CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW: Text Pages 1-10: Grammar

CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW: Text Pages 110
GRAMMAR
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
TO BE: SHORT ANSWERS
(I am)
Im
Am
am.
Im
not.
(He is)
(She is)
(It is)
Hes
Shes
Its
Is
he
she
it
he
she
it
is.
he
she
it
isnt.
(We are)
(You are)
(They are)
Were
Youre
Theyre
we
you
they
are.
we
you
they
arent.
eating.
Are
eating?
Yes,
we
you
they
No,
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

I
We
You
They
eat.
He
She
It
eats.
Subject Pronouns
I
we
you
they
Do
eat?
he
she
it
Does
Possessive Adjectives
I
he
she
it
we
you
they
Yes,
my
his
her
its
our
your
their
FUNCTIONS
ASKING FOR AND REPORTING
INFORMATION
I
we
you
they
do.
he
she
it
does.
No,
I
we
you
they
dont.
he
she
it
doesnt.
Object Pronouns
me
him
her
it
us
you
them
Whats your teachers name?

What are their names?
What do you do?
When do you go to class?
Her tennis coach says shes

excellent.
Her friends tell her she plays
tennis better than anyone
else.
Are you busy?

Yes, I am. Im studying.
What are you studying?
Im studying English.
Where are you from?

Where do you live now?
Where do you work?
Who are you calling?
How often do you watch TV?
What are you doing?

Im practicing the piano.
What do you like to do in your

free time?
Do you practice very often?

Yes, I do.
EXPRESSING INABILITY
What are George and Herman

talking about?
Is she a good tennis player?

Yes, she is.
What are you complaining

about?
Are you married?

Are you single?
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INQUIRING ABOUT LIKES/DISLIKES

Do you like to ski?
Im not a very good skier.
NEW VOCABULARY
Occupations and Agent
Nouns
Miscellaneous
ballet dancer
ballet instructor
coach
cook
instructor
music teacher
skater
soccer coach
swimmer
tennis coach
typist
violinist
army
Beethoven
bill
interests (n)
Little Red Riding Hood
Madagascar
Orlando
professional
Scrabble
talk show
telephone bill
whenever
Verbs
once a day
twice a day
three times a day
compose
stay after
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Text Page 1: Chapter Opening Page

VOCABULARY PREVIEW
You may want to introduce these words before beginning the chapter, or you may choose
to wait until they first occur in a specific lesson. If you choose to introduce them at this
point, here are some suggestions:
1. Have students look at the illustrations on text page 1 and identify the words they
already know.
2. Present the vocabulary. Say each word and have the class repeat it chorally and
individually. Check students understanding and pronunciation of the words.
3. Practice the vocabulary as a class, in pairs, or in small groups. Have students
cover the word list and look at the pictures. Practice the words in the following
ways:
Say a word and have students tell the number of the illustration.
Give the number of an illustration and have students say the word.
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FOCUS
Review: Present Continuous Tense
CLOSE UP
RULE:
The present continuous tense is used to express events

that are happening right now.
EXAMPLES: Whats she doing?

Shes reading.
Whats she reading?
Shes reading the newspaper.
Hes eating.
GETTING READY
1. Review Yes/No questions and affirmative
short answers. Form sentences with the
words in the left and center boxes at the top
of text page 2. Have students repeat
chorally. For example:
Am I eating?
Yes, I am.
Is he eating?
Yes, he is.
2. Use Side by Side Picture Cards or your own

visuals to practice short answers.
a. Point to each visual and ask:
Is ____ ________ing?
Have students respond with the

affirmative short answer. For example:
A. Is she eating?
B. Yes, she is.
A. Are they studying?
B. Yes, they are.
b. Point to each visual and call on pairs of

students to ask and answer as above.
3. Review the present continuous tense.
a. Form sentences with the words in the
right-hand box at the top of the page.
Have students repeat chorally. For
example:
Im eating.
Check students pronunciation of the final

s sound in Hes, Shes, Its.
b. Use your own visuals or Side by Side
Picture Cards for verbs.
Ask students: What ______ doing? and
have students answer individually, then
chorally. For example:
A. Whats he doing?
B. Hes cooking.
A. Whats she doing?
B. Shes reading.
A. What are they doing?
B. Theyre studying.
c. Have students role-play people in the

visuals. Ask students: What are you
doing? For example:
A. What are you doing?
B. Im cooking.
A. What are you and (Jim) doing?
B. Were cooking.
INTRODUCING THE MODEL

1. Have students look at the model illustration.
2. Set the scene: A daughter is talking to her
father.
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3. With books closed, have students listen as

you present the model or play the audio one
or more times.
1. Exercise 1: Call on two students to present

the dialog. Then do Choral Repetition and
Choral Conversation practice.
4. Full-Class Repetition: Model each line and

have students repeat.
2. Exercise 2: Same as above.

3. Exercises 39:
Pronunciation Note
The pronunciation focus of Chapter 1 is
Reduced are (text page 10). You may
wish to model this pronunciation at this
point (What are you studying?) and
encourage students to incorporate it into
their language practice.
5. Have students open their books and look at
the dialog. Ask students if they have any
questions. Check understanding of vocabulary.
New Vocabulary
9. compose
Culture Note
Exercise 9: Ludwig von Beethoven
(17701827) was a German composer of
classical music.
6. Group Choral Repetition: Divide the class

in half. Model line A and have Group 1
repeat. Model line B and have Group 2
repeat, and so on.
Either
7. Choral Conversation: Groups 1 and 2

practice the dialog twice, without teacher
model. First, Group 1 is Speaker A and
Group 2 is Speaker B. Then reverse.
(For more practice, call on other pairs of

students, or do Choral Repetition or Choral
Conversation.)
8. Call on one or two pairs of students to

present the dialog.
(For additional practice, do Choral
Conversation in small groups or by rows.)
SIDE BY SIDE EXERCISES

Examples
or
Pair Practice: Introduce all the new
vocabulary. Next have students practice all
the exercises in pairs. Then have pairs
present the exercises to the class.
(For more practice, do Choral Repetition or
Choral Conversation.)
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1. A.
B.
A.
B.
Is Alan busy?
Yes, he is. Hes baking.
Whats he baking?
Hes baking cookies.
2. A.
B.
A.
B.
Is Doris busy?
Yes, she is. Shes reading.
Whats she reading?
Shes reading the newspaper.
Full-Class Practice: Introduce the new

vocabulary before doing Exercise 9. Call on a
pair of students to do each exercise.
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1. What Are They Doing?

