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LANGUAGE REVIEW

You can use the vocabulary of this unit to:


talk about activities: What are you doing? I'm listening to music.
talk about facts: I speak Spanish. I watch TV at night.
GRAMMAR
Present continuous: What are you doing? I'm talking with Kate.
Present continuous and simple present: Luis speaks Spanish. He's talking to Ana now.
Short answers: Where is Luis? In his office.
PRONUNCIATION
Verb stress with -ing endings: What are you doing? I'm taking a break.
Wh- question stress: What are you doing?
VOCABULARY
Events
watch a movie
go to a concert
watch a basketball game
see a play
go to a party
have a picnic
go on a trip
go to the beach
READING AND WRITING
Read movie schedules. Write an invitation note.

Grammar: Present Continuous


Listen to the grammar explanations and examples.

1. Use the present continuous for actions that


are happening now.
Luis is watching TV now.
He's talking with Chris.

2. To form the present continuous, use am, is,


or are plus the -ing form of the verb.
Emi and Kate are having a snack.
Dave is making a call on his cell phone.

3. To make the negative, put the word not after


the verb be.
Maggie is sleeping now.
Maggie is not sleeping now.
She isn't sleeping now.
We also say:
She's not sleeping now.
Ana and Sam are eating.
Ana and Sam are not eating.
They aren't eating.
We also say:
They're not eating.

4. To make yes-no questions in the present continuous, put the


verb be at the beginning of the question.
Is Luis sending a fax now?
Yes, he is.
Are Ana and Chris having a meeting now?
No, they aren't.

5. To make information questions in the present continuous, put the


question words what, where, and how much before the verb be.
WhereLuis is watching TV?
In his room.

6. We use the question, What are you doing? to ask about actions
in general.
Kate: What are you doing?
Emi: I'm watching TV.
Paul: What's Maggie doing?
Laura: She's studying.

Grammar: Present Continuous/Simple


Present

Listen to the grammar explanations and examples.

1. Use the present continuous for actions that


are happening now.
Laura is working now.
She's talking with Chris now.

2. Use the simple present tense for facts. Use


the simple present with frequency adverbs.
Luis speaks three languages.
Luis usually watches TV at night.

3. We also use the simple present tense with


want, need, and like.
Luis wants to take a break.
Chris needs a snack.
Chris likes Ana.

Grammar: Short As-Present Cont./Simple


Pres.
Listen to the grammar explanations and examples.

1. For short answers to present continuous


questions, use only the verb be.
Is Luis watching TV?
Yes, he is.
Use contractions for negative short answers.
Are Luis and Kate talking on the phone?
No, they aren't.
...or...
No, they're not.

2. These are information questions with who in


the present continuous.
Who is talking to Emi?
Who are you talking to?

3. In conversations, we usually give short answers to information


questions.
We don't repeat the verb.
Laura: Who are you talking to?
Paul: Maggie.
Emi: What are you watching?
Kate: The news.
Remember, we don't answer the question.
What are you watching? with Watching the news.

4. Here are some other information questions and short answers.


Celia: Who's that woman?
Julie: Ana.
Cara: What's that?
Pat: My new DVD.
Ali: Where's the party?
Cesar: At my house.
Jane: When's the meeting?
Diane: At twelve o'clock.

5. For short answers to questions in the simple present tense, use


do or does. Use does for he, she, it, and singular nouns. Use
do for I, you, we, they, and plural nouns.
Professor: Do you like this course?
Student: Yes, I do.
Emi: Does Yoko like this course?
Jin: Yes, she does.
For negative short answers, use don't and doesn't.
Clerk: Do you want the Vista TV?
Emi: No, I don't.
Boss: Does she want the big TV?
Clerk: No, she doesn't.

Kate: Be right back.


Luis: Hello.
Chris: Luis? This is Chris.
Luis: Hi, Chris. What's up?
Chris: Not much. What are you doing?
Luis: Right now, I'm taking a break. I have so much work to do tonight.
Chris: Oh.
Luis: What are you doing?
Chris: I'm at the Rock right now. I'm having a snack with Kate.
Luis: Oh, cool. Can I join you?
Chris: Sure. Come on down.
Kate: Who's that?
Chris: It's Luis.
Kate: Oh, Luis. Can I talk to him?
Chris: Sure. (to Luis) Hang on a second. Kate wants to say something.
Kate: Luis?
Luis: Yes. Hi, Kate.
Kate: Hi. What are you doing?
Luis: Oh, you know me. Work, work, work.
Kate: Well, why don't you take a break? Chris and I are having a bite to eat here at the Rock.
Luis: I know. I'm planning to ...
Kate: Why don't you come and join us?
Luis: Yeah, sure. I'm on my way.
Kate: OK. Bye.

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