WORKSHOP 3 PRESENT CONTINIOUS MY FAMILY

A. CONVERSATION

1. Tracy is calling her friend Alex to know what he is doing. She wants to invite him to have dinner
tonight. Read the conversation below, identify and underline the Present Progressive
Structures.

On the telephone

Tracy: Hello, can I speak to Alex?

Alex : This is Alex, who is speaking?
Tracy: Hi, this is Tracy.
Alex : Hi Tracy. What are you doing?
Tracy: Oh, I’m not doing anything important. I'm just watching TV. What are
you doing?
Alex : Well, I'm preparing a report for my boss at the bank.
Tracy: What kind of report?
Alex : It’s a monthly report. I’m totaling accounts.
Tracy: Really! So you are very busy now…
Alex : A little bit but take it easy.
Tracy: So, what are you doing for dinner tonight?
Alex :Well, I don't have any plans so far.
Tracy: Would you like to come over for dinner?
Alex :Oh, I'd love to. Thanks.
Tracy: Great. Mary and Robert are also coming. They are arriving at
seven.
Alex :OK, I'll be there at seven, too.
Tracy: Sounds good, see you then. Bye.
Alex: Bye.
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B. SPELLING THE ING FORM

Write the - ing form of the following verbs.

1. drink- 2. eat- 3. see- 4. think- 5. read-

6. smile- 7. write- 8. close- 9. come- 10. make-
11. sit- 12. run- 13. get- 14. begin- 15. admit-
16. sew- 17. mix- 18. play- 19. whisper- 20. listen-

C. LET’S REINFORCE THE STRUCTURES

1. Read and complete the paragraph. Fill in the blanks with the affirmative and negative forms of
the present progressive of the verbs in parentheses.

Carol and her friend Jimmy are in the office at the bank, but they’re not working now. Carol is
____________ (1. write) a letter. Her English book is on the desk, but she
_______________ (2. read) it. Carol _____________ (3. sit) next to
Jimmy. Jimmy’s Banking accounts are in front of him, but he
_____________ (4. work) on them. He _____________ (5. look) at a
magazine. Carol and Jimmy ______________ (6. relax) and
___________ (7. take) a break. There is a secretary at the reception.
She _________________ (8. answer) the phone. The boss is in his
office. He has the balance sheet on his desk , but he ____________ (9. sign) it. He
______________ (10. drink) a cup of coffee.

2. Look at the picture and describe what the Rodriguez’s family is doing. You must write 5
sentences about this family. For instance: Mr. Rodriguez is reading the newspaper on the sofa.

1. _______________________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________

4._______________________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________________
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M’S WEDDING DAY

Today is a very special day. It’s my wedding day, and

all my family and friends are here. Everybody is having a
wonderful time.

My wife, Jane, is standing in front of the fireplace.

She’s wearing a beautiful white wedding gown. Uncle
Harry is taking her photograph, and Aunt Emma is crying.
(She’s very sentimental.)

The band is playing my favorite popular music. My

mother is dancing with Jane’s father, and Jane’s mother is
dancing with my father.

My sister and Jane’s brother are standing in the yard

and eating wedding cake. Our grandparents are sitting in
the corner and talking about “the good old days.”

Everybody is having a good time. People are singing,

dancing, and laughing, and our families are getting to know
each other. It’s a very special day.

4.1 What’s the answer?

1. Where is Jane standing? ____________________________________________

2. What’s Aunt Emma doing? _______________________________________________
3. What’s she wearing? __________________________________________________
4. What’s Tom’s mother doing? ______________________________________________
5. What’s Uncle Harry doing? ___________________________________________
6. What are their grandparents doing? ________________________________________
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5. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

 brother – not – dinner – cooking – My – is – now

________________________________________________________________
 living - Paula’s – is – Argentina – father – in
_________________________________________________________________
 are - Mary – about - speaking – Carmen - and – boss – their
________________________________________________________________
 Statistics – am – a – I – report – preparing
________________________________________________________________
 is – its – Garfield – milk – drinking – now
________________________________________________________________

6. Complete the following chart with the correct present progressive structures.

Subject Affirmative Negative Yes/No questions

I I am working in this
moment
You Are you cooking a special
dinner ?
Mary She is not walking to her
office
Leo Is he playing the guitar?

