Unit 6
I’m watching TV.
Section A
What is she doing?
She is singing.
Warm up
What is he doing?
He is playing
basketball.
She is drawing a picture.
What is she doing?
She is dancing.
What is she doing?
He is swimming.
What is he doing?
She is talking on the
phone.
What is she doing?
What are they doing?
They are cleaning.
They are eating dinner.
What are they doing?
What are they doing?
They’re watching TV.
He’s reading.
What’s he doing?
She’s doing homework.
What’s she doing?
What are they doing?
They are running.
It is listening to the recorder.
What is it doing?
1a. Match the words with the activities.
1. watching TV____
2. cleaning ____
3. reading a newspaper ____
4. talking on the phone _____
5. listening to a CD ____
6. using the computer ____
7. making soup ____
8. washing the dishes ____
9. exercising ____

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1b. Listen.

What are these people doing?
Write numbers from 1a.
a. Jenny___
b. Dave and Mary ___
c. John___
1
5
8
Boy: Hello, Jenny.
Girl: Hi, Bob.
Boy: Jenny, What are you doing?
Girl: I’m watching TV.
Boy: Do you want to play tennis?
Girl: No, this TV show is interesting. What’s
John doing?
Boy: He’s washing the dishes.
Girl: Well,what’re Dave and Mary doing?
Boy: They’re listening to a CD.
Tape script
He is playing
computer games.
What’s he doing?
She is running.
What’s she doing?
She is singing.
What’s she doing?
Ask and answer questions about what people are doing in the picture above.
1c. Pairwork
A: What’s he doing?
B: He’s using the computer.
A: What are they doing?
B: They’re listening to a CD.
2a. Listen and answer these questions.
1. What is Steve doing?

2. What is Jack doing?
He is watching TV.
He is listening to a CD.
2b. Listen again. Fill in the blanks.
Jack: Hello, Steve.
Steve: Hi, Jack.
Jack: What______ you______, Steve?
Steve: I’m ____________. What about you?
Jack: I’m_______________ , but it’s kind of
_________.
Steve: Yeah, my TV show is also not very
_________. Do you want to_____ the movies?
Jack: That sounds good.
are
doing
watching TV
listening to a CD
boring
interesting
go
Jack: Hello, Steve.
Steve: Hi, Jack.
Jack: What are you doing, Steve?
Steve: I’m watching TV. What about you?
Jack: I’m listening to a CD, but it’s kind of boring.
Steve: Yeah, my TV show is also not very interesting.
Do you want to go to the movies?
Jack: That sounds good.
Tapescript
Jenny: Hello? This is Jenny.
Laura: Hi, Jenny. It’s Laura here.
Jenny: Oh, hi, Laura. What are you doing?
Laura: Not much. I’m just washing my clothes.
What about you?
Jenny: I’m watching TV. Do you want to join me
for dinner? My parents aren’t at home.
We can eat out.
Laura: Yeah, I’d love to.
Jenny: Let’s meet at my home first.
Come at half past six.
Laura: OK. See you then.
2d. Role-play the conversation .
Do you want to join me for dinner?
你想和我一起吃饭吗？
join sb for sth 与某人一起干某事/加入到某人的行列一起干某事。如：
Would you come and join us for party?
你愿意和我们一起聚会吗？
Language points
2. I’d love to. 我很乐意
是对对方询问意见礼貌接受的回答，也可以说I’d like to,但是语气比前者稍弱。如：
Would you come and join us for party?
你愿意和我们一起聚会吗？
I’d like to.
我愿意.
Grammar Focus
She’s exercising (now).
She exercising (on Mondays/ every night/ in the mornings/ etc.)
3a. Write sentences following the
examples.
1. Jenny/ clean the house/ now
_______________________________
2. Bob/ make dinner/every Saturday
________________________________
3. Mary’s parents/ drink tea/after dinner
_________________________________
4. Bill/ take on the phone/now
________________________________
5. Becky and Bob/ watch TV/on weekends
___________________________________
Jenny is cleaning the house now .
Bob makes dinner every Saturday.
Mary’s parents drink tea after dinner.
Bill is taking on the phone now .
Becky and Bob watch TV on weekends .
3b. Number the sentences in order to make a telephone conversation. Then practice it with a partner.
Do you want to go tomorrow then?
OK. See you tomorrow evening!
I’m reading a book.
Let’s go at seven o’clock.
No, this book is really interesting.
What are you doing?
Do you want to the movies now?
Sure, what time?
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3c. Take turns miming different activities in
your group. The others in the group guess
what the activities are.
Practice:
Ask and answer about the pictures.
Then say what is happening?
Where is he?
What’s he taking?
He is in a supermarket.
He is taking a bottle of milk.
What’s he waiting for?
What’s he reading?
He is waiting for a bus.
He is reading newspaper.
Who are Lisa and Tim talking
to?
What are they talking about?
They are talking to a policewoman.
They are talking about the thief.
Where are they all going?
What’s the man doing?
They are all going to the police office.
He is crying.
1. 现在进行时态表示现在 (说话瞬间) 正在进行
或发生的动作。如:
The students are listening to the teacher.
He is watching TV now.
现在进行时态还可以表示当前一段时间内的活动
或现阶段正在进行的动作。如:
We are working on a farm these days . I am writing a book this month.
现在进行时
(The Present Continuous Tense)
2. 动词-ing形式的构成
3. 常与现在进行时态连用的词:
now, listen, look等。
如: What are you doing now? (你在干什么?)
I’m reading now. (我现在正在读书)
Listen! She is singing. (听, 她正在唱歌)
注意: 以”ie”结尾，要变“ie”为“y”, 再加-ing.
如：die—dying(死）lie—lying(平躺）。
4. 现在进行时由be(am/is/are)+动词-ing形式构成。
肯定式结构: 主语+be+动词-ing形式+其他.
否定式结构: 主语+be+not+动词-ing形式+其他.
一般疑问句结构: Be+主语+动词-ing形式+其他？
特殊疑问句结构: 疑问词+be+主语+其他？
肯定式：1. I am singing.
2. She is dancing.
3. He is listening.
4. They are watching TV.
否定式： 1. I am not singing.
2. She is not dancing.
3. He is not listening.
4. They are not watching TV.
一般疑问句: 1. Are you singing?
2. Is she dancing?
3. Is he listening?
4. Are they watching TV?
特殊疑问句: 1. What are you doing?
2. What is he/she doing?
3. What are they doing?
5.一般疑问句回答:
肯定回答: Yes, 主语 +be;
否定回答: No, 主语+be + not. 如:
---Are you drawing ?
---Yes, I am./No, I’m not.
eating in the room.
I am
He is
She is
It is
We are
You are
They are
What doing?
is he
is she
is it
are you
are they
write

