

like to drive? sports? cook?
driver athlete cook

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 PRACTICING

My sisters, my brother, and I are busy this afternoon. We're staying after school, and we're
practicing different things.

I'm practicing soccer. I practice soccer My sister Anita is practicing tennis. She
every day after school. My soccer coach tells practices tennis every day after school. Her
me I'm an excellent soccer player, and my tennis coach tells her she's an excellent tennis
friends tell me I play soccer better than player, and her friends tell her she plays
anyone else in the school. I want to be a tennis better than anyone else in the school.
professional soccer player when I grow up. Anita wants to be a professional tennis player
That's why I practice every day. when she grows up. That's why she practices
every day. .

My brother Hector is practicing the violin. My sisters Jenny and Vanessa are
He practices the violin every day after school. practicing ballet. They practice ballet every day
His music teacher tells him he's an excellent after school. Their ballet instructor tells them
violinist, and his friends tell him he plays the they're excellent ballet dancers, and their
violin better than anyone else in the school. friends tell them they dance better than anyone
Hector wants to be a professional violinist else in the school. Jenny and Vanessa want to
when he grows up. That's why he practices be professional ballet dancers when they grow
every day. up. That's why they practice every day.

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How Often?
:: 5\ - 1

I my me
he his him
she her her
it its it
we our us
you your you
they their them

Time Expressions
every day/week/weekend/month/year once a }
every morning/afternoon/evening/night twice a day/week/month/year
every Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/. . . three times a
every Sunday morning/ afternoon/ evening/night
every January/February/March/. . . all the time

A. Who are you calling?

B. I'm calling my sister in San Francisco.
A. How often do you call her?
B. I call her every Sunday evening.

A. What are George and Herman talking about?

B. They're talking about their grandchildren.
A. How often do they talk about them?
B. They talk about them all the time.

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1. Who is Mr. Tanaka calling? 2. Who is Mrs. amer writing to?
son in New York daughter in the army

3. What are the students talking about? 4. Who is Lenny arguing with?
teachers landlord

5. Who is Martha sending an e-mail to? 6. Who is Mr. Crabapple shouting at?
granddaughter in Orlando employees

7. What are your parents complaining about? 8. What is George watching?

telephone bill favorite TV talk show

9. Who is Little Red Riding Hood visiting? 10.

grandmother
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 Uow to Say It!
Asking for and Reacting to Information
A. Tell me, where are y ou from?
B. I'm from Madagascar.
Oh.
Really?
A. { Oh, really?
That's interesting.
Practice the interactions on this page, using
expressions for asking for and reacting to information.

INTERACTIONS Sharing Information

Talking about yourself:

Where are you from? What do you do?

Where do you live now? Where do you work / study?

Talking about family:

Talking about interests:

Practice conversations with other students. Get to know each other as you talk about
yourselves, your families, and your interests.
* wife , husband , mother, father, daughter, son , sister, brother, grandmothe r, grandfather, granddaughter, grandson ,
aunt, uncle, cousin

Write in your journal

about yourself, your
family, and your
interests.

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 PRONUNCIATION Reduced are
Listen. Then say it. Say it. Then listen.
Who are you calling? Who are you writing to?
What are they talking about? What are they complaining about?
Where are you from? Where are they studying?
What are you doing? What are their names?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE To BE: SHORT ANSWERS

(I am) I'm Am am. I'm not.

(He is) He's he he he
(She is) She's Is she she is. she isn't.
(It is) It's eating. it eating? Yes, it No, it
(We are) We're we we we
(You are) You're Are you you are. you aren't.
(They are) They're they they they
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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

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We eat. Do we we do. we don't .
You you you you
They they eat? Yes, they No, they

He he he he
She eats. Does she she does. she doesn't.
It it it it
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Subject Pronouns Possessive Adjectives Object Pronouns

I my me
he his him
she her her
it its it
we our us
you your you
they their them

Choose the correct answer.

1. Mark is busy. ( He irons He's ironing ) his 5. Why (are do) your neighbors
pants and shirts this morning. (argue arguing) with the landlord today?
2. My daughter (chats is chatting ) online 6. (Is Does) your son (practice practicing
with her friends every day. the piano every day?
3. (We We're) watch (are our) favorite 7. ( I'm calling I call ) my cousins in Denver once
TV program every afternoon. a month.
4. A. What (are our) Ann and Rita S. A. (Is Does) your wife working today?
(do doing)? B. No, she (is isn't). She (isn't doesn't
B. (They're Their) talking about work on Saturday.
(they're their) grandchildren.
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