It It is raining now

We We are not reading a new

book
You You are not writing a song

The boys They are listening to

rock music
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D. SHOWING POSSESSION WITH NOUNS .

E.

CHALLENGE

Luis and Hugo are brothers. Ann and Luis are husband and wife. They have four children: Jenny,
Bill, Liz and David. Ann and Betty are sisters. Nelly and Bill are married. They have a son: Peter.
Jenny and Oscar are married. They have a son: Jim.

1. Look at the picture of the family and fill in the chart to complete the sentences using the
corresponding possessive of nouns.

Hugo
Luis Bill David
Oscar
Jenny

Peter

Betty Ann Nelly

Liz Jim
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1. Luis is_______________ husband. 6.Peter is ______________cousin.

2. _________________ son is Peter. 7.Liz and Jenny are________ daughters.
3.Jenny is _________________sister. 8. Peter and Jim are _______ nephews.
4. Luis and Ann are ________ grandparents. 9.Hugo is ______________
5. Betty is ________________ sister- in- 10.Ann is ___________mother – in - law
law.

2. Carolina and José are at home looking at some photos of their family on the
computer; at the same time they are talking about their relative’s possessions. Identify the
possessive of nouns (‘s) and underline them.

José: Carolina come here. I want to show you some pictures

of the family.
Carolina: That sounds good.
José: This is Lucia’s wedding, and this is her husband. His name is
Julio.
Carolina: Are Julio’s parents next to him?
José: Yeah, they’re Mr. and Mrs. Rodríguez and the woman over
there is Lucia, Julio’s boss.
Carolina: Oh! Look, Sandra’s dress is beautiful, but Daniel’s suit is
awful.
José: I don’t think so. I like Julio’s sister, she’s really nice.
Carolina: What’s the time? I’m in a hurry. Mr. Buitrago’s class starts at 3:00 P.M.
José: By the way, I have a lecture with Mrs. Brown at the university, too. I have to leave
now.
Carolina: Well, see you tonight at Wilson’s home. Bye.

3. Possessive adjectives vs. possessive pronouns. Complete each sentence. Use the
possessive adjective or the possessive pronoun as required.

a. This is _____________ (my, mine) umbrella.

_____________
(You, Yours) is over there. It’s next to _______ (her, hers)
backpack. __________ (Her, Hers) backpack has many
pockets. __________ (My, Mine) has only one pocket.

b. John: Where is __________ (their, theirs) car?

Peter: ____________ (Their, Theirs) is in the garage.

John: Is ___________ (your, yours) car in the garage, too?

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Peter: No, _________ (our, ours) is on the street. And ________ (your, yours)?

F. Solve the problems.

1. Gregory is having a birthday party. 4. Rachel and Marcos are getting married.
He’s inviting his two grandmothers, his She’s inviting forty-two people in her family
grandfather, his mother and father, his to the wedding. She’s also inviting
sister and brother, his favorite aunt and eighteen friends. Marcos is inviting thirty-
uncle and their three children. He’s five people in his family and twenty-five
inviting family members. friends. Rachel and Marcos are inviting
people to their wedding.
a. ten
b. eleven a. one hundred
c. twelve b. one hundred ten
d. thirteen c. one hundred twenty
d. one hundred thirty
2. Gregory is also inviting eleven friends to 5. Roberta’s mother has three sisters and
his party. He’s inviting a total of three brothers. Her father has one sister
family members and friends to the party. and four brothers. Roberta has:

a. twenty-three a. three aunts and six uncles

b. thirty-one b. four aunts and seven uncles
c. thirty-two c. five aunts and five uncles
d. thirty-four d. four aunts and six uncles

3. Chantal is from Haiti. Now she’s living 6.Jeffrey has four sisters. One sister has
in Miami with her grandmother, mother, one daughter, one sister has two
two brothers, and three sisters. Her father daughters, one sister has three daughters
and his parents are in Haiti, but six other and a son, and one sister has four
family members are in the United States. daughters and two sons. Jeffrey has
Chantal and other people in her family are nieces.
in the United States.
a. three
a. eleven b. eight
b. twelve c. nine
c. thirteen d. ten
d. fourteen