Use Side by Side Picture Cards for verbs and
community locations or your own visuals to
review the present continuous tense.
Hold up each visual and call on students to ask
and answer as many questions as possible about
what the person or people in the visual are doing.
For example:
A. Whats she doing?
B. Shes cleaning her apartment.
A.
B.
A.
B.
Whats he doing?
Hes playing the piano.
What are the other people doing?
Theyre listening to the concert/music.
2. Dictation
Dictate the following sentences to your
students. Read each sentence twice.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Shes painting the kitchen.

Whats he doing?
Hes baking cookies.
Theyre studying.
Were cooking dinner.
Hes knitting.
What are you doing?
Im composing a song.
3. Can You Hear the Difference?

a. Write on the board:
1
I am studying.
You are ironing.
He is cooking dinner.
They are watching TV.
She is composing
music.
We are painting the
house.
.
2
Im studying.
Youre ironing.
Hes cooking dinner.
Theyre watching TV.
Shes composing
music.
Were painting the
house.
b. Choose a sentence randomly from one of the

two columns and say it to the class. Have
the class listen and respond One if the
sentence is not contracted, and Two if the
sentence is contracted.
c. Have students continue the activity in pairs.

One student says a sentence, and the other
identifies its form. Then have students
reverse roles.
d. Write other similar sentences on the board
and continue the practice.
4. Telephone
a. Divide the class into large groups. Have each
group sit in a circle.
b. Whisper the following message to one
student:
Billy is sitting, Willy is knitting, Eve is
reading, and Steve is eating.
c. The first student whispers the message to

the second student, and so forth around the
circle. The student listening may ask for
clarification by saying, Im sorry. Could you
repeat that?
d. When the message gets to the last student,
that person says it aloud. Is it the same
message you started with? The group with
the most accurate message wins.
5. Miming
a. Write on cards the following activities:
bake a cake
paint a wall
read a
newspaper
knit a
sweater
iron a shirt
eat ice cream
study
mathematics
make a pizza
ride a
motorcycle
listen to
rock music
put on
mittens
feed the dog
b. Have students take turns picking a card from

the pile and pantomiming the action on the
card.
(continued)
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c. The class must guess exactly what the

person is doingboth the verb and the
object.
Variation: This can be done as a game with
competing teams.
description of what they are doing, but divide

the information between two different maps.
For example:
House Map A:
Living room
Kitchen
Basement
__________
Alans mother
__________
__________
baking a cake
__________
6. Role Play: Im Sorry, But I Cant

a. Write the following conversation model on the
board:
A. Hi, ________. This is ________. Do you
want to come over and visit?
B. Im sorry, but I cant. Im __________
right now.
A. Oh, well. Maybe some other time.
B. Sure. Thanks for calling.
Yard
Dining room
Alans
grandparents
Alans younger
brother
planting flowers
doing his
homework
Attic
__________
b. Call on pairs of students to role-play the

telephone conversation, using any vocabulary
they wish. For example:
A. Hi, Tom. This is Paul. Do you want to
come over and visit?
B. Im sorry, but I cant. Im studying right
now.
A. Oh, well. Maybe some other time.
B. Sure. Thanks for calling.
7. Describe the Pictures

a. Bring in several pictures or ask students to
bring in pictures of interesting scenes or
events.
b. In pairs, have students select a picture and
write a description of whats happening in the
picture.
c. Have students read their descriptions aloud
as the class listens and tries to identify the
correct picture.
8. Information Gap: Alans Family

a. Tell students that Alans family is home
today. Make up a map of his house with his
family members placed in each room and a
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__________
Bedroom
Alans sister
listening to the
radio and
cleaning her room
Bathroom
__________
__________
Questions:
Whos in the living room?
Whats he doing?
Whats she doing?
What are they doing?
House Map B:
Living room
Alans aunt
and uncle
watching
videos
Kitchen
__________
__________
Basement
Alans older
brother
playing the
guitar
Dining room
Yard
__________
__________
__________
__________
Attic
Alans father
looking for old
photographs
Bedroom
__________
_______ and
__________
Bathroom
Alans cousin
brushing her
hair
Questions:
Whos in the living room?
Whats he doing?
Whats she doing?
b. Divide the class into pairs. Give each member
of the pair a different map. Have students
ask each other questions and fill in their
house maps. For example:
Student A: Whos in the living room?
Student B: Alans aunt and uncle.
Student A: What are they doing?
Student B: Theyre watching videos.
Student A [writes the information in House Map A]
c. The pairs continue until each has a filled map.

d. Have students look at their partners map to
make sure that they have written the
information correctly.
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Text Page 3: What Are They Doing?

FOCUS
Contrast: Simple Present and Present
Continuous Tenses
Review of Question Formation
CLOSE UP
RULE:
The simple present tense expresses habitual activity.
EXAMPLES: Do you practice the piano often?

Yes, I do. I practice the piano whenever I can.
GETTING READY
1. Review the simple present tense by talking
about habitual activities.
a. Write the following adverbs on the board:
always, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
Review the pronunciation. Say each word
and have students repeat chorally.
work:
study:
eat:
do exercises:
Bob
Betty
bank
math
Italian
morning
museum
business
Mexican
night
b. Make a statement about yourself, such as:

I
I
I
I
I
always see a movie on the weekend.

never worry about things.
sometimes drive too fast.
usually sing in the shower.
never dance at parties.
After each statement, ask students: How

about you? Have students respond with
statements about themselves. For
example:
Teacher: I always see a movie on the
weekend. How about you?
Student A: I rarely see a movie on the
weekend.
Student B: I usually see a movie on the
weekend.
2. Review he, she, and they forms in the simple

present tense.
a. Put the following cues on the board:
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b. Set the scene: Bob and Betty are happily

married. They like each other very much,
but theyre very different. Then tell the
story:
Bob and Betty both work.
He works in a bank.
She works in a museum.
They both study in the evening.
He studies math.
She studies business.
They both like to eat in restaurants.
He likes to eat in Italian restaurants.
She likes to eat in Mexican restaurants.
They both do exercises every day.
He does exercises in the morning.
She does exercises at night.
c. Put the following guide on the board and call

on pairs of students to create conversations
about Bob and Betty.
A. Do
_________?
Does
B. Yes, _______.
_________________ .
For example:
A. Do Bob and Betty work?
B. Yes, they do.
Bob works in a bank, and Betty
works in a museum.
A. Does Betty study in the evening?
B. Yes, she does.
She studies business.

