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Unit 7 • Lesson B: Sports and exercise
Vocabulary
Sports and exercise
bike
bowl
do aerobics
do karate
do weight training
get exercise
go biking
go bowling
go running
play basketball
play football
play volleyball
run
train
walk
(v)
(v)
(v)
(v)
(v)
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(v)
(v)
(v)
(v)
(v)
Time expressions
in (two) hours
right now
these days
this morning
this season / semester
this week / month / year
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Auxiliary verbs (present continuous)
am
are
aren't
is
isn't
Other words
exam
study for an exam
work very hard
(n)
(v)
(v)
Grammar
Present continuous questions
Information questions
Use question word + be + subject (pronoun / noun) + verb + -ing to ask an information
question:
What are you doing these days?
What is Carl watching on TV?
Who's he talking to?
Information questions with who as the subject
In some information questions, the question word is the subject.
Use question word + be + verb + -ing to ask an information question with who as the subject:
A Who's playing?
B The Yankees.
A Who's watching the game?
B Carl.
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Yes-No questions and short answers
Use be + subject (pronoun / noun) + verb + -ing to ask a Yes-No question in the present
continuous:
Are you studying hard?
Is Carl watching the game?
Short answers for present continuous Yes-No questions are like short answers with be. Use Yes
/ No + pronoun + be (+ not):
A Are you studying hard?
B Yes, I am.
A Is Carl watching the game?
B No, he's not.
Use contractions for negative short answers but not for positive short answers.
Time expressions
You can use the present continuous to talk about right now or around now:
I'm watching TV right now.
I'm working very hard this semester.
Right now and this semester are time expressions.
Here are some time expressions you can use with the present continuous:
right now
today
this morning
this week
this month
this year
this season
this semester
these days
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