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Unit 3 Present Continuous

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Unit

3 I am doing (present continuous)


A
I’m eating. We’re running.

She’s eating. It’s raining. !ey’re running.


She isn’t reading. !e sun isn’t shining. !ey aren’t walking.

!e present continuous is:


am/is/are + doing/eating/running/writing etc.

I am (not) I’m working. I’m not watching TV.


he Maria is reading a newspaper.
she is (not) She isn’t eating. (or She’s not eating.)
it -ing !e bus is coming.
we We’re having dinner.
you are (not) You’re not listening to me. (or You aren’t listening …)
they !e children are doing their homework.

B am/is/are + -ing = something is happening now:

I’m working
she’s wearing a hat
they’re playing football
I’m not watching TV

past now future


Please be quiet. I’m working. (= I’m working now)
Look, there’s Sarah. She’s wearing a brown coat. (= she is wearing it now)
!e weather is nice. It’s not raining.
‘Where are the children?’ ‘!ey’re playing in the park.’
(on the phone) We’re having dinner now. Can I call you later?
You can turn off the television. I’m not watching it.
Spelling (→ Appendix 5):
come → coming write → writing dance → dancing
run → running sit → sitting swim → swimming
lie → lying

am/is/are ➜ Unit 1 are you doing? (questions) ➜ Unit 4 I am doing and I do ➜ Unit 8
What are you doing tomorrow? ➜ Unit 25
Exercises Unit

What are these people doing? Use these verbs to complete the sentences:
3
eat have lie play sit wait

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 She’s eating an apple. 4 on the floor.


2 He for a bus. 5 breakfast.
3 !ey football. 6 on the table.
Complete the sentences. Use these verbs:
build cook go have stand stay swim work

1 Please be quiet. I ’m working .


2 ‘Where’s John?’ ‘He’s in the kitchen. He .’
3 ‘You on my foot.’ ‘Oh, I’m sorry.’
4 Look! Somebody in the river.
5 We’re here on holiday. We at the Central Hotel.
6 ‘Where’s Sue?’ ‘She a shower.’
7 !ey a new hotel in the city centre at the moment.
8 I now. Goodbye.

Look at the picture. Write sentences about Jane. Use She’s -ing or She isn’t -ing.
1 (have dinner) Jane isn’t having dinner.
2 (watch TV) She’s watching TV.
3 (sit on the floor) She
4 (read a book)
5 (play the piano)
6 (laugh)
7 (wear a hat)
8 (drink coffee)
Jane

What’s happening now? Write true sentences.


1 (I / wash / my hair) I’m not washing my hair.
2 (it / snow) It’s snowing. or It isn’t snowing.
3 (I / sit / on a chair)
4 (I / eat)
5 (it / rain)
6 (I / learn / English)
7 (I / listen / to music)
8 (the sun / shine)
9 (I / wear / shoes)
10 (I / read / a newspaper)

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