Unit 21: WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

Vocabulary

dance	/dɑːns/	v
do	/duː/	v
draw	/drɔː/	v
drink	/drɪŋk/	v
eat	/iːt/	v
night club	/’naɪt,klʌb/	n
read	/riːd/	v
run	/rʌn/	v
sing	/sɪŋ/	v
sleep	/sliːp/	v,n
smoke	/sməʊk/	v
today	/təˈdeɪ/	adv, n
type	/taɪp/	v
stand up	/ˈstænd,ʌp/	v
work	/wɜːk/	v
write	/raɪt/	v

Listening

Anne: Hello, Linda. Is Jack here? Linda: No, he isn’t. Anne: Is he working today? Linda: No, he isn’t working today. He’s in the kitchen. Anne: What’s he doing? Linda: He’s cooking. Anne: What are you doing? Linda: I’m reading.

Grammar

The present continuous tense

Affirmative	S + be + verb-ing
Negative	S + be not + verb-ing
Interrogative	Be + s + verb-ing

* AFFIRMATIVE

S	be	verb-ing
I	‘m am	eating.
She	‘s is
He
It
You	‘re are
You
We
We
They

* NEGATIVE

S	be not	verb-ing
I	‘m not am not	eating.
She	‘s not isn’t
He
It
You	‘re not aren’t
You
We
We
They

* QUESTION

Be	s	verb-ing
Am	I	eating?
Is	she
	he
	it
Are	you
	you
	we
	we
	they

* ANSWER

Yes,	you are.		No,	you aren’t.
	she he it	is.		she he it	isn’t.
	I am.			I’m not.
	we you we they	are.		we you we they	aren’t.

Language Summary

I	‘m am	working. sleeping. eating. drinking. sitting. standing.
	‘m not am not
He She It	‘s is
	isn’t is not
We You They	‘re are
	aren’t are not

Am	I	working? sleeping? eating? drinking? sitting? standing?	Yes,	you are.	No,	you aren’t.
Is	he she it			he is. she is. it is.		he isn’t. she isn’t. it isn’t.
Are	you you we we they			I am. we are. you are. we are. they are.		I’m not. we aren’t. you aren’t. we aren’t. they aren’t.