2. Set the scene: Two people are talking.
3. Present the model.
4. Full-Class Repetition.
5. Ask students if they have any questions.
Check understanding of the word whenever.
6. Group Choral Repetition.
7. Choral Conversation.
present the dialog.

2. Exercise 2: Same as above.
3. Exercises 38: Either Full-Class Practice or
Pair Practice.
New Vocabulary
5. Scrabble
Culture Note
Scrabble is a popular game in which
players have to create words using letter
blocks.
4. Exercise 9: Have students use the model as
a guide to create their own conversations,
using vocabulary of their choice. (They can
use any names and activities they wish.)
Encourage students to use dictionaries to
find new words they want to use. This
exercise can be done orally in class or for
written homework. If you assign it for
homework, do one example in class to make
sure students understand whats expected.
Have students present their conversations in
class the next day.
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Examples
1. A.
B.
A.
B.
Whats Carol doing?

Shes watching the news.
Does she watch the news very often?
Yes, she does. She watches the news
whenever she can.
2. A.
B.
A.
B.
Whats Edward doing?

Hes swimming.
Does he swim very often?
Yes, he does. He swims whenever
he can.
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1. He or They?
3. Thats Strange
a. Put on the board:
He
a. Put the following conversation model on the

board:
They
b. Have students listen as you read each of the

following sentences with blanks:
____ goes to school every day.
____ play baseball every weekend.
____ practice the piano often.
____ reads at night.
____ always studies English.
____ always go to the movies after work.
____ never drive carefully.
____ usually speaks very slowly.
____ usually take the bus to school.
____ always cleans the apartment.
c. Have students choose the correct pronoun

on the board, say it, and then repeat the
entire sentence chorally and individually. For
example:
Teacher: ____ goes to school every day.
Student: He. He goes to school every day.
2. Pronunciation Practice
Write pairs of verbs on the board with and
without the final -s. Have students practice
saying these words chorally and individually. For
example:
cook
read
fix
study
write
go
take
watch
swim
exercise
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cooks
reads
fixes
studies
writes
goes
takes
watches
swims
exercises
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A. What ___________ doing?

B. _________________ ing.
A. Thats strange! ______ never
__________ !
B. Well, _______________ ing today!
Use Side by Side Picture Cards for verbs, your

own visuals, or word cues on the board. If you
use word cues, include a name and a verb. For
example:
Mrs. Murphy
dance
Howard
roller-blade
b. Point to a visual or word cue and call on a pair

of students to create a conversation based
on the model. For example:
(Side by Side Picture Card 44: play cards)
A.
B.
A.
B.

Theyre playing cards.
Thats strange! They never play cards!
Well, theyre playing cards today!
4. How Many Sentences?

a. Write the following on the board:
bake
cook
chicken
kitchen
clean
chef
-s
-ing
the
is
in
are
b. Divide the class into pairs or small groups.

c. Tell students that the object of the game is
to see how many sentences they can think of
based on these words. Explain that -ing can
be added to verbs (for example: cooking,
baking), and -s can be added to verbs (cooks,
bakes) and to nouns (chickens, chefs).

Students can say their sentences or they
can write them.
Some possible sentences:

The chicken is cooking in the kitchen.
The chefs are cleaning chickens in the kitchen.
The chickens are clean.
Clean the kitchen!
The chefs kitchen is clean.
The chicken is baking in the kitchen.
The chef bakes chickens in the clean kitchen.
Variation: You can do this activity as a game in

which the pair or group of students who comes
up with the most sentences wins.
5. Class Story: The Brown Family

a. Begin the following story:
The Brown family is always busy on the
weekend. For example, today is Saturday.
Mr. Brown is washing his car. He washes his
car every Saturday morning.
b. Have each student continue the story by

telling about another member of the Brown
family. For example:
Mrs. Brown is vacuuming the living room rug.
She vacuums the living room rug every
Saturday morning.
c. The story continues until each student has

added similar sentences about other family
members to the story.
Note: If your class is large, you might want to
divide the class into groups of 6 to 8 students
and have each group create its own story. Have
the groups compare their stories after they have
completed them.
6. Dictate and Discuss

a. Divide the class into pairs or small groups.
b. Dictate sentences such as the following:
He never listens to the radio in the basement,
but hes listening to the radio in the basement
today.
She never washes her clothes in the sink, but

shes washing her clothes in the sink today.
We never eat spaghetti for breakfast, but
were eating spaghetti for breakfast today.
c. Have students discuss possible reasons for

the strange behavior. For example:
Hes listening to the radio in the basement
because he wants to the listen to the baseball
game, and his teenage children are listening to
music on the radio in the living room.
d. Call on students to share their ideas with the

rest of the class.
7. What Do You Think Theyre Doing Now?

a. Write the names of some famous people on
the board. For example:
the president
the queen
the prime minister
(popular entertainment star)
b. Ask about these famous people. For example:

Teacher: Its midnight in Washington, D.C.
Whats the president doing?
Student 1: Hes sleeping.
Student 2: Hes probably talking on the
hot line.
Student 3: I think hes meeting with the
Secretary of State.
Teacher: Its 4 P.M. in London.
Whats the queen doing?
Student 1: Shes probably having tea.
Student 2: Shes working in her office.
Student 3: Maybe shes playing with her
dogs.
Encourage students to be imaginative when

thinking about possible answers to your
questions.
They never walk to work, but theyre walking to

work today.
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Text Page 4: Do You Like to Ski?

FOCUS
Review:
Dont and Doesnt
Like to
Agent Nouns
Negative forms of To Be
CLOSE UP
RULE:
The simple present tense is used to express a fact.
EXAMPLE:
I dont like to skate.
RULE:
In the simple present tense, the verb to be can contract with not or with the
subject. In this lesson, the following negative forms are presented:
he isnt
she isnt
it isnt
we arent
you arent
they arent
Equally correct alternatives are:

hes not
shes not
its not
were not
youre not
theyre not
b. Call on students to make up other

questions such as those above, and have
other students answer.
GETTING READY
1. Review short answers with dont and doesnt.
a. Have students look at the left-hand box at
the top of the page as you ask questions
about people in the class, using each
pronoun and the simple present tense.
Have students respond with negative
short answers. For example:
Teacher
Do you speak (German)?
Do you and (Mary)
wear glasses?
Do I live in (Tokyo)?
Do (Bill) and (Bob)
drive too fast?
Does (Barbara) live
in (London)?
Does (Tom) like to cook?
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Student
No, I dont.
No, we dont.
No, you dont.
No, they dont.
No, she doesnt.
No, he doesnt.
2. Review short answers with the verb to be.

a. Have students look at the right-hand box
at the top of the page. Ask questions
about people in the class, using each
pronoun and the verb to be. Have
students answer with negative short
answers. For example:
Teacher
Are you married?
Are you and (Carol) sisters?
Am I a student?
Are (Tom) and (Jim)
teachers?
Student
No, Im not.
No, we arent.
No, you arent.
No, they
arent.
Is (Ted) a truck driver?

