Hello!

It seems  rather difficult for some of you to use the Present Continuous without forgetting something: either the verb to be or the -ing ending of the verb. So we need to keep practicing.

Yesterday we did an exercise in the book. It took quite a while, because we had to repeat and repeat the questions and the answers. It must be the spring.

The questions were like this one:

What's Mary doing in the living room?

And the the answers:

She is playing a game.

Later we reviewed the set of actions and learned a few new ones. The new actions are household chores:

Do the dishes, make a bed, do the laundry, hang the clothes, take the rubbish out, mop the floor, do the dusting, vacuum.

I underlined the verb itself, the part that you must use for the Present Continuous. Example:  My father is doing the dishes. My mother is mopping the floor. I am making my bed.

Other verbs that we studied are:

Shout, carry, bounce (the ball), argue.

We played Around the World. Children in this group tend to shout when they are playing this game. They think that if they shout they will win. But it doesn't work that way. You have to be faster and pronounce the words correctly. Shouting doesn't help.

HOMEWORK

What's the woman doing?

What's the girl doing?

Now, draw all the members of your family doing different house chores. You must include yourself. Say what everybody is doing.
Then answer the questions:

1. Is your father taking the rubbish out?

2. Is your mother making a bed?

3. Is your brother/sister cooking?

4. Are you doing the dusting?

Example:  Is your sister cooking? No, she isn't. She is doing the dishes.