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Hobbies on the weekend

Week 5 · Unit 3 On the weekend (A): hobbies, 'I am playing …', 'I like … but I don't like …' · 3 lessons
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What am I doing?

Connect P3 Term 1: Unit 3
GoalSay what you are doing now: I am playing sports.
New words
playing · doing a game or sportsinging · making music with your voicedrawing · making a picture with a pencillistening · using your ears to heartaking · getting a photo
Explanation

To say what is happening now, we use am, is or are and a verb with ing. I am playing sports. He is taking photos. She is singing a song. They are drawing pictures. Look at the spelling: take becomes taking, because we drop the e. The others just add ing: play, playing; sing, singing; draw, drawing; listen, listening.

Whoam / is / areWhat
Iamplaying sports.
Heistaking photos.
Sheissinging a song.
Theyaredrawing pictures.
Worked examples
Grandma

Hello, Karim. What are you doing?

Karim

I’m listening to music, Grandma.

Grandma

And what is Dad doing?

Karim

He is taking photos of the garden. Mum is singing.

Listen. Grandma calls Karim on the phone.

It is Saturday afternoon. Mina is drawing a picture. His sister is singing a song. Dad is taking photos. Mum is listening to music. The family is happy.

Read and listen to the text.
Look. What is the boy doing? Say: He is … .
Now you. Do an action and tell the grown-up: I am … .
Class activity

What am I doing? The child mimes a hobby and the grown-up asks: What are you doing? The child answers: I am singing a song. Then the grown-up mimes and the child asks: What are you doing?

Practice
1
Listen. What is the child doing?

…

2
Look. What is the girl doing?
3
Fill in: He ___ singing. (is or are)
4
Fill in: I am ___ a song. (singing or sing)
5
Writing: copy ‘I am playing sports.’