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ENGLISH BOOKLET
Unit 4
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UNIT 4
Grammar: Prepositions of time, present continuous
Pronunciation: sentence stress, linking consonants and
vowel
Vocabulary: Daily routine verbs, the weather and the
seasons: Structure of Continuous Present, Daily routine
GRAMMAR - Present continuous
Present continuous/progressive - Grammar structure
SUBJECT VERB TO BE ING COMPLEMENT
(Present) (Verb)
S + TO BE + ING + C
Present Continuous
Verb Subject Affirmative Short form
I I am singing. I´m singing.
You You are singing. You´re singing.
He He is singing. He´s singing.
She She is singing. She´s singing.
Sing It It is singing. It´s singing.
We We are singing. We´re singing.
You You are singing. You´re singing.
They They are singing. They´re singing.
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Examples:
1. She´s running very fast.
2. They are eating pizza.
3. I´m cooking lasagna.
4. He is singing in Spanish.
5. You´re playing the piano.
Present Continuous
Verb Subject Negative Short form Short form
I I am not singing. I´m not singing. ----------
You You are not You´re not You aren´t
singing. singing. singing.
He He is not singing. He´s not singing. He isn´t singing.
She She is not She´s not singing. She isn´t singing.
singing.
Sing
It It is not singing. It´s not singing. It isn´t singing.
We We are not We´re not singing. We aren´t singing.
singing.
You You are not You´re not You aren´t
singing. singing. singing.
They They are not They´re not They aren´t
singing. singing. singing.
Examples:
1. She´s not running very fast.
2. They aren´t eating pizza.
3. I´m not cooking lasagna.
4. He isn´t singing in Spanish.
5. You´re not playing the piano.
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Write 5 sentences with present continuous
1. ________________________________________________.
2. ________________________________________________.
3. ________________________________________________.
4. ________________________________________________.
5. ________________________________________________.
Present continuous
Verb Subject Question Answer
I Am I singing? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
You Are you singing? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
He Is he singing? Yes, he is. /No, he´s not.
She Is she singing? Yes, she is. /No, she´s not.
Sing Is it singing? Yes, it is. /No, it´s not.
It
We Are we singing? Yes, we are. /No, we´re not.
You Are you singing? Yes, we are. /No, we´re not.
They Are they singing? Yes, they are. /No, they´re not.
Examples:
1. Is she running very fast?
2. Are they eating pizza?
3. Am I cooking lasagna?
4. Is he singing in Spanish?
5. Are you playing the piano?
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Write 5 questions with present continuous
1. ________________________________________________.
2. ________________________________________________.
3. ________________________________________________.
4. ________________________________________________.
5. ________________________________________________.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box, use
present continuous
buy bake study cry walk
watch teach play read feel
1. Sara _____ ____________ a chocolate cake.
2. Javier _____ ____________ mathematics.
3. I ____ not ___________ the drums.
4. I ____ not __________ my favorite novel.
5. I ____ ___________ cold.
6. He ____ not ___________ his movie.
7. ____ they ___________ to the park?
8. ____ the baby ___________?
9. My friends ___ ________ Spanish.
10. ___ your parents ________ a car?
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Write sentences and questions using present continuous
Affirmative
Subject Verb to be Verb + ING Complement
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Negative
Subject To be + NOT Verb + ING Complement
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Question
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Verb to be Subject Verb + ING Complement
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
Match next sentences with the correct form of the verb
1. She___ not ___ sad. is / baking
2. I ___ ___ my favorite book. am / playing
3. ___I ___ the flute? is / teaching
4. Miguel ___ not ___ French. am / reading
5. Kiara ___ _____ cookies. is / feeling
GRAMMAR – Prepositions of time
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Complete selecting the correct preposition of time.
1. We are going to travel in / on 2 weeks.
Prepositions
2. I always get up on of /Time
/ at 7 o´clock on in Friday.
3. At / OnAT ON
your birthday we play “Twister”. IN
It is used for precise times, It is used for It is used for months,
4. hours
like She isorgoing
partstoofthe
thecinema days,
in / at night.
specific years, decades,
days; also holidays without parts of day and centuries, season and
5. His party
“day”is in / on winter. dates long periods of time
At 6.
9 At
o´clock On eat
/ On Christmas we usually Friday
turkey. In May
At night On Christmas day In 1992
At Easter On 25th July In the 80´s
At lunch time On my birthday In 5 weeks
At the moment On Monday night In the morning
At the weekend
On Saturday In the Easter day
morning
Examples
I get up at 7 o´clock.
She sings on Friday nights.
My birthday is in summer.
We eat pancakes at breakfast.
On Saturday I wake up at 9 o´clock.
Classify the next words in the correct category
2 o`clock Friday January 11:30
noon Fridays March 5th. summer
2019 midnight my birthday the 1990s.
the past the future Christmas sunrise
sunset night lunchtime Saturday
morning
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the morning the afternoon the evening 8:00
Write 5 sentences using prepositions of time
1. ________________________________________________.
2. ________________________________________________.
AT ON IN
3. ________________________________________________.
4. ________________________________________________.
5. ________________________________________________.
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READING COMPREHENSION
Diana´s daily routine
Underline verbs with color blue, frequency adverbs color red
and prepositions of time with color black.
Howdy! My name is Diana. I´m nine years old and I´m Guatemalan. I
live with my family in Jutiapa.
I always get up at 7:00 on weekdays, but at the weekends I sleep an
hour and a half longer. When I get up, I got to the bathroom first.
I wash my face, brush my teeth and then I have a shower.
