Contrast: Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses, Adjectives

ADDITIONS

Feelings and Emotions
Describing Usual and Unusual Activities

VOCABULARY PREVIEW

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I Always Cry When I'm Sad

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ON YOUR OWN What Do You Do When You're Nervous?

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Answer these questions.

What do you do when you're...

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* Now ask another student in your class.

I'm Washing the Dishes in the Bathtub

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A. What are you doing?

B. I'm washing the dishes in the bathtub.

A. That's strange! Do you USUALLY wash the dishes in the bathtub?

B. No. I NEVER wash the dishes in the bathtub, but I'm washing the dishes in the bathtub TODAY.

A. Why are you doing THAT?

B. Because my sink is broken.

A. I'm sorry to hear that.

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READING

A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE

Mr. Blaine is the president of the Acme Internet Company. The company has a staff of energetic employees. Unfortunately, all of the employees are out today. Nobody is there. As a result, Mr. Blaine is doing everybody's job, and he's having a VERY bad day at the office!

He's answering the telephone because the receptionist who usualy answers it is at the dentist's office. He's typing letters because the secretary who usually types them is at home in bed with the flu. He's sorting the mail because the office assistant who usually sorts it is on vacation. And he's even cleaning the office because the custodian who usually cleans it is on strike.

Poor Mr. Blaine! It's a very busy day at the Acme Internet Company, and nobody is there to help him. He's having a VERY bad day at the office.

READING CHECK-UP

TRUE OR FALSE?