Is (Betty) a doctor?
No, he isnt.
No, she isnt.
b. Call on students to make up other

questions such as those above, and have
other students answer.

2. Set the scene: Two people are riding on a
ski lift. They just met each other.

2. Exercise 2: Introduce the word swimmer.
Same as above.
3. Exercise 3: Introduce the word skater.
Same as above.
Pair Practice.
New Vocabulary
5. typist
9. cook

Check understanding of vocabulary.
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present the dialog.

Examples
1. A. Does Richard like to sing?
B. No, he doesnt. He isnt a very
good singer.
2. A. Does Brenda like to swim?
B. No, she doesnt. She isnt a very
good swimmer.
3. A. Do Mr. and Mrs. Adams like to
skate?
B. No, they dont. They arent very
good skaters.
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1. Chain Game
b. Put this conversation model on the board:
a. Start the chain game by asking Student A:

Do you like to swim?
b. Student A answers and asks Student B, who
then continues the chain. For example:
Student A: No, I dont.
(to Student B ): Do you like to ski?
Student B: Yes, I do.
(to Student C ): Do you like to . . . ?
2. Is That True?
a. Write on cards statements such as those
below, using names of students in your class
if you wish:
(Rita) dances beautifully.
(Richard ) doesnt ski very well.
A. Everybody says ________________ . Is that true?

great
fantastic
wonderful
____ a/an
B. Yes, it is.
________ !
terrible
No, it isnt.
awful
very bad
{ }
c. Give the cards to pairs of students. Have

students create conversations, using the
model on the board, and then present them to
the class. Students may choose to agree or
disagree with the first speaker. For example:
A. Everybody says (Rita) dances beautifully.
Is that true?
B. Yes, it is. Shes a wonderful dancer!
or
No, it isnt. Shes an awful dancer!
3. Whats the Occupation?

(Michael ) and (Maria) type very quickly.
Youre a very good skier.
(Peter) doesnt act very well.
(Carol )skates very badly.
I sing beautifully.
You and (Jane) cook very well.
(Sam) writes very interesting stories.
(Thomas) drives very carelessly.
(Shirley)swims very badly.
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a. Put the following on the board:

Hes a/an _________ .
Shes a/an _________ .
Theyre _________s.
b. Have students listen as you read the

following job descriptions. After each
description, have students tell the
occupation, using the sentence models on the
board. If you wish, you can do the activity as
a game with competing teams.
Walter plays the violin in concerts.
(Hes a violinist.)
Carla types for a company downtown.
(Shes a typist.)
Michael and his brother fix broken sinks.
(Theyre plumbers.)
Alice drives a truck between Chicago and Denver.
(Shes a truck driver.)
Tom plays tennis all around the world.

(Hes a tennis player.)
Barbara paints houses for a living.
(Shes a painter/house painter.)
4. Tell About Yourself

a. Set the scene by telling about yourself or
about a person on the board. For example:
David acts in plays and movies and on TV.

(Hes an actor.)
His girlfriend also acts.
(Shes a actress.)
Brian repairs televisions.
(Hes a TV repairperson.)
Tony and Greta repair cars and trucks.
(Theyre mechanics.)
Boris plays chess in countries all around the
world.
(Hes a chess player.)
Diane cleans peoples chimneys.
(Shes a chimneysweep.)
Bob takes pictures at weddings and other
special occasions.
(Hes a photographer.)
Olga translates from English into Russian.
(Shes a translator.)
Frank and his brother cook in a very good
restaurant downtown.
(Theyre cooks/chefs.)
Barbara designs beautiful clothes.
(Shes a designer.)
Joe bakes bread, cakes, and special desserts.
(Hes a baker.)
George and Paul plant flowers in peoples yards.
(Theyre gardeners.)
Betty helps doctors and takes care of people
in the hospital.
(Shes a nurse.)
Peter takes care of sick dogs and cats.
(Hes a veterinarian.)
c. Find out what other occupations your

students are interested in. Have students
use their dictionaries to find out the names
of these occupations and tell what the people
do.
Mary
This is Mary. Mary likes to swim, and shes

a good swimmer. She likes to type, but she
isnt a very good typist. She doesnt like to
cook because she isnt a very good cook.
She likes to play the piano, and she plays
whenever she can.
b. Divide students into pairs.

c. Have students interview each other to find
out about their likes and dislikes and related
abilities.
d. Then have each student tell the class about
the person he or she interviewed.
Variation: You can do this as a writing activity.
For homework, have students write about
themselves: their likes, dislikes, and related
abilities.
5. Common Interests
I like to _________.
He/She likes to _________.
Hes/Shes a good _________.
We both like to _________.
Were both good _________.
b. Divide the class into pairs.

c. Have students interview each other about
what they like to do. The object is for
students to find things they have in common
and then report back to the class. For
example:
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I interviewed Maria. I like to ski. She likes to

skate. Shes a good skater. We both like to
dance. Were both good dancers. Also, we
both like to sing. Were both good singers.
6. Classroom Interviews
a. On an index card, have each student write
three things that he or she likes to do. For
example:
I like to swim.
I like to watch TV.
I like to play tennis.
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b. Collect the cards and distribute them

randomly to all the students in the class.
c. Have students interview others in the class
to match the correct person with each card,
that is, to find out which student likes to do
the three activities written on each card.
d. When the interviews are completed, call on
students to tell about the others in the
class, based on their interviews. For example:
Alexander likes to swim.
He likes to watch TV.
And he likes to play tennis.
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READING Practicing
FOCUS
Review:
Simple Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Subject Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives
NEW VOCABULARY
ballet dancer
ballet instructor
coach (n)
instructor
music teacher
professional
soccer coach
stay after
tennis coach
violinist
READING THE STORY

Optional: Preview the story by having students
talk about the story title and/or illustrations.
You may choose to introduce new vocabulary
beforehand, or have students encounter the new
vocabulary within the context of the reading.
1. Have students read silently or follow along
silently as the story is read aloud by you, by
one or more students, or on the audio
program.
3. Check students comprehension, using some
or all of the following questions:
What am I doing?
How often do I practice?
What does my soccer coach tell me?