take

have

make

come

arrive

dance

leave
动词现在分词变变变
writing
taking
having
making
coming
arriving
dancing
leaving
sit
shop
cut
stop
put
get
begin
swim
run
动词现在分词变变变
sitting
shopping
cutting
stopping
putting
getting
beginning
swimming
running
1. I look at the blackboard.
2. We drink tea.
3. He and I do our homework.
I. 把下列句子变为进行时态。
I am looking at the blackboard.
We are drinking tea.
He and I are doing homework.
Practice:
1.They are cleaning the house. (一般疑问句)

2.Sam is at work. (改为同义句)

3.Tom is singing. (改为否定句)
Are they cleaning the house?
Sam is working.
Tom is not singing.
Ⅱ. 句型转换
4. Kate is putting on her new skirt. (划线提问)
5. She is sitting near the window.(划线提问)
What is Kate doing?
Where is she sitting?
It’s a fine Sunday morning. There’re many people
in the park. They are playing.
Look: Two boys __________ (play) with yo-yos.
A girl _________ (fly) a kite. Two Children
_____________(mend) a toy boat. There ____
(be) a lake in the park. Near the lake, a young man
___________ (run). There ______ (be) two men
near the house. They _____________ (work)
hard now.
Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks.
are playing
is flying
is
is running
are
are working
are mending
A woman ___________ (water) the flowers.
A girl ___________ (draw).
Look at the big tree. Two cats
____________ (run) up the tree. What
do they want to do? They want _________
(catch) the bird. All of them are very happy.
is watering
is drawing
are running
to catch
1. --What are you doing? --I _____
A. eat B. can eat
C. eating D. am eating
2. We want _______ this book now.
A. reading B. am reading
C. read D. to read
3. Our teacher is ________ a red sweater .
A. putting on B. put on
C. wearing D. wear
4. That boy isn’t ______ the teacher .
A. listen B. listens
C. listening D. listening to
Ⅳ. 选择填空
D
D
C
D
5. It’s eight o’clock. Jim’s family ____TV.
A. is watching B. are watching
C. watch D. to watch
6. My mother is ____ a cake ____ my birthday.
A. making, to B. making, for
C. doing, to D. doing, for
7. Let me ____ these books in the box.
A. puts B. put C. to put D. putting
8. --____ you ____ the window? --Yes, I am.
A. Do, clean B. Is, cleaning
C. Are, cleaning D. Do, cleaning
B
B
B
C
Ⅴ. Correct the sentences.
1.I cleaning the house now.
I am cleaning the house now.
2.He is listen to me.
He is listening to me.
3. He is writing.
He is writing.
4.They are running.
They are running.
1. --What’s Li Lei doing?
    -- He _____________. (read )
 2.--What’s his mother doing?
    --She ____________. (write )
3. --What are they doing?
   --They_________________. (play soccer)
4. --What are David and Mary doing?
   --They_________________. (have dinner)
5. --What’s Jenny doing?
   --She _____________. (run )
Ⅵ. 完成句子。
is reading
is writing
are playing soccer
are having dinner
is running
Let Jane goes to the movies.
What’re your friend doing?
Who is Lisa talking?
The kids in our class are singing
very good.
go
What’s
talking to
well
Ⅶ. 改错。
Ⅷ. Translation
看电视 _________
2. 游泳 _________
3. 踢足球 _____________
4. 画画 _________
5. 看书 ____________
watch TV
play football
read a book
swim
draw
6. 做作业 _______________
7. 打电话 ________________
8. 打扫 ________
9. 吃晚饭 ___________
10. 跳舞 ________
clean
do homework
talk on the phone
eat dinner
dance
1. Write a passage about three
photos of your family or friends
using the Present Continuous Tense.
2. Revise the words and phrases.
Homework
Thank You!