21 What are these people doing? Use these verbs to complete the sentences.

eat have lie play sit wait

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

2. He ……………………………for a bus. 5 …. breakfast.

3. They football. 6 …. on the table.

22 What's happening at the moment? 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) ……………………………………………………………

23 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 television) …She’s watching television…

3. (sit on the floor) She

4. (read a book)

5. (play the piano)

6. (laugh)

7. (wear a hat)

8. (write a letter)

24 In pairs. Look at the pictures and say what the people there are doing.

25 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

1 What is your father doing in the living-room?

(read / book) ____________________________________________________

2 What are Tom and Tina doing in the disco?

(dance) _______________________________________________________

3. What are we doing?

(listen / records) ________________________________________________

4. What is the baby doing?

(cry) _________________________________________________________

5. What is your sister doing in the bathroom?

(have / a bath) __________________________________________________

6. What are the boys doing in the park?

(play / football) __________________________________________________

7. What is your cat doing?

(eat) _________________________________________________________

8. What are the children doing?

(drink / Coke) ___________________________________________________

9. What are you doing?

(answer / questions) ____________________________________________

Questions and answers in present continuous tense

? (1)

Am

I

sleeping playing cooking

now?

Is

he (she, it)

Are

you (we, they)

Yes,

he ( she, it)

is.

No,

he (she, it)

is

not.

you ( we, they)

are.

you ( we, they)

are

I

am.

I

am

? (2)

Where How What Why

am

I

doing going playing reading

now?

is

he (she, it)

are

you (we, they)

BUT: Who is playing now? – They are. / I am. / We are.