What do my friends tell me?
What do I want to be when I grow up?
Whats Anita doing?
How often does she practice?
What does her tennis coach tell her?
What do her friends tell her?
What does she want to be when she grows
up?
Whats Hector doing?
How often does he practice?
What does his music teacher tell him?
What do his friends tell him?
What does he want to be when he grows up?
What are Jenny and Vanessa doing?
How often do they practice?
What does their ballet instructor tell them?
What do they want to be when they grow
up?
READING CHECK-UP
Q&A
1. Call on a pair of students to present the
model.
2. Have students work in pairs to create new
dialogs.
3. Call on pairs to present their new dialogs to
the class.
READING EXTENSION
1. Question the Answers!
a. Choose one of the four paragraphs.
Dictate answers such as these to the class:
Every day after school.
Her tennis coach.
Her friends.
A professional tennis player.
Because she wants to be a professional
tennis player.
b. Have students write questions for which

these answers would be correct. For
example:
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Answer:
Question:
Every day after school.

How often does Anita
practice?
Answer:
Question:
Her tennis coach.

Who tells her shes an
excellent tennis player?
6. Do they like to skate?

7. Does your sister want to be a ballet dancer?
8. Do you and your friends play basketball
very often?
9. Are your parents good dancers?
Answer:
Question:
Her friends.
Who tells her shes better
than anyone else in school?
10. What does Peter want to be when he grows

up?
Answer:
Question:
A professional tennis player.

What does she want to be
when she grows up?
Answers
Answer:
Because she wants to be a

professional tennis player.
Why does she practice every
day?
Question:
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. b
c. Have students compare their questions

with each other.
5. a
Variation: Write the answers on cards.

Divide the class into groups and give each
group a set of cards as cues for the activity.
7. b
6. b
8. a
9. a
2. Pair Discussion
10. b
Have pairs of students discuss the following

questions and then report back to the class:
Do you have a hobby? Do you play sports or
a musical instrument?
What do you play?
How often do you practice?
Do you want to be a professional player?
Did you practice when you were a child?
When you were a child, what did you want to
be when you grew up?
LISTENING
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1. What are you doing?
2. Do you watch the news very often?
3. Are you a good swimmer?
4. Whats Cathy reading?
5. Who cooks in your family?
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

1. Make sure students understand the
instructions.
2. Have students do the activity as written
homework, using a dictionary for any new
words they wish to use.
3. Have students present and discuss what they
have written, in pairs or as a class.
Text Pages 78: How Often?

FOCUS
Pronoun Review
Contrast: Simple Present and Present
Continuous Tenses
CLOSE UP
RULE:
In spoken English, who is used to refer to both a subject and an object.
EXAMPLES: Who are you calling? (Im calling my brother.)

Who is calling your brother? (I am calling my brother.)
Who are you arguing with? (I am arguing with my neighbor.)
RULE:
In formal and written English, whom is used to refer to an object.
EXAMPLES: Whom are you calling?

With whom are you arguing?
GETTING READY
1. Review pronouns.
My
friend
friends
} _____________ {
When ______
comes
come
likes
likes
to visit me here in _____________.
to visit, I always take _______ to _______ favorite
b. Set the scene: My friend Bob likes to

visit me here in (name of your city). When
he comes to visit, I always take him to his
favorite restaurant.
c. Have students use this model to review
other pronouns. Ask students: What
about your friend(s) _________? Students
can refer to the box at the top of text page
7 for the pronoun. For example:
museum
restaurant .
theater
A. What about your friend Maria?

B. My friend Maria likes to visit me here
in ________. When she comes to visit, I
always take her to her favorite
museum.
A. What about your friends Dave and
Donna?
B. My friends Dave and Donna like to
visit me here in ________. When they
come to visit, I always take them to
their favorite theater.
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d. Change my to our in the model on the

board. Have students make all the
necessary changes as they tell about our
friend(s) ________ and_________ .
2. Review time expressions.

study English
clean your house
call your grandparents
read the newspaper
ask questions in class
do your homework
play soccer
watch the news
read poetry
iron clothes
exercise
chat online
b. Ask students a few questions based on the

cues on the board, and have students
respond, using the expressions with every
in the chart on text page 7. For example:
Teacher: How often do you study
English?
Student: I study English every day.
c. Introduce the new expressions with once,

twice. Ask students: How often do you
play soccer? Have students respond,
using the time expressions with once,
twice, and (three) times, which are
presented in the chart on text page 7. For
example:
Teacher: How often do you play soccer?
Student: I play soccer twice a week.
d. In pairs, have students ask and answer

How often questions, using the cues on the
board.
INTRODUCING THE MODELS

There are two model conversations. Introduce
and practice each separately. For each model:
1. Have students look at the model
illustration.
2. Set the scene:
1st model: Two friends are talking. One
of them is making a phone
call.
2nd model: Two friends are sitting and
talking in the park.
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present the dialog.
9. After the 1st model:
a. Go over the alternative vocabulary at the
top of the page.
b. Have several pairs of students present
the dialog again, using alternative
vocabulary in place of every Sunday
evening.
10. After the 2nd model, have several pairs of
students present the dialog again, using
alternative vocabulary in place of all the
time.

Students can use any time expression they wish
to complete these conversations.
Examples
1. A.
B.
A.
B.
Who is Mr. Tanaka calling?

Hes calling his son in New York.
How often does he call him?
He calls him (every week).
2. A. Who is Mrs. Kramer writing to?

B. Shes writing to her daughter in
the army.
A. How often does she write to her?
B. She writes to her (once a month).
2. Exercise 2: Introduce the word army. Same
as above.
Pair Practice.
Culture Note
New Vocabulary
7. telephone bill
8. talk show
Whenever possible, after each exercise ask

students to compare their own experiences
with that of the people in the exercise. For
example, after Exercise 4 ask: How about
you? Do you argue with your landlord?
After Exercise 5 ask: How about you? How
often do you send e-mail messages to friends
and family members? After Exercise 6 ask:
Do you know someone who shouts a lot?
After Exercise 7 ask: Do you get large
telephone bills? Do you make many longdistance phone calls? After Exercise 8 ask:
How often do you watch TV talk shows?
Which is your favorite? After Exercise 9
ask: How often do you visit your
grandparents?
Exercise 9: Little Red Riding Hood is a

well-known folk tale about a little girl
wearing a red hood who goes to visit her
grandmother in her house in the woods.
In the story, a clever wolf pretends to be
the grandmother and nearly succeeds in
eating Little Red Riding Hood.
4. Exercise 10: Have students use the model as
a guide to create their own conversations,
using vocabulary of their choice. Encourage
students to use dictionaries to find new words
they want to use. This exercise can be done
orally in class or for written homework. If you
assign it for homework, do one example in
class to make sure students understand whats
expected. Have students present their
conversations in class the next day.
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1. Pronoun Review: A Story About Peggy

and John
John likes Peggy.

(He likes her.)
Peggy and John live in Canada.
(They live in Canada.)
Peggy and Johns last name is Jones.
(Their last name is Jones.)
Peggy met John at a party.
(She met him at a party.)
Peggy
John
b. Set the scene: I want to tell you about my

friends Peggy and John.
c. Read each sentence below while pointing to
the faces on the board. Have students listen
and repeat each sentence, changing all the
nouns to pronouns.
Example: Peggy and John are married.
(Theyre married.)
Peggy likes John.
(She likes him.)
John liked Peggy right away.

(He liked her right away.)
John and Peggy got married at Peggys
parents house.
(They got married at her parents house.)
On Peggys last birthday, John gave Peggy a
watch.
(On her last birthday, he gave her a watch.)
On Johns last birthday, Peggy gave John a
new coat.
(On his last birthday, she gave him a new coat.)
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2. Mystery Word
George likes
a. Divide the class into pairs.

b. Give each pair a card with a mystery word on
it. Possibilities include:
granddaughter
complain
c. Have a third student add a third word. For

example:
shout
George likes to
army
landlord
bill
employees
argue
practice
d. Continue until each student in the class has

had one or more turns to add a word to
expand the sentence into the longest one
they can think of. For example:
c. Have each pair create a sentence in which

that word is in final position. For example:
My sons daughter is my __________.
(granddaughter )
Before you leave the hotel, dont forget to pay
the _________. (bill )
d. One student from the pair then reads aloud

the sentence with the final word missing. The
other pairs of students try to guess the
missing word.
Variation: This can be done as a game in which
each pair scores a point for identifying the
correct mystery word. The pair with the most
points wins the game.
3. Expand the Sentence

Tell students that the object of the activity is
to build a long sentence on the board, one word
at a time.
a. Call on a student to write a pronoun or
someones name on the far left side of the
board. For example:
George
b. Have another student come to the board and

add a word. For example:
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George likes to talk to his brother on

the telephone every Sunday night
because his brother lives in Russia,
and George doesnt see his brother
very often.
4. Grammar Chain: How Often?

a. Write the following activities on the board:
see a movie
write a letter
bake cookies
iron your shirts
play baseball
knit a sweater
read poetry
cook dinner
chat online
compose music
argue with someone

visit your grandparents
paint your house
pay bills
play the piano
watch the news
play tennis
read the newspaper
watch a talk show
send e-mail messages
b. Start the chain game by saying:

Teacher (to Student A): How often do you see
a movie?
c. Student A answers truthfully and then

makes a new question, using another verb
phrase on the board. Student A asks the new
question to Student B, who then continues
the chain. For example:
Student A: I see a movie every weekend.
(to Student B): How often do you write a letter?
Student B: I write a letter once a week.
(to Student C ): How often do you read poetry?
b. Also put these word cues on the board:
exercise
take vitamins
eat rich desserts
go to bed late
listen to loud music
go to the dentist
eat fatty foods
eat healthy foods
5. Find the Right Person

a. Collect some information about students
habits.
b. Put the information on a handout in the
following form:
Find someone who . . .
1. watches talk shows every night. _____
2. bakes bread once a week.
_____
3. knits sweaters.
_____
4. chats online every evening.
_____
5. reads a novel once a month.
_____
c. Have students circulate around the room,

asking each other questions to identify the
above people. For example:
How often do you watch talk shows?
Do you bake bread? How often?
d. The first student to find all the people, raise

his or her hand, and tell the class who they
are is the winner of the game.
6. Role Play: At the Doctors Office

a. Put the following conversation model on the
board:
A. How often do you ________ ?
all the time.
every ________ .
B. I _________ once a ________ .
twice a ________ .
________ times a ________ .
A. I see. And how often do you ________ ?
B. I _____________________________________.
A. Well, you dont have any serious medical
problems. Ill see you next year.
c. Set the scene: Youre at the doctors office

for your annual physical examination.
d. Call on pairs of students to role-play the
conversation. Speaker A is the doctor.
Speaker B is the patient. For example:
A.
B.
A.
B.
A.
How often do you exercise?

I exercise once a week.
I see. And how often do you take vitamins?
I take vitamins every morning.
Well, you dont have any serious medical
problems. Ill see you next year.
Encourage students to expand the

conversation in any way they wish.
7. Interview the Characters

Have students pretend to be the different
characters from this lesson. Interview them to
find out more about their situations. For
example:
Model 1: Tell us, what do you and your
sister usually talk about?
Model 2: George and Herman, tell us about
your grandchildren.
Exercise 1: Mr. Tanaka, what do you usually
talk to your son about?
Exercise 2: Mrs. Kramer, what do you write
to your daughter about?
Exercise 3: What are you saying about your
teachers?
Exercise 4: Lenny, whats the problem? What
are you arguing about with your
landlord?
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Exercise 5: Martha, tell us about your

granddaughter. What do you
write to her about?
Exercise 6: Mr. Crabapple, why are you
shouting at your employees?
(Also interview some employees:
Why is Mr. Crabapple shouting at
you? How often does that
happen? What kind of a boss is
he?)
Exercise 7: Whats the problem with your
telephone bill?
Exercise 8: George, whats your favorite talk
show? Why is it your favorite?
Tell us about it.
Exercise 9: Little Red Riding Hood, does your
grandmother look a little
different today?
8. Role Plays
b. Have each pair choose one of the situations in
the lessoneither of the models or any of
the exercisesand create a role play based
on that situation.
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c. Have the pairs present their role plays to the

class and compare their interpretations of
the situation.
9. Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood appears in Exercise 9 in
the student text. If you think your students
would be interested, go to the library or look on
the Internet, find the story of Little Red Riding
Hood, and read it to the class. Possible follow-up
activities:
a. Call on students to retell the story.
b. Read the story and have students write it as
best they can remember it.
c. Have students tell the class famous folk
tales from their countries.
Text Page 9
3. Call on several students to report back to the
class about the people they interviewed.
Asking for and Reacting to

