LESSON 3 TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN

LESSON 3  

TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN

A: Hi, Mary is everything OK.  What are you doing?

B: Taking care of the children.

A: What is happening? Why are they crying?

B: Because Dad scolded them.

A: And why? What did they do?

They were scribbling on the walls when he came in!

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS.

What is Mary doing?

Why are the children crying?

What were the children doing when their dad came in?

READ THE CONVERSATION

Karen: Hi, Mary. What are you doing?

Maria: Chatting and listening to some music from my PC.

Karen: And what about Mike?

Maria: As usual, playing the violin.

Karen: And your mom and your dad?

Maria: Mom is talking on the phone, and daddy is looking for some information for his research. You know he´s a researcher! Oh, sorry, I have to go! Dad is calling me! Bye bye.

READ THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN GINA AND LIZ. PUT EACH VERB INTO THE CORRECT FORM.

Gina: Hi, Liz. How __________________________ these days? (you/ do)

Liz: I ___________________ piano lessons. (take)

Gina: Really? ________________________________ them? (you / enjoy / them)

Liz: Yeah. I love them How about you?

Gina: Well, I ___________________________ to improve my grades. (try)

          I ___________________________ very hard. (study)

Liz: Good for you.

MATCH THE QUESTIONS WITH THE ANSWERS.

What are they doing?                             The clown is.

Who is amusing the children?                No he isn’t.

Why are they laughing?                        They are working in the back yard.

How is the teacher feeling?                   Because the clown is doing his routine.

Is he scolding the students?                  He’s very tired.

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THESE WORDS.

They are ______________________ care of the baby.

Are you _______________________ to be sincere?

She is _______________________ for the first time she got her divorce.

Tom is _____________________ the guests with his jokes.

None of them are _____________________ well.

The old man is ______________________ for help.

The students are not __________________________ in the classroom.

They are _________________________ attention to every word the teacher is saying.

Only one student is _______________________ out the window.

Children are _____________________ on the walls.

The present continuous tense is used to refer to:

a) Something happening at this moment. 

b) A temporary activity or situation which may not be happening now.

c) Arrangements made regarding the future.

d) Complain or express irritation about something or someone (with the word ALWAYS).

Differentiate the uses of present continuous tense according to the definitions above.

He’s writing three books about architecture.   ( _____)

It’s raining. ( _____)

You’re always looking at yourself in the mirror. ( _____)

The phone’s ringing. ( _____)

I’m taking German lessons at the Humboldt institute. ( _____)

We’re leaving on Saturday. ( _____)

I’m saving to buy a new computer. ( _____)

They’re arriving at 8: 30 am. ( _____)

What are you doing with the knife? ( _____)

She’s putting in a lot of overtime this week. ( _____)

UNDERLINE THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE THAT APPEAR IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH.

It’s 8:30 p.m. Jessie’s doing her English homework. ( _____) This year she’s studying English, mathematics and physics. ( _____) She’s going out with Peter, a boy who is in her class. ( _____) They are spending a lot of time together. ( _____)Jessie’s father doesn’t think she’s doing enough schoolwork. ( _____) He’s also worried about his son Tim, who is always playing games on his computer. ( _____)

Dad: You’re playing on the computer again. ( _____) You’re wasting your time. ( _____) Why don’t you do something useful? ( _____)

Tim: Oh, you’re always saying that, Dad. ( _____) You’re always complaining!

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

Why are you smiling?

What’s your mother doing?

Where are you planning to travel for Christmas?

Why are the students complaining?

Is your father scolding you now?

LANGUAGE STUDY

Quantifiers that need “of”

Some of it was left on the car.

Most of us graduated last year.

None of them went to the game.

We use both when we talk about two people or two things previously mentioned.

John and Mary are six years old. Both children (or both of them) go to Joseph’s Elementary school.

LANGUAGE CHECK

What are they doing?                                     They are playing football, baseball and swimming.

Who is holding the ball?                        The boy over there is holding it.

Are the people watching a good match? Of course, they are.

Are small children playing?                             No, they aren’t.