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ENERGY SOURCES
LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

GRAMMAR:
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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HOBBIES

WARM-UP
1. She / now / English / learning / is / .
She is learning English now.
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2. are / They / not / energy / using / solar / .
They are not using solar energy.
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3. project / you / on / working / are / your / ?
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Are you working on your Project?
4. studying / brother / Where / your / is / ?
She is learning English now.
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5. basketball / She / yard / the / in / playing / is / school / ?
She is playing basketball in the school yard.
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PRESENTATION
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRACTICE

1 Work in pairs. Tell your partner what the people in the pictures are doing.

a. She is teaching maths/ is
writing on the board.

b. They are playing football/
soccer.

PRACTICE

1 Work in pairs. Tell your partner what the people in the pictures are doing.

c. She is riding her bike/ bicycle.

d. She is cooking.

PRACTICE

1 Work in pairs. Tell your partner what the people in the pictures are doing.

e. She is singing.

f. He is watering the flowers/ plans.
He is doing gardening.

PRACTICE

2 Complete the sentences, using the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
is talking
1. Mai (talk) ____________
about types of energy sources now.
are using
2. We (use) ____________
solar energy to replace energy from coal today.
are taking
3. Keep quiet! The students of Class 7C (take) ____________ a test.
developing new energy sources to protect the environment.
4. Scientists (develop) are
____________
are reducing the use of nuclear energy nowadays.
5. We (reduce) ____________

PRACTICE

3 Circle the correct form of the verb in each sentence.

1. Are you still work / working on

2. Nam and Lan do / are doing

your project now?

quite well at school this year.

PRACTICE

3 Circle the correct form of the verb in each sentence.

3. Does she study / Is she studying

4. Hoa studies / is studying for her exam,

at the school library at the

so she can't come to the party right now.

moment?

PRACTICE

3 Circle the correct form of the verb in each sentence.

5. We have / are having English
three times a week.

PRACTICE

4

Write sentences about what the people are doing or not doing,
using the suggestions.

1. The students / do the project / now.
The students are doing the project now.
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2. Mrs Lien / teach us about solar energy / at the moment.
Mrs Lien is teaching us about solar energy at the moment.
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3. They / learn about energy / this month.
_______________________________________________
They are learning about energy this month.
4. She / not swim / in the swimming pool / right now.
She is not swimming in the swimming pool right now.
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5. Nowadays, people in Iceland / not use energy from coal.
Nowadays, people in Iceland are not using energy from coal.
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PRACTICE

5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What book are you reading now?
2. What sport are you playing these days?
3. What courses are you taking this term?
4. What are you doing to save energy?

CONSOLIDATION

1 WRAP-UP
GRAMMAR:
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

CONSOLIDATION

2 HOMEWORK
 Do exercises in the workbook.

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