English for B2 Students/Unit 2

= I am learning English for travel =

Aim of this lesson: Revise and practice the present continuous (progressive) and learn vocabulary related to sports and hobbies.

Dialogue
Richard is travelling to school with his son Michael.

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Grammar Focus - Present Continuous


The Present Continuous is commonly used to talk about current present actions - things happening at this moment.

Vocabulary - Sports & Hobbies
When we want to talk about doing a hobby we often have a choice of verbs we can use. This table shows the appropriate verb to use with different sports. Basically we use play with ball sports, do with exercises and martial arts (Asian sports like judo and karate) and go with sports that end with ing like swimming.

Speaking about Hobbies
''Work with a partner, if you can, and ask/answer these questions. If you're on your own you should think about these questions and write your answers instead.''


 * What sports and activities do you do regularly? How often do you practice?
 * What sport are you playing or watching next week?
 * How do you feel when you are playing this sport?
 * What sports do you hate playing or watching?
 * Do you have a favourite football team? Have you ever seen them play?

Exercises
Try these questions to see if you can use present continuous and present simple correctly. The answers can be found here.

Complete the following sentences using the present simple or present continuous:


 * 1) Look at that bad man!  He ________ (smoke) a cigarette on the bus.
 * 2) I _________ (study) for my exam at the moment.
 * 3) Do you have any children?  Yes, I __________ (have) two sons.
 * 4) What are you doing tomorrow evening?  I _________ (meet) my wife for dinner.
 * 5) Are you busy?  Yes, I ________ (take) a shower.

Grammar Reference
For further information about present continuous and present simple see ../Tenses and Forms/.

Vocabulary Reference
For an excellent list of sports vocabulary in English complete with pictures see Learning with Pictures - Sports on the Learning English Online website.