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B GOAL Compare Everyday and Present-Time Activities
Listening
A In pairs, say what the people in each photo are doing.
B 🎧24 Listen to three phone calls. Match each call to two photos. Write the numbers on the photos.
C 🎧24 Listen again. In pairs, fill in the information below. Each of you fills in one section. Then tell your partner your answers.
Student A: What do these people usually do? When?
1. Alan and Karen usually ____________________________ on ____________.
2. Khaled usually______________________________________ in ____________.
3. Liam usually _______________________________________ on ____________.
Student B: What are these people doing now?
1. Alan and Karen ____________________________________________________.
2. Khaled _____________________________________________________________.
3. Liam _______________________________________________________________.
D Compare these sentences from the phone calls and answer the questions.
a. I'm ice skating with Alan. b. You usually go to the movies on Fridays.
1. Which sentence uses the simple present? __________________________________________________
2. Which sentence uses the present continuous? __________________________________________________
3. Which sentence is about an action happening now (or around the time of speaking)? __________________________________________________
4. Which sentence is about a habit or routine? __________________________________________________
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E Underline the correct verb form in each sentence.
1. I play I'm playing tennis now. Can I call you back?
2. We usually swim/ are swimming on Tuesdays and Fridays.
3. They don't meet / aren't meeting us. They're too busy today.
4. My sister doesn't get / isn't getting much exercise at the moment. She has her final exams.
F 🎧25 Read the information. Then listen to the strong and weak forms of the question What are you doing?
| PRONUNCIATION: Weak Form of What are you... |
| In natural speech, the question What are you...? is often reduced. It sounds like Whatcha...? Strong: /wʌt ar ju/ Weak: /wʌtʃǝ/ |
G 🎧26 Listen and check (✔) the form you hear. Then, listen again and repeat.
| Strong Form | Weak Form | |
| 1. What are you doing? | ||
| 2. What are you studying? | ||
| 3. What are you playing? | ||
| 4. What are you writing? |
Communication
H Match the questions to the answers.
1. What are you doing? _____________________________ a. I'm a doctor.
2. What do you do? _________________________________ b. Yes, I am. I have final exams in two weeks!
3. Where do you go for exercise? ___________________ c. No, not really. It's expensive and I like cooking.
4. Do you go swimming in the summer? ____________ d. I'm studying math.
5. Are you studying a lot at the moment? ___________ e. Sometimes, but I usually do yoga.
6. Do you often eat out? _____________________________ f. To a local gym. And I go running in the park.
I In pairs, take turns asking the questions in H and giving your own answers.
✔️GOAL CHECK
Compare Everyday and Present-Time Activities
1. Write three questions about everyday activities using the simple present, and three questions about present-time activities using the
present continuous.
2. In pairs, ask and answer your questions.
What are you reading...?
Where do you usually...
Are you...?
Do you...?
