5A Communicative What can you do?

Can you sleep Can you

Can you say three Can you say the a) in a bus or a) play tennis?
things you can do days of the week on a plane? b) play chess?
on an iPod? in ten seconds? b) with the c) swim two
light on? miles?

What do these
Can you say Can you make
Can you say signs mean?
three things you a) spaghetti?
“I love you” in
can do with your b) a cake?
three languages?
cell phone? c) a cappuccino?

Can you say three Can you read

Can you say three
things you can a) in another Can you play
things you can do
do on a Friday language? a musical
in your country
night in b) in a car or instrument?
when you are 18?
your town? on a bus?

Can you do these

Can you easily Can you park easily
Can you spell things on a
remember a) on the street
these numbers in computer:
a) people’s outside your
words correctly? a) use Photoshop?
names? house?
a) 8  b) 15  c) 30 b) design
b) birthdays? b) in the city?
a webpage?

Can you remember

the opposite of Can you count Can you spell your Can you count
these adjectives? from 1 to 100 name and address down from 20 to 1
a) full  b) strong in tens? in English? in ten seconds?
c) dangerous

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 5B Communicative Guess what I’m doing!

You are driving You are watching

a very fast car. a horror movie.

You are writing You are waiting for

a love letter. the dentist.

You are eating You are drinking

spaghetti. a cup of hot coffee.

You are singing You are making

in the shower. your bed.

You are reading You are walking in

an eReader. the rain.

You are dancing

You are doing a sudoku.
the tango.

You are playing chess. You are making pizza.

You are taking

You are watching
a photograph of a group
soccer on TV.
of people.

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 5C Communicative It’s Friday evening
Student A
It’s Friday evening. Complete the table by asking B questions about the people in the simple present
and present continuous. Then answer B’s questions.
What is Mark doing this evening?    
He’s working late. What does
he usually do on Friday evening?
He plays soccer.

What do / does usually What is / are doing

do on Friday evening? this evening?

Mark work late

have dinner at an Italian

jaime and Beth
restaurant

yasmin go to the gym

Phil watch Star Wars with a friend

Bruno and sofia watch TV

Lucy and Alice see a movie at the movie theater

Student B
It’s Friday evening. Answer A’s questions in the simple present and present continuous. Then
complete the table by asking A questions.
What is Mark doing this evening?    
He’s working late. What does
he usually do on Friday evening?
He plays soccer.

What do / does usually What is / are doing

do on Friday evening? this evening?

Mark play soccer

jaime and Beth go to an Italian class

yasmin run in the park

Phