Teens|Grammar activating|El|14. My favourite photos

Watch the video and do the task

Complete the expressions with the words from the box

Remember the difference

Make sentences about yourself

✔️ I often go to the summer camp on my holidays.

What things do you

often do on your summer holidays?
sometimes do on holidays?
hardly ever do on your birthday?
enjoy doing at the New Year’s party?
never do on your friends’ birthdays?

Listen to the conversation between Rosy and Lily and choose the correct option

Rosy: Do you want to see a photo of my cousin’s wedding?
Lily: Yes, please. Oh, wow! That’s a great picture, Rosy! Who are all these people?
Rosy: That’s Louise, my cousin.
Lily: She’s wearing a lovely dress!
Rosy: Yes, and she’s looking at her new husband, Henry.
Lily: Henry isn’t looking at her, though. He’s just looking at the camera.
Rosy: I know. He’s smiling like that in all the photos.
Lily: I see Max and Tim are playing «Scissors, Paper, Stone» as usual. Why do they like that game so much?
Rosy: I don’t know, they play it all the time! Look at Beth.
Lily: Yeah… What’s Beth doing?
Rosy: She’s throwing rice over Henry and Louise.
Lily: Oh, right. And who’s that? Is she crying?
Rosy: Yes, that’s my grandma. Her name is Alice.
Lily: What’s Edward doing?
Rosy: He’s filming it all. He’s got a new video camera and he’s filming everything at the moment, it’s crazy! At least, a wedding is interesting!
Lily: Hey, Rosy, look at you!
Rosy: Me?
Lily: Yeah, you’re holding Louise’s bouquet of flowers. You know what that means!

The girls are looking at the photo of a

a) birthday party.

b) family holiday in another country.

c) wedding.

d) New Year’s party.

c) wedding

Listen to the dialogue one more time and complete the sentences with the names

Read the examples and the rule

✔️ Lily and Rosy are looking at the wedding photo.

Henry is smiling.

Louise is looking at Henry.

Tim and Max are playing «Scissors, Paper, Stone».

We use Present Continuous to talk about things happening now and around now, and to describe what we see in photos or pictures.

We form Present Continuous with the help of the verb to be + — ing form of the main verb.

Look how we make Present Continuous:

Look at the picture and complete Isabel’s blog

Look at the rules and examples and write the verbs in -ing forms

Most verbs: add -ing

Verbs ending in consonant + -e:
remove -e and add -ing

Verbs ending in -y:
add -ing

Verbs with one vowel + one consonant:
double consonant + -ing

look — looking

write-writing

play-playing

run-running

Read the messages and choose the correct option to complete them

Make true sentences about the photos. Use the expressions in boxes

✔️— They are dancing.
— No, they aren’t dancing, they’re singing.

Correct the sentences which are false about you

✔️ We’re having a German lesson. — We aren’t having a German lesson, we’re having an English lesson.

We’re having a German lesson.
I’m wearing a hat.
It’s raining outside.
The teacher’s speaking Russian.
The teacher’s wearing glasses.
We’re watching a film.
We’re practising grammar.
My dad is sleeping.
My mum is watching TV.

Listen to the audio and choose if the sentences are True or False

Helen: Look at this photo.
Tom: What is he doing?
Helen: He is cleaning the table.
Tom: Of course! And what are you and Sue doing?
Helen: We’re playing football.
Tom: Is the dog playing football too?
Helen: No, it isn’t. It’s running after the cat.
Tom: I think mum is drinking coffee.
Helen: Yes, and she is reading the news.
Tom: Ah, OK. And what is grandpa doing?
Helen: He’s sleeping.

Listen to the dialogue again. Put the words in the right order to make questions

Questions and short answers

Choose a card and describe the photo

Describe the photo you like

Useful language

This is the photo of …
There are … in the photo.
The people are …
Some of us are …
There is also a …

✔️ This is the photo of a party at our school …

The things you have learnt today

talk about what people around me and I are doing at the moment;
talk about holidays and special occasions;
describe photos using Present Continuous.

Write the -ing forms of the verbs

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be

✔️ We are reading our books.

Listen to the recording and match the sentences with the situations

1. The sound of a baby crying

2. — Have you got any apples, please?
— Yes, over there.
— Oh, yes. I’ll have a kilo, please.

3. The sound of people skiing.

4. The sound of a person running.

5. The cheers of people watching football.

Listen to the recording. Use the given verbs to write what is happening

Some boys are playing tennis.
Children are swimming in the swimming-pool.
The woman is eating an apple.
The alarm clock is ringing.
The man is singing in the shower.

Listen to the recording. Correct the sentences following the example

He’s eating a sandwich.

1. She’s drawing a friend.

2. They’re talking to a girl.

3. He’s writing a letter.

4. She’s reading a magazine.

5. They’re playing computer games.

6. It’s sleeping on a table.

Read the task. Prepare and record your answers

Choose five people from the list.
Say what you think they are doing at the moment.

✔️ My mum is working now. She’s using her computer and working with the documents.

Allow your browser the access to the microphone, press the button «Click to record» and record the speech you have prepared

Look at the photos and answer the questions

Where are the people?
What are they doing?
Are they having a good time?
What are they wearing?
What is the weather like?

Describe the photos. Use the questions as a plan

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Урок Homework Курс

A photoshoot
Good times
Do you want to see a photo
Things happening now
How we add -ing
They aren't dancing
What are you doing?
Holiday memories
The photo you like
What I can do
Going, running, jumping
What's happening?
In the summer camp
What are they doing?
Describe photos