Unit 8: What Are You Doing?

A. Look at the photos. Complete the sentences. Use the present progressive of the verbs in the box.

1. Omar is surfing the Internet on his computer. His brothers are studying for a test.
2. Tom is listening to Carl's phone.
3. Jack and his friends are eating pizza at his house.
4. Mark is not riding his bike right now.

B. Complete the questions and answers. Use contractions and pronouns in the answers.

1. What is Jamal doing?
He's reading a book.

2. What are they doing?
They're surfing the Internet.

3. What is Jim doing?
He's watching sports on TV.

4. What is Ahmed doing?
He's talking on his cell phone.

5. What are the boys doing?
Theyre playing video games.

C. Look at the pictures. Answer the questions. Use short answers.

1. Is he talking to his friend? No, he isn't.
2. Is he listening to his cell phone? Yes, he is.
3. Are they hanging out at the mall? No, they aren't.
4. Are they waiting for a bus? Yes, they are.
5. Is he drinking coffee? Yes, he is.

D. Here are the answers. Write the questions.

1. What is Asma doing? Asma is talking to a friend on the phone.
2. What are they doing? Omar and Qassim are watching TV.
3. What are you doing? We are surfing the Internet.
4. What are you doing? I am studying for a math test.

F. WRITING

Imagine you are at the library with four friends. What is each friend doing? Write an email.

to: Ali.

Subject: fun at the library.

Hello Ali, I'm writing to you from the school library.

I'm here with my friends. Faisal is reading a story.

Fahd is doing his homework.

Omar is studying for his exam. And I'm surfing the internet.

What are you doing?