Present Continuous Tense. Worksheet for listening. Grammar

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WHERE IS EVERYONE?

TASK 1. Solve the scrambled words.

TASK 2. Two people discuss what their family is doing at the moment. Listen and answer the following questions about the interview.

Audio: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/elllo-audio/grammar/L3-03-PresentContinuous-DanielHanna-Everyone.mp3

1) What is John doing?

 a) studying

 b) resting

 c) shopping

2) What is Emma doing?

 a) watching TV

 b) shopping

 c) studying

3) What are Marcus and Emily doing?

 a) working

 b) having fun

 c) studying

4) What is Alex doing?

 a) cooking

 b) sleeping

 c) leaving

5) What is his mom doing?

 a) cooking dinner

 b) shopping

 c) dancing

6) What is his dad doing?

 a) working

 b) sleeping

 c) golfing

7) What is his brother probably doing?

 a) studying

 b) playing soccer

 c) playing video games

8) What is his sister doing?

 a) studying at school

 b) playing soccer

 c) playing video games

TASK 3. Where is everyone? Write names below the pictures.

 __________        __________     ___________    ______________

  _________    _______________   ____________   ____________

TASK 4. Using your answers and the pictures, make sentences about each person.

1) ___________________________________________________

2) ___________________________________________________

3) ___________________________________________________

4) ___________________________________________________

5) ___________________________________________________

6) ___________________________________________________

7) ___________________________________________________

8)____________________________________________________

TASK 5. Where is your family now? What are they doing at the moment? Tell your class.

SCRIPT

Part 1: Daniel goes to Hana's house.

Daniel: Hey, I'm really sorry I'm late. I came as fast as I could.

Hana: It's OK. Nobody has really come yet.

Daniel: Why? Where are they?

Hana: Well, John is shopping. He is getting some food.

Daniel: OK, what about Emma? Where is she?

Hana: Emma has an exam, so she is studying and she is going to come later.

Daniel: OK, how about Alex? I don't see him around.

Hana: Oh, Alex is over there. He is preparing for the BBQ.

Daniel: Oh, yeah, that's right. And how about Marcus and Emily?

Hana: They are over there. They are playing.

Daniel: Oh, so how many people are left? Who else is coming?

Hana: Uh, I don't know. No one has really contacted me yet.

Daniel: Oh, well, let's hope we can get around ten people maybe.

Hana: Yes, I hope so.

Daniel: Cool!

Part 2: Hana goes to Daniel's house.

Hana: Hello!

Daniel: Hello, come in.

Hana: Where is everyone?

Daniel: Well, everyone is doing something right now.

Hana: Oh, really? Where's your mom?

Daniel: My mom? She's at the mall. I think she's shopping. I think she's getting the groceries for the week.

Hana: Oh! How about your dad?

Daniel: Well, every weekend he goes to the country club, so I think he's playing golf with his friend now.

Hana: Where's your brother and sister?

Daniel: My brother, he's upstairs. I think he's probably sleeping or playing video games as he always does. And my sister, she's at school. She's playing soccer cause she has a game today.

Hana: Oh, really? When does the game start?

Daniel: I think in twenty or thirty minutes.

Hana: Let's go watch it.

Daniel: Really, that sounds fun. Let's go.

KEYS

Task 1: studying, shopping, watching TV, working, cooking, sleeping, dancing, golfing, playing soccer, playing video games.

Task 2: 1.C 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.B.

Task 3: 1) John; 2) Emma; 3) Daniel’s dad; 4) Daniel’s brother;

5) Alex; 6) Marcus and Emily; 7) Daniel’s sister; 8) Daniel’s mom.

Task 4: 1) John is shopping. 2) Emma is studying. 3) Daniel’s dad is playing golf. 4) Daniel’s brother is playing video games. 5) Alex is cooking. 6) Marcus and Emily are playing. 7) Daniel’s sister is playing soccer. 8) Daniel’s mom is shopping.

Task 5: students’ answers.

This worksheet is based on https://elllo.org/english/grammar/L3-03-present-continuous.htm