I'm thinking of you 1 A song: Lemon Tree A pre-watching Look at these pictures. Talk about the pictures. Which words, feelings come to your mind? 1 2 B boring sad uncertain lonesome..................... Match the words from the list to the pictures. boring a cloud a desert to drive a car to feel tired isolation a lemon tree a rainy day to take a shower to wait to waste time to wonder 1 2 4 boring a lemon tree a cloud to take a shower 5 6 7 8 a rainy day to waste time to wonder to feel tired Unit Do you want to come to my party? one 1
9 10 11 12 to wait to drive a car isolation a desert C Watch the clip and listen to the song Lemon Tree by Fool's garden. watching D Are these statements true or false? Tick off. Correct the false statements orally. watching for details True False 1 It is a rainy Sunday morning. 2 He has nothing to do it is boring. He is sitting in an orange tree. 4 He is waiting for someone. 5 He has got a lot of questions in his head. 6 He is very happy. 2 two Unit Do you want to come to my party?
E Complete the gaps with the missing words. Watch again to check your answers. vocabulary LEMON TREE By Fool s Garden I m sitting here in a (1) room It s just another (2) Sunday afternoon I m wasting my (), I got nothing to do I m hanging around, I m waiting for you But nothing ever happens and I (4) I m driving around in my (5) I m driving too fast I m driving too far I d like to change my point of view I feel so (6), I m waiting for you But nothing ever happens and I (7) I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me bout the blue, blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow (8) I m turning my head up and down I m turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see is just another (9) I m sitting here, I miss the power I d like to go out taking (10) But there s a heavy (11) inside my head I feel so (12), put myself into bed Where nothing ever happens and I (1) (14) is not good for me Isolation I don t want to sit on a lemon tree I m stepping around in a (15) of joy Baby anyhow I ll get another toy And everything will happen and you ll wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree I m turning my head up and down I m turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see Is just another lemon tree boring rainy time wonder car lonely wonder lemon tree lemon tree a shower cloud tired wonder Isolation desert 1........ 2................ 4........ 5........ 6........ 7........ 8........ 9........ 10........ 11........ 12........ 1........ 14........ 15........ Unit Do you want to come to my party? three
2 Activities going on now grammar A Form of the Present Continuous Read these sentences. I m sitting here in a boring room. You re wasting your time. He s hanging around. We re waiting for you. Which are the two parts of the Present Continuous? To be -ing form.............................. +.............................. = Present Continuous B Read the song and underline all the verbs in the Present Continuous (the complete verb form). Since we use the verb to be in the Present Continuous, you can make negative sentences and questions. Complete the grid. POSITIVE FORM (+) NEGATIVE FORM ( ) Full form Short form Full form Short form I am not I m not I am I m singing.............. singing. You are not You aren t You are You re dancing.............. dancing. He is He s travelling. He is not He isn t travelling. She is not She isn t She is She s playing.............. playing. We are not We aren t We are We re sleeping.............. sleeping. You are not You aren t You are You re sitting.............. sitting. They are They re lying. They are not They aren t lying. 4 four Unit Do you want to come to my party?
QUESTIONS (?) SHORT ANSWERS Positive form (+) Negative form ( ) Am I... singing? Yes, I am. No,.......... you are. I m not. Are you dancing? Yes,......... No, you aren t. Is he he is. he isn t.... coming? Yes,......... No,.......... Is she she is. she isn t.... playing? Yes,......... No,.......... we are. Are we sleeping? Yes,......... No, we aren t. Are you you aren t...... sitting? Yes, you are. No,.......... Are they they are. they aren t........ lying? Yes,......... No,.......... REMEMBER! Questions can start with question words: what, who, where, when, why, how, EXAMPLES What is he doing? Who is sitting in the room? C The Present Continuous: -ing form Write down the -ing form of the following verbs. Look in the text or in the grid above. 1 to wait. waiting. 7 to play. playing 2 to feel. feeling. 8 to travel. travelling to wonder. wondering. 9 to sit. sitting 4 to eat. eating. 10 to drive. driving 5 to see. seeing. 11 to waste. wasting 6 to step. stepping. 12 to take. taking Unit Do you want to come to my party? five 5
D Spelling of the -ing form 1 General rule:.. infinitive................... to..... +.... ing........... to work k working to play k playing 2 Verbs ending in a silent E:.. drop......... the....... E... +.... ing............................... to live k living to come k coming Verbs ending in IE:.. IE.... changes................ into........ Y... +.... ing.............................. to die k dying to lie k lying 4 Verbs with a stressed vowel / one consonant:.. double............. the....... consonant................... +.... ing................ to stop k stopping to begin k beginning 5 Verbs ending in L:... double............. the...... L... +.... ing.... to travel k travelling to dial k dialling E Use of the Present Continuous The Present Continuous is used to talk about events that are taking place at the moment of speaking. Time indicators: Today / Now / At this moment / These days Make two sentences in the Present Continuous using a time indicator. At this moment my mother is cooking dinner. We are learning English now. 1............................ 2............................ Present Continuous grammar A Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms where possible. Today is a lovely day. The sun (1) [to shine], the birds (2) [to sing] and I () [to feel] very well. I (4) [to do] all the tasks very well and my mother (5) [to shop] while my father (6) [to wait] for her in the car. I think he (7) [to sleep] while he (8) [to listen] to the radio. My brothers (9) [not / to study], they (10) [to play] a computer game. 1. s.... shining................... 6. s... waiting................... 2. are....... singing................ 7. s... sleeping.................... m...... feeling................. 8. s... listening................... 4. m...... doing................. 9. aren t........... studying........... 5. s.... shopping................... 10. re..... playing................. 6 six Unit Do you want to come to my party?