Information: Tell me is a common way to
preface a question. There are many ways
to react to new information. Oh, Really?
Oh, really? and Thats interesting are
four common phrases. The intonation rises
to indicate interest in what the other
person has just said.
1. Set the scene: Two diplomats at the United

Nations are talking.
2. Present the conversation.
Bring a world map to class and point out the
location of Madagascar.
Option: As the class changes topics, have

students change partners so they may get to
know many different people in the class.
4. For homework, have students write several
sentences about each person they
interviewed.
1. Silent Letters
Write the words below on the board. Have
students try to find the silent letter or letters
in each word:
knit
plumber
daughter
knife
neighbor
ballet
right
wrong
INTERACTIONS
There are three topics of conversation, with
suggested questions under each. For each topic:
1. Go over the questions and introduce the new
vocabulary: What do you do?, interests.
Culture Note
The question What do you do? is
commonly asked to find out what
someones profession is. The importance of
this question in U.S. culture reflects the
value of work as a means of establishing
ones identity.
2. Divide the class into pairs. Have students
interview each other, using the questions on
student text page 9. Remind students to use
the phrases in How to Say It! to express
interest in what the other person is saying.
Have students take notes during their
interviews in order to remember each others
answers.
2. Who Is Your Favorite?

Have students talk about their favorite writers,
singers, painters, actors, actresses, and
composers.
a. Put on the board:
writer
singer
A. Who is your favorite painter
actor
actress
composer
B. _______________________.
{ }
read _____ books

listen to _____ songs
A. Do you look at _____ paintings
see _____ movies
listen to _____ music
B. ____________________ .
very often?
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b. Have pairs of students create conversations

based on the model. This can be done as FullClass Practice or Pair Practice. Examples:
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A.
B.
A.
B.
Who is your favorite singer?

(Timmy Martin.)
Do you listen to his songs very often?
Yes, I do. I listen to them every day.
A.
B.
A.
B.
Who is your favorite actress?

(Julie Richards.)
Do you see her movies very often?
Yes. I see them whenever I can.
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Have students write their journal entries at

home or in class. Encourage students to use a
dictionary to look up words they would like to
use. Students can share their written work
with other students if appropriate. Have
students discuss what they have written as a
class, in pairs, or in small groups.
Text Page 10
PRONUNCIATION
1. Do You Remember the Words?

Reduced are: When the word are is in
the middle of a question or sentence, it is
reduced to an /r/ sound.
Focus on Listening
Practice the sentences in the left column. Say
each sentence or play the audio one or more
times. Have students listen carefully and
repeat.
Focus on Pronunciation
Practice the sentences in the right column.
Have students say each sentence and then listen
carefully as you say it or play the audio.
If you wish, have students continue practicing
the sentences to improve their pronunciation.
CHAPTER SUMMARY
GRAMMAR
1. Divide the class into pairs or small groups.
2. Have students take turns forming sentences
from the words in the grammar boxes.
Student A says a sentence, and Student B
points to the words from each column that
are in the sentence. Then have students
switch: Student B says a sentence, and
Student A points to the words.
KEY VOCABULARY
Have students ask you any questions about the
meaning or pronunciation of the vocabulary. If
students ask for the pronunciation, repeat after
the student until the student is satisfied with
his or her own pronunciation.
Check students retention of the vocabulary

depicted on the opening page of Chapter 1 by
doing the following activity:
a. Have students open their books to page 1
and cover the list of vocabulary words.
b. Either call out a number and have students
tell you the word, or say a word and have
students tell you the number.
Variation: You can also do this activity as a
game with competing teams.
2. Student-Led Dictation
a. Tell each student to choose a word or
phrase from the Key Vocabulary list on text
page 10 and look at it very carefully.
b. Have students take turns dictating their
words to the class. Everybody writes down
that students word.
c. When the dictation is completed, call on
different students to write each word on
the board to check the spelling.
3. Beanbag Toss
a. Call out the topic: Actions.
b. Have students toss a beanbag back and
forth. The student to whom the beanbag is
tossed must name an action. For example:
Student 1: argue
Student 2: bake
Student 3: shout
c. Continue until all the words in the category

have been named.
Variation: You can also do this activity as a
game with competing teams.
4. Letter Game
a. Divide the class into two teams.
b. Say: Im thinking of a family member that
begins with d.
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c. The first person to raise his or her hand and

guess correctly [daughter] wins a point for his
or her team.
d. Continue with other letters of the alphabet.
The team that gets the most correct answers
wins the game.
5. Miming Agent Nouns

a. Write on cards the agent nouns on text page
10.
b. Have students take turns picking a card from
the pile and pantomiming the agent noun on
the card.
c. The class must guess what word the person
is miming.
Variation: This can be done as a game with
competing teams.
6. Who Is It?
Divide the class into teams and quiz them with
the following clues:
your mothers mother
your mothers brother
your fathers sister
your fathers father
your daughters son
your sons children
the man you married
the woman you married
your parents son
your parents daughter
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(grandmother)
(uncle)
(aunt)
(grandfather)
(grandson)
(grandchildren)
(husband)
(wife)
(brother)
(sister)
1. Board Game
a. On poster boards or on manila file folders,
make up game boards with a pathway
consisting of separate spaces. You may use
any theme or design you wish.
b. Divide the class into groups of 2 to 4
students and give each group a game board
and a die, and each student something to be
used as a playing piece.
c. Give each group a pile of cards face-down with
sentences written on them. Some sentences
should be correct and others incorrect. For
example:
Are you busy?
Yes, shes.
Does they eat?
Who does she sending an e-mail to?
Are you married to?
What do you do?
Im swimming whenever I can.
How often do you practice soccer?
Im calling my brother. I call her every Friday.
They watch a movie on TV one a week.
How often she visits her grandparents?
I talk to them every month.
What they are complaining about?
Does he like to swim?
Shes not very good skater.
Why he shouting at those people?
d. Each student in turn rolls the die, moves the

playing piece along the game path, and after
landing on a space, picks a card, reads the
sentence, and says if it is correct or incorrect.
If the statement is incorrect, the student
must correct it. If the response is correct,
the student takes an additional turn.
e. The first student to reach the end of the
pathway is the winner.
2. Question the Answers

a. Dictate answers such as the following to the
class:
No, we dont.
Im an actor.
Her name is Alice.
I read the newspaper every morning.
Im from El Salvador.
She lives in New York.
b. Have students write questions for which

these answers would be correct. For
example:
Answer: Yes, she is.
Question: Is your sister married?
Answer: No, they arent.
Question: Are they good skiers?
c. Have students compare their questions with

each other.
Variation: Write the answers on cards. Divide
the class into groups and give each group a set
of cards.
3. Dialog Builder
b. Write several lines on the board from several
conversations such as the following:
Yes, I am.
Do you like to ________?
How often do you ________?
No, he doesnt.
Really?
Thats interesting.
c. Have each pair create a conversation

incorporating those lines. Students can
begin and end their conversations any way
they wish, but they must include those lines
in their dialogs.
d. Call on students to present their
conversations to the class.
Yes, she is.

