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Unit 2: “What are you doing?” and reading about school

Lessons 15–16 · 2 lessons · Susannah Reed with Kay Bentley. Guess What! Student’s Book 3 (Grade 3), Uzbekistan edition, 2022. Cambridge University Press; Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan, USAID
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What are you doing? We’re playing baseball

Textbook: p. 28
GoalSay what is happening now: “What are you doing? — We’re playing baseball.”
New words
what are you doing? · nima qilyapsiz?we’re playing · biz o‘ynayapmizthey’re running · ular yugurmoqdaswim · suzmoq
Explanation

To say what is happening now we use be + verb + -ing: I’m playing, you’re reading, we’re playing, they’re running. Questions: “What are you doing?” “What are they doing?” Adding -ing: play — playing; read — reading; run — running (double n); swim — swimming; write — writing (drop the e). Sports: baseball, tennis, basketball, football.

Worked examples
— What are you doing? — We’re playing tennis.
— What are they doing? — They’re swimming in the pool.
Class activity

“What am I doing?”: a child mimes (swimming, reading, running). The class asks “What are you doing?” and the child answers “I’m swimming.” Then pairs act with “We’re …”.

Practice
1
The children are playing tennis. Answer “What are they doing?”
2
Add -ing to “run”.
3
Add -ing to “write”.
4
You and a friend are playing basketball. Say it.