📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
Learn how to ask and answer questions about actions happening now.
🧠 Grammar Focus
We use ‘What are you doing?’ to ask about actions now. We use ‘I am + verb + ing’ to answer. For example: I am reading. She is cooking. They are playing. He is working.
📖 Short Reading
Anna is in the kitchen. She is cooking dinner. Her mother is sitting at the table. She is reading a book. Anna’s little brother is playing with his toy car in the living room. Everyone is doing something now.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. She ____ cooking now. (is / are / am)
2. They are ____ football now. (play / playing / plays)
3. I am ____ a book. (read / reading / reads)
4. He ____ working at the moment. (is / am / are)
5. What ____ you doing? (is / are / am)
6. She is ____ with her doll. (play / playing / plays)
7. We ____ watching TV now. (is / are / am)
8. They ____ cooking dinner. (is / are / am)
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. What are you doing?
2. He is reading.
3. They are playing.
4. She is working.
5. I am eating.
6. We are singing.
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. What are they doing now?
2. He ____ a book now.
3. I ____ cooking dinner.
4. She ____ working at her job.
5. What ____ you doing now?
6. They ____ playing with a toy car.
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write one sentence: What are you doing now?
2. Write one sentence: What is your friend doing now?
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cooking | making food |
| reading | looking at a book |
| playing | having fun with toys or games |
| working | doing a job |
| now | at this time |
| What are you doing? | a question to ask about actions |
| I am ____ing | a pattern for saying what you are doing now |
| toy car | a small car for children to play with |
🔎 Answer Key
- Exercise 1: 1) is 2) playing 3) reading 4) is 5) are 6) playing 7) are 8) are
- Exercise 2: 1: What are you doing? – I am cooking. 2: He is reading. – He is looking at a book. 3: They are playing. – They are having fun with a game. 4: She is working. – She is doing her job. 5: I am eating. – I am having food. 6: We are singing. – We are making music with our voices.
- Exercise 3: 1) They are playing football. 2) is reading 3) am cooking 4) is 5) are 6) are
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