No, they arent.
Yes, I do.
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WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY AND LISTENING SCRIPTS

WORKBOOK PAGE 2
A. WHATS HAPPENING?
1. Whats, reading, Shes reading
2. Wheres, going, Hes going
3. Whats, watching, Shes watching
4. What are, cooking, Im cooking
5. Where are, moving, Were moving
6. Where are, sitting, Theyre sitting
7. Whats, composing, Hes composing
8. What are, baking, Im baking
WORKBOOK PAGE 3
B. ON THE PHONE
1. are
Im watching
Is
she is, Shes taking
2. Are
Theyre
are they
is doing
is playing
What are you
Im cooking
3. Is
he isnt, Hes exercising
Shes, Shes fixing
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
Do, complain
Does, speak
Does, live
Do you watch
Does she play
Does he practice
Do you plant
Does he add
Do you wear
Does she ride
Does he jog
Do we need
Does he iron
Do they have
WORKBOOK PAGE 6
E. PUZZLE
WORKBOOK PAGE 4
C. YOU DECIDE: Why Is Today Different?
1. clean, Im cleaning, . . .
2. irons, hes ironing, . . .
3. argue, were arguing, . . .
4. worry, Im worrying, . . .
5. watches, shes watching, . . .
6. writes, hes writing, . . .
7. take, Im taking, . . .
8. combs, hes combing, . . .
9. gets up, shes getting up, . . .
10. smiles, hes smiling, . . .
11. bark, theyre barking, . . .
12. wears, shes wearing, . . .
WORKBOOK PAGE 5
D. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
1. Do you recommend
2. Does, bake
3. Does, get up
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F. WHATS THE ANSWER?

1. b
5. b
2. c
6. c
3. b
7. a
4. c
8. b
WORKBOOK PAGE 7
G. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
1. dont, doesnt
isnt, cook
2. dont, Im
drive
3. Do you
dont, Im
Youre, type
4. composes, hes
5. isnt, doesnt
swimmer
6. dont
speak, speaker
H. LISTENING
Listen to each question and then complete
the answer.
1. Does Jim like to play soccer?
2. Is Alice working today?
3. Are those students staying after school today?
4. Do Mr. and Mrs. Jackson work hard?
5. Does your wife still write poetry?
6. Is it raining?
7. Is he busy?
8. Do you have to leave?
9. Does your sister play the violin?
10. Is your brother studying in the library?
11. Are you wearing a necklace today?
12. Do you and your husband go camping very
often?
13. Is your niece doing her homework?
14. Are they still chatting online?
15. Do you and your friends play Scrabble very
often?
Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
he does
she isnt
they are
they do
she doesnt
it is
he isnt
I do
she doesnt
he is
Im not
we do
she is
they arent
we dont
WORKBOOK PAGE 9
J. WHATS THE QUESTION?
1. What are you waiting for?
2. Who is he thinking about?
3. What are they ironing?
4. Who are you calling?
5. Who is she dancing with?
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Whats he watching?
What are they complaining about?
Who is she playing baseball with?
Who are they visiting?
What are you looking at?
What are you writing about?
Who is he arguing with?
Who is she knitting a sweater for?
What are you making?
Who are you sending an e-mail to?
What are they worrying about?
Who is she talking to?
Who is he skating with?
WORKBOOK PAGE 10
K. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
1. your
Were, them
2. his
He, them, his
3. they, me
4. her
She, them
5. your
I, my
6. your
Im, her
7. They, them
8. us, it
9. he, it
10. your
She, my
WORKBOOK PAGE 11
L. WHATS THE WORD?
1. with
2. ___
3. at
4. to
5. about
6. ___
7. ___ , with
8. for
9. ___
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TO BE: SHORT ANSWERS

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Whats your teachers name?

Her tennis coach says shes

Are you busy?

Where are you from?

Who are you calling?

How often do you watch TV?

What are you doing?

What do you like to do in your

Do you practice very often?

What are George and Herman

Is she a good tennis player?

What are you complaining

Are you married?

INQUIRING ABOUT LIKES/DISLIKES

Im not a very good skier.

Text Page 1: Chapter Opening Page

Text Page 2: Theyre Busy

The present continuous tense is used to express events

EXAMPLES: Whats she doing?

2. Use Side by Side Picture Cards or your own

Have students respond with the

b. Point to each visual and call on pairs of

Check students pronunciation of the final

c. Have students role-play people in the

INTRODUCING THE MODEL

3. With books closed, have students listen as

1. Exercise 1: Call on two students to present

4. Full-Class Repetition: Model each line and

2. Exercise 2: Same as above.

6. Group Choral Repetition: Divide the class

7. Choral Conversation: Groups 1 and 2

(For more practice, call on other pairs of

8. Call on one or two pairs of students to

SIDE BY SIDE EXERCISES

Full-Class Practice: Introduce the new

1. What Are They Doing?

Shes painting the kitchen.

3. Can You Hear the Difference?

b. Choose a sentence randomly from one of the

c. Have students continue the activity in pairs.

c. The first student whispers the message to

eat ice cream

feed the dog

b. Have students take turns picking a card from

c. The class must guess exactly what the

description of what they are doing, but divide

6. Role Play: Im Sorry, But I Cant

b. Call on pairs of students to role-play the

7. Describe the Pictures

8. Information Gap: Alans Family

c. The pairs continue until each has a filled map.

Text Page 3: What Are They Doing?

The simple present tense expresses habitual activity.

EXAMPLES: Do you practice the piano often?

b. Make a statement about yourself, such as: