Doing Things

Section One

Activity 1: Expressions
What is Mr. Purnama doing?
Talk about the activities on this page
Then listen to your teacher.
Try to say the expressions with good pronunciation.
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Hi Wisnu, can we go out and play?
· Sorry, Danny, I’m busy.
· What are you doing?
· I am helping my father.
· We are cleaning the house.
· We do this every year.
· We clean up during the holiday.
· That’s good.
· Can I help you?
· Sure. Let’s get busy.
What do people usually do around the house? Talk about these pictures.
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Plant flowers Water the plants

3 4

Clean the lamp Move things

5 6 7
Fry food Serve food Peel apples

8 9 10

Cut vegetables Cook food Make bread

11 12 13

Play hide and seek Have orange juice Have a good time

Activity 2: Noticing Patterns

For things you usually do, use this pattern.

Subject	Adverb	Verb	Object	Adverb
I	sometimes	play	chess	with Wisnu
You		climb	the tree	on Sundays.
They	often	move	the furniture.
We	usually	clean	the house	on holidays.
He	always	throws	garbage	at night.
She		cooks	the food.
My cat		has	green eyes.

Now, look at pictures 1 to 13 above.
Write sentences using the verb and object given.
For example:
My father throws the garbage on Sundays.
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Activity 3: Interpreting Patterns
Look at the following pictures.
Right now, they are doing something.
What are they doing?
When you see the word “run”, you say:
He is running
So, you add “ing” to the verbs
Give names to the persons (Subjects).

Patterns

Subject	be	Verb + ing
John (He)	Is	running
Tia (She)	Is	singing
Bima (He)	Is	diving
Fatur(He)	is	cycling
My brother (He)	is	skating
The children (They)	are	playing

Subject	be	Verb + ing	Object
I	am	studying	English
You	are	swimming.
We	are	reading	this book.
My cat	is	chasing	the mouse.

Activity 4: Answering questions
Now, write sentences based on the pictures.

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What is the girl doing?
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What is the baby doing?
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What is the boy doing?
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What is the baby doing?
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What is the little girl doing?
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What are the children doing?
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What are we doing?
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Section Two

Texts

Practice the dialogues.
Discuss where the dialogues take place.
Perform the dialogues.
1. Tata : Nana….!
Nana : Hi, Tata!

Tata : Come. Let’s go and play.
Nana : Sorry Tata. I’m still doing my homework.
Tata : Oh, are you?
Nana : I am. Come in.
Tata : No, thank you. I’ll come back later.
2. Yoga : Shall we go to the movies on Saturday?
Ririn : What about Sunday?

Yoga : Why Sunday?
Rini : I do my housework on Saturdays.
Yoga : really?
Rini : Yeah… I clean my room, wash my clothes, cook the food, and go to my dancing class.
Yoga : You’re a busy girl.
Rini : You’re right. I am.
3. Yuyun : Rina…, Can I talk to you?
Rina : Sure. What’s up?
Yuyun : Are you busy?
Rina : Well… just finishing this math assignment.
Yuyun : Great. I need help with this math too.

Rina : Okay. Let’s do it carefully.
Yuyun : Right. Carefully.
Rina : It’s hard.
Yuyun : Yeah… it is.

Section Three

Role Play

Perform the acts.