‘‘Success is the ability to go from one
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failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.’’
UNIT
UNIT What are you doing?
4 Listening
Unit 4 Chapter A
1. Listen to the text below.
David is not playing video games at this moment. He is studying for his Geography test tomorrow.
Pamela isn´t helping her mother, she is listening to music and watching TV right now.
Solange, who is David and Pamela´s mother, is cooking lunch and talking on the phone at the same time.
Her husband Richard is working right now.
Writing
2. Read the text above and answer the questions.
a) Who are the characters in the text?
b) Who has a test tomorrow?
c) Is Solange David and Pamela´s mother?
d) Is Richard Solange´s brother?
e) In your opinion, is the text difficult?
Comprehension
Grammar point: Present Continuous
O present continuous is usado para descrever uma ação que está em curso no momento.
O present continuous é formado por be + verb + ing.
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I am going I am not going Am I going?
He/She/It is going He isn´t going Is he going?
You/We/They are going We aren´t going Are we going?
Attention: ing form
1. Verbos terminados em “e”, retira-se o “e” e adiciona-se “ing”.
E.g.: Live = Living
2. Verbos terminados em CVC (consonant+vowel+consonant), dobra-se a última consoante e
adiciona-se “ing”.
E.g.: Swim = Swimming
3. Verbos terminados em “ie”, retira-se o “ie” e adiciona-se “y + ing”.
E.g.: Die = Dying
Tip: Alguns verbos tais como: be, like, want and need, normalmente não vão para o gerúndio.
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UNIT
Attention: ing form
4. Nem sempre uma palavra com ing significa dizer que ela esteja no gerúndio, podendo ser
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um substantivo (noun) ou um adjetivo.
E.g.: Noun
Swimming is a good sport.
Smoking is a bad habit.
E.g.: Adjective
My mom buys a new washing machine every year.
I need to buy a new swimming suit to go to the beach.
Writing
3. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb to be and the present continuous
tense of the verb in parentheses.
a) I ____________ (go) to the beach to learn how to swim.
b) I ____________ (eat) my lunch.
c) You ___________________ (swim) in the river.
d) She _________________ (read) a book.
e) Dad _________________ (make) a cake.
f ) My sister _________________ (listen) to music.
g) Peter ________________ (clean) his car.
h) ______ you ______________ (watch) TV? No, we ___________________ (study).
i) My brother and I _________________ (play) a computer game.
j) The teachers ____________________ (show) us a film.
Listening
4. Listen to the sentences and write them down.
a)____________________________________________________________________
b)____________________________________________________________________
c)____________________________________________________________________
d)____________________________________________________________________
e)____________________________________________________________________
f )____________________________________________________________________
g)____________________________________________________________________
h)____________________________________________________________________
i)_____________________________________________________________________
j)_____________________________________________________________________
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4 Listening
5. Listen to these verbs and time expressions:
Run Think Fix Now This time
Jump Chat Break Right now This weekend
Walk Use Sing Tonight At the moment
Speaking
6. Ask a classmate the questions below. Take turns when you finish.
a) What are you doing now?
b) Are you sleeping right now?
c) What is your mother doing?
d) Is your father cooking at this time?
e) Are you chatting online tonight?
Listening
7. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.
David: What are you ________ Melissa?
Melissa: _______________ reading a book
about insects.
David: ___________ enjoying it?
Melissa: Absolutely. ___________ this book!
Melissa: Are you ____________ any
interesting book?
David: No, not Right now. I´m ____________
hard for a history test.
Melissa: Well, good luck.
David: Thanks, good luck ____________
about insects.
Melissa: Thank you.
Speaking
8. Now Role-play the text between David and Melissa.
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What are you doing? UNIT
Listening
Unit 4 Chapter B
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1. Listen to these daily activities and practice them.
Get up Take a shower Get dressed
Have breakfast Go to work Start work
Have lunch Finish work Arrive home
Have dinner Watch TV Go to bed
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UNIT
4 Speaking
2. Ask a classmate the questions below about the things you do daily. Use adverbs of frequency in
your answers when possible.
a) Do you have breakfast every day?
b) Do you take a shower in the morning?
c) Do you watch TV after dinner?
d) Do you arrive home early?
e) Do you go to bed late?
Comprehension
Grammar point: Present Continuous
O present continuous é usado para descrever algo que está acontecendo no momento em que se
está falando, e também descrever situações temporárias. Já o Simple present é usado para falar de
hábitos ou ações repetidas, situações que são geralmente verdadeiras e permanentes.
E.g.: I listen to rock music every day, but today I´m listening to samba.
Writing
3. Fill in the blanks choosing between the simple present or present continuous.
Black is David´s dog. Black normally __________ (sleep) in David´s bedroom but today it __________
(sleep) outside. David _________ (play) video games every day, today he _________ (study) for his tests.
David usually __________ (take) Black out but today he __________ (not/do) it. Black is a happy dog,
now it is sad because David is not __________ (take) it out.
David´s mother Solange, she __________ (cook) every day. Today she __________ (cook) because she
__________ (eat) out with her family, they like to do this every weekend. Pamela __________ (not/go)
with them, she __________ (go) to the mall with some friends.
Pamela __________ (listen) to music every day, but recently she __________ (not/listen) to music, she
__________ (watch) TV.
Richard is David´s father, he __________ (be) an engineer. He likes to watch sports on TV, today he
_________ (not/watch) TV, he _________ (fix) his car. He always ________ (fix) his car, he likes to do that.
4. Now answer the questions about the text in exercise 3. Use long answers.
a) What is David doing today? _____________________________________________________________
b) Is David´s dog sleeping in his bedroom? ___________________________________________________
c) Does Pamela watch TV every day? ________________________________________________________
d) Does Solange cook every day? ____________________________________________________________
e) What is Richard fixing today? _____________________________________________________________
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Listening
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5. Listen to Rob and Lisa talking on the phone.
Rob: Hello? May I talk to Lisa?
Lisa: It´s me! Who is that?
Rob: Hey Lisa, it’s Rob. How are you?
Lisa: I´m fine. And you, Rob?
Rob: I´m good. Much better now!
Lisa: Tell me Rob, what do you normally
do after work?
Rob: When I arrive home, I take a shower,
have dinner, watch TV and then go to bed.
Lisa: I see. Do you read anything before bed?
Rob: Sometimes, but at the moment I´m not
reading anything.
Rob: What about you, Lisa? Do you read
anything before bed?
Lisa: Yes, I always read a book before bed.
Right now I´m reading Franz Kafka, The Metamorphoses.
Rob: Is it a good book?
Lisa: It´s incredible!
Speaking
6. Role-play the dialogue in exercise 5. Take turns when you finish.
7. Ask a classmate the questions about Rob and Lisa’s text and some personal ones.
a) Are Rob and Lisa talking on the phone?
b) What does Rob normally do after work?
c) Is Rob reading Franz Kafka at the moment?
d) Does Lisa never read a book before bed?
e) What is Lisa reading right now?
f ) What is your sister/brother doing right now?
g) Is your teacher sitting at this moment?
h) What is the president of Brazil doing now?
i) Is your soccer team playing tonight?
j) Are you feeling tired?
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4 Writing
8. Complete the text using the correct form of the verb ‘‘to be’’, the subject pronoun or the
possessive adjective.
Example: That is Paul. He is Brazilian and his dog is here.
a) This ____ Tom. _____ is a student and _____ book is good.
b) Those ____ David and Mary. ______ are friends. ________ pencil is black.
c) These ____ Sally and I. _____ are athletes. ______ uniforms are beautiful.
d) That ____ Carmen. _____ is a teacher and ______ dress is red.
e) You ____ Thomas. _____ are very cool. This _____ your food, ______ is delicious.
9. Using the present continuous, make affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.
a) (we / go to the cinema/ later)
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________________
I: ____________________________________________________________________________
b) (they / work/ hard/ now)
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________________
I: ____________________________________________________________________________
c) (you / walk / alone/ very fast)
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________________
I: ____________________________________________________________________________
d) (you / learn new things/ today)
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________________
I: ____________________________________________________________________________
e) (he / start work/ at 7 a.m./ this morning)
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
N: ____________________________________________________________________________
I: ____________________________________________________________________________
Speaking
10. Ask a classmate the following questions:
a) Are you learning new things today?
b) Are you staying home tonight?
c) Is it getting dark?
d) Is it raining now?
e) Where are you working?
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