Lesson 1

What are
you doing?
English V
GOAL:
To talk about future plans and actions in
progress by using present continuous.
Let’s get started
1. Look at the questions and match them to the answers below.
1. What are these people doing?

2.How often do you have family meals?
3.Where do you usually have lunch?
4.Who do you usually eat with?
a b
I usually eat at a café They are laughing
near my house. at a joke.
c
I sometimes visit d
my parents for I usually eat with
lunch my friends at work
2. Now, in pairs discuss the questions above.

Let's recall
1. Look at the pictures and say what the people’s names are.
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- Anna is watching a film.
- Tom is working late tonight.
1 - Angel is driving home.
- Sophie is making dinner.
- Leonardo is eating a watermelon.
- Piero is shopping for food. 6
- Laura is visiting touristic places.
2 3 4
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2. What else are they doing?

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Future arrangements
We use the Present Continuous to talk about plans or preparations in the future, we
use time expressions to make it clear.
Affirmative Negative Questions
subject + auxiliary / gerund + complement subject + auxiliary / gerund + complement auxiliary + subject + gerund + complement
Luis is shopping for food this weekend. Luis isn’t working this weekend. Is Luis cooking dinner this weekend?
1. Read the sentences, are them about Present or Future.

1. We are having a party next week.
2.I’m not having a snack now.
3.Is Martha leaving home at 08:00 p.m.?
4.Luis isn’t working late tonight.
5.Lea is meeting a friend tomorrow evening.
6.Are we taking any exams next month?
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve?
1. Read and fill in the blanks about these guys’ plans for New Year’s eve.
come go have meet rent
‘ Giacomo, Italy
This new year my family ________ a house in the mountains.
Some friends of mine __________ to stay. It’ll be great!
‘ Nicola, England
I __________ a party on New Year’s Eve. I’ve invited
loads of people. I hope they all come!
‘ Sam, New Zealand

I ___________ some friends in town and we ________ to a
restaurant to have a special meal.
Over to you
1. Work in pairs and ask your partner using the question below and the the phrases in blue.
What are you doing …?
later today on Friday in a couple of days

next week this
weekend in a near future
in 2024 tomorrow next month tonight
2. In pairs agree to do something tomorrow, make excuses before agreeing.
A: Laura can we have a coffee tomorrow night?

B: I’m sorry but I'm doing my project for the university, what about in the morning?
A: I can’t, I’m going shopping with a friend, what about today for dinner?
B: That's perfect, I am not doing anything.
Video Time
1. Watch the video and answer the questions:
1. What are the men doing on the weekend?
2. What are the women doing on the weekend
3. Did the girls decide to do those activities in the past
or at the moment of speaking?
4. What verb tense is mostly used in the dialogue?
2. Are the statements TRUE or FALSE?
1. The women are going shopping on Saturday.

2. One woman is taking an English class on Saturday.
3. At 3:30 one woman is exercising with a friend.
4. One woman is going to the movies with a friend.
5. The men are playing tennis tomorrow.
3. What are you doing after class?

Let’s practice!
Choose the correct answer: 6.- My family ____ (go) to the park on Wednesday.
a) are going
b) is going
7.- All my friends ____ (study) for the English exam.

c) are studying
1.- His dad and brother ________(cycle) to the shops.
d) are studying
a) are cycling is cycling
8.- There is someone at the door. My dog __________ (bark).
e) are barking
2.- We __________ (not travel) in Japan.
f) is barking
b) aren’t travelling isn’t travelling
9.- On Friday morning, they __________ (arrive).
3.- Carmen _______ (dance) with her dad right now.
g) is arriving
c) is dancing is danceing
h) are arriving
4.- I ________ (swim) in the pool at the moment.
10.- My father ______ (read) in his bedroom.
d) am swiming am swimming
i) is reading
j) are reading
5.- Where ___you_____ (work) next Friday?
e) are - working
11.- Pool ______ ( not eat) with his wife on Sunday.
f) am - working
k) isn’t eating
l) aren’t eating
ar 6
Trip to New York
Use the information to talk about future plans.
Day 1- Friday
- Flight leaves at 14:00, check in at the Hotel Avalon.
Day 2 – Saturday
- Go to Central Park, morning and visit the Guggenheim Museum, afternoon.
Day 3 - Sunday
- Take a guided tour to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. On Friday, the flight is
leaving …
Day 4 Monday
- Have a special breakfast at the hotel and go to Broadway to see a play.
Day 5 Tuesday
-Visit some New York skyscrapers like: The Empire State.
Day 6 Wednesday
-Go shopping and have dinner at a restaurant.
Day 7 Thursday
-Leave New York at 14:00
Individual activity:
Ask and answer the following questions:
1. It’s 6.00 in the morning now. What are you doing? 7. It’s 5.00 in the afternoon now. What are you doing?
I am brushing my teeth. I am ___________________________
2. It’s 8.00 in the morning now. What are you doing? 8. It’s 6.00 in the evening now. What are you doing?
I am ___________________________ I am ___________________________
3. It’s 10.00 in the morning now. What are you doing? 9. It’s 8.00 in the evening now. What are you doing?
I am ___________________________ I am ___________________________
4. It’s 12.00 in the afternoon now. What are you doing? 10. It’s 9.00 in the evening now. What are you doing?
I am ___________________________ I am ___________________________
I am ___________________________ I am ___________________________
I am ___________________________ I am ___________________________
Let’s talk!
Listen and practice:What are you doing this weekend?
Joshua: Hello Isabella. What are you doing this weekend?
Isabella: Hi Joshua. I am visiting my parents in Trujillo.
Joshua: Interesting!
Isabella: And you? What are you doing this weekend?
I am dancing with my friends.

Joshua:
Isabella: Sounds interesting!

Let’s practice
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References
1. Outdoor family activities (2018)
https://www.letsroam.com/explorer/the-best-outdoor-family-activities-for-summer/
2. Easy into English (Top Notch Fundamentals - Unit 9)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lgWPb6aaE&t=40s
3. A couple talking
https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/attractive-couple-man-woman-talking-urban-city-center_17245386.
htm#query=two%20people%20talking&position=2&from_view=keyword&track=ais
4. Present Continuos (2023)

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5. Present Continuos
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6. Present Continuos https://wordwall.net/es/resource/4575770/english/sentences-what-are-they-doing

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What are

1. What are these people doing?

2. Now, in pairs discuss the questions above.

2. What else are they doing?

1. Read the sentences, are them about Present or Future.

‘ Sam, New Zealand

later today on Friday in a couple of days

2. In pairs agree to do something tomorrow, make excuses before agreeing.

A: Laura can we have a coffee tomorrow night?

2. Are the statements TRUE or FALSE?

1. The women are going shopping on Saturday.

3. What are you doing after class?

7.- All my friends ____ (study) for the English exam.

Joshua: Hello Isabella. What are you doing this weekend?

Isabella: Hi Joshua. I am visiting my parents in Trujillo.

Isabella: And you? What are you doing this weekend?

I am dancing with my friends.

Isabella: Sounds interesting!

2. Easy into English (Top Notch Fundamentals - Unit 9)

4. Present Continuos (2023)

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