THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE READING AND WRITING Task 1. Odd one out. 1. a. reading b. writing c. morning d. listening 2. a. now b. exercise c. mask d. plane 3. a. what b. would c. why d. how 4. a. paper b. picture c. puppet d. painting 5. a. yellow b. pink c. black d. draw Task 2. Read and match. 1. What are they doing? A. I can play volleyball. 1 - ……. 2. What day is it today? B. No, she can’t. 2 - ……. 3. What can you do? C. they are writing a dictation. 3 - ……. 4. What’s he doing? D. It’s Wednesday. 4 - ……. 5. Can she play table tennis? E. He’s painting a mask. 5 - ……. Task 3. Look and write. There is one example. Example: lipynag madinbont → playing badminton 1. napitign samsk → _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. mikagn peputsp → _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. wadring pectruis → _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. niwatchg veidos → _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. netisling to micus → _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ Task 4. Read and tick or cross . There are two examples. Nam is playing badminton. Tom is playing football. Examples: A. B. 1. Phong and Quan are drawing pictures. 2. They're painting masks. 3. He is writing a letter. 4. They are making kites. 5. Students are making paper boats. Task 5. Read, complete and fill in the answers. There is one example (0) for each. My name’s Sue. I’m 9 years old. I’m from(0) London, England. I’m a student at Rosewood Primary School. My favourite subject is (1) ……………………….. This is the photo of my classroom. Look! We are having an Art lesson. I am (2) …………………………. a small house with a nice garden. Jimmy is (3) …………………………….. a mask. Lisa is (4) ………………………. a puppet. Sam and Tom are (5) …………………….. Sarah is watching a video about making paper planes. We have a lot of fun during Art lessons. Send me a photo of you and your friends during an art lesson and tell me what you are doing there. Sue 0. Who writes this email? – It's Sue. 1. What is Sue doing? – She's ___________________________________________. 2. How many children are there in her class? – There are ______________________________________. 3. What is Jimmy doing? – He's ___________________________________________. 4. What are Sam and Tom doing? – They're _______________________________________. 5. Is Sarah making paper planes? – ________________________________________________. Task 6. Put the words in order. 1.are/ Quan/ making/ and/ paper/ Phong/ planes ……………………………………………………………. 2. She/ in/ exercise/ the/ is/ playground/ doing ……………………………………………………………. 3. is/ He/ in/ painting/ his/ picture/a/ room ……………………………………………………………. 4.the/ are/ The/ puppet/ a/ girls/ making/classroom/in ……………………………………………………………. 5.Are/ a/ having/ they/ lesson/ Music? ……………………………………………………………. Task 7. Writing sentence basing on available words, the first one has been done for you as an example. 1 – What / Mary /doing? - > What is Mary doing? She / watch/ TV. -> She is watching TV. 2 - What / Mai/ doing? …………………………………………………………… She / write/ a letter. …………………………………………………………… 3 – What/ Hoang and her sister/ doing? ………………………………… They / reading / a book. …………………………………………………………… 4 - What / Tony and Linda / doing? …………………………………………………………… They / making / a puppet. …………………………………………………………… 5 - What / Michael/ doing? …………………………………………………………… He / take photographs. …………………………………………………………… Task 8. Read and number the sentences in the correct order. The conversation begins with 0. 0. A Miss Yumi: Hello, Akiko. What are you doing? B Akiko: Over there! She’s reading a comic book in the classroom. C Miss Yumi: Playing hide-and-seek? Where’s Nara? D Akiko: No, she isn’t. Look! Suka is drawing a picture under the tree. E Miss Yumi: Where’s Suka? Is she reading a comic book with Nara, too? F Akiko: Hello, Miss Yumi. I’m playing hide-and-seek with my friends.