After that I comb my hair and get dressed. I usually wear
casual clothes, jeans, shorts, T-shirts and sport
shoes. I always have breakfast with my mom and my
little brother, Javier. My dad never has
breakfast with us because he starts
work early on weekdays. I usually have
a bowl of cornflakes with hot milk.
Before I go to school, I have to walk our dog, Milaneso.
I usually walk to school because I don´t live very far. Classes start
at 8:30, I like Maths and I´m also good at Science and English. I
have two breaks, at 11 and at 1 o´clock. I eat a sandwich and drink
an apple juice, I also play with my classmates in the playground.
School finishes at 3:30 and my dad picks me up and we come back home
by car. Then we have lunch together.
After lunch I play with Javier and Milaneso for a while and then I do
my homework and study. Twice a week I have a basketball practice. I
love doing sports.
Before dinner I sometimes meet my friends or watch TV. I seldom play
computer games, I simply find them boring. We have dinner at 7:30 and
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I often set the table. After dinner I read a book or surf the internet
for a while.
At 9:30 I go to the bathroom to have a shower, brush my teeth and put
on my pajamas. Before I go to sleep I listen to music on my MP3 player
because it makes me feel relaxed.
Write if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE
1. Diana is 10 years old. __________
2. Her dog is “Oso”. __________
3. Her brother is Javier. __________
4. She always drinks cold milk at breakfast. __________
5. Javier plays with her after lunch. __________
6. Diana goes to school by bus. __________
7. She usually meets with her friends. __________
8. She never plays computer games. __________
9. Milaneso is her dog. __________
10. She listens to music before go to sleep. __________
Exercise: Order the following words to make
questions
1. Diana / Does / 8:30? / wake up / at
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_________________________________________________.
2. Javier / brother? / Is / Diana´s
_________________________________________________.
3. usually / Does / clothes? / she / wear / formal
_________________________________________________.
4. Milaneso / dog? / Is / Diana´s
_________________________________________________.
5. her / parents / Are / alive?
_________________________________________________.
6. she / apple / Does / like / juice?
_________________________________________________.
7. her brother / Diana and / play / lunch? / Do / after
_________________________________________________.
8. breakfast / the family / Does / have / together?
_________________________________________________.
VOCABULARY Verbs of daily routines
Activities
Brush my teeth Go to Get home from
work/school work/college/school at 5
pm.
Do my hair and makeup Work from home Clean up the house
Drink a cup of Watch Feed my dog/cat
coffee/tea tv/Netflix
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Eat/have breakfast Drive to Go to bed
work/school
Get dressed Go to the gym Buy groceries after work
Get up around 6:30 am Check my emails Have lunch at home/at the
cafeteria
Make breakfast Wait for the Charge my phone
bus
Make my bed Make homework Go back home and make
lunch
Read the newspaper Take out the Listen to music
trash
Take a shower Walk my dog Wash the dishes
Wake up at 6 am Check my social Take a taxi/an uber/the
media bus
Complete next sentences about daily routines
1. I ______ to school at 7:00 then I _______ my homework.
2. On Sunday I ________ at 8:30 and ________ breakfast.
3. She _______ her teeth and _______ her hair.
4. At night, I_______________________ and
______________________.
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5. In the afternoon my mother
_____________________________and I ____________________.
VOCABULARY Weather and Seasons
Seasons
Spring Summer Autumn
Winter
About weather
Temperature Clouds Rain
Hot Clear Drizzle
Warm Cloudy Breeze
Cool Foggy Wind
Cold Snow Windy
Freezing Blizzard Hurricane
Match next images and words about weather
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WORD BY WORD BOOK
The weather and seasons
Everyday Activities I and II
UNIT 4 REVIEW
Write your daily routine on weekends
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Order the following words to write correctly
next sentences with continuous present
1. My sister / in Spanish. / singing / is
_________________________________________________.
2. cooking / Diana / pizza? / Is
_________________________________________________.
3. is / Your father/ not / working.
_________________________________________________.
4. calling / is / his boss. / Brandon
_________________________________________________.
5. Are/ eating / your / friends / ice cream?
_________________________________________________.
Complete sentences using IN, ON or AT
1. See you ____ Friday.
2. I brush my teeth ____ the morning.
3. The match is ____ 4 o'clock.
4. We have lunch ____ midday.
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5. I'm busy ____ the moment.
6. My parents always visit me ____ my birthday.
7. He was born ____ the 19th century
8. He usually goes on holiday ____July
9. They always get together ____ Christmas.
10. You can come ____ the weekend.
Complete the following sentences using the
words from the box
windy cloudy snowy weather sunny
1. The ___________ is terrible today. It´s an awful rainy
day.
2. It´s ___________ today. We can go to the beach.
3. We can´t see the sun in a ___________ day.
4. The temperature is very low in a ___________ day.
5. It was blowing very much yesterday. It was __________.
HOMEWORK
1. Present continuous (Exercises from 1 to 11)
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present_continuous-exercises.html
2. Prepositions of time
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https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Secon
d_Language_(ESL)/Prepositions_of_time/Prepositions_of_Time_AT_
-_ON_-__IN_lg1255882nz
3. Prepositions of time
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Secon
d_Language_(ESL)/Prepositions_of_time/Prepositions_in,_on,_at_
sa210948nj
4. Daily routine
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/daily-
routines/activities-1-write
5. Daily routine
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/daily-
routines/activities-1-audio
6. Weather
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/weather/exercises-2
7. Weather
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/weather/weather-
listen-match
REFERENCES
https://www.lingobest.com/free-online-english-course/daily-
routine-in-english/