B Make the following sentences negative. Use short forms. He isn t learning how to write. We aren t having a good time together. Carol isn t leaving him. The children aren t washing the dishes. I m not looking for my keys. She isn t selling her boat. They aren t drinking orange juice. 1 He is learning how to write...... 2 We are having a good time together...... Carol is leaving him...... 4 The children are washing the dishes...... 5 I m looking for my keys...... 6 She is selling her boat...... 7 They are drinking orange juice...... C D E Make questions. Use the Present Continuous. What are you doing? Are you learning English at school? Where are you staying? Is it snowing? Why are you sitting outside? Are they dancing together? What is he waiting for? 1 what / you / to do /?..... 2 you / to learn / English at school /?..... where / you / to stay /?..... 4 it / to snow /?..... 5 why / to sit / you / outside /?..... 6 they / to dance / together /?..... 7 what / he / to wait for /?..... Put the verbs into the Present Continuous. Use short forms where possible. 1 He (to do) his homework at the moment.. s... doing.......................... 2 What Anna and Tim (to do)?. are............ doing................. He (not to write). He's reading.. isn t........ writing..................... 4 They (to play) football in the park.. are....... playing...................... 5 she (to have) her lunch now?. Is.... she...... having................... 6 I (not to do) my homework. I m reading.. I m...... not....... doing................ Put the verb in brackets into the Present Continuous. 1 So what (to happen) now?.. s... happening........ 2 Look! They (to have) a lot of fun... re..... having...... No, the bus (not to stop)... isn t........ stopping... The bus driver (not to drive) very fast... isn t........ driving... 4 Listen! Someone (to knock) on the door... s... knocking........ 5 They (not to read). They (to ride) their bikes outside... aren t........... reading.............../.. re..... riding............. 6 Look at Mary! she (to run)? Yes, she is. She (to run) fast... Is.... she...... running............... /... s... running............... 7 John, come with us outside. The sun (to shine) again... s... shining........ Unit Do you want to come to my party? seven 7
4 What are they doing? A Watch the clip. 1 What is it about? What are they doing? 2 Put the pictures in the right order. Write numbers in the boxes. pre-writing Match the verbs from the list to the pictures. to fall to fight to laugh to look to pick to sit to walk to wave 4 6 2 to laugh to sit to wave..................... 5 8................ to.... look.. to..... walk.... to.... fall..................... 7 1 to pick....... to fight....... B writing What are the birds doing? Write sentences. The little birds are fighting. The big bird is waving at the little birds. The little birds are looking at the big bird. The little birds are laughing. The little birds are walking away from the big bird. The big bird is sitting in the middle. Two little birds are picking the big bird ( s toes). The feathers are falling (down). Picture 1:.................... Picture 2:................... Picture :................... Picture 4:................... Picture 5:.................... Picture 6:................... Picture 7:.................... Picture 8:................... 8 eight Unit Do you want to come to my party?
C spoken interaction Look at the picture and tell what these people are doing. Use the verbs from the list. to eat a sandwich to play basketball to play football to ride a bike to listen to music to read a book to breakdance to skateboard to eat an apple to walk the dog EXAMPLE Clare is throwing litter in the litter bin. Kevin Dimitri Paul Geoffrey Sam Tom Will Mr Kean John Sean Clare Sarah David D Ask each other what these people are doing. EXAMPLE Pupil A: What is Clare doing? Pupil B: Clare is throwing litter in the litter bin. Unit Do you want to come to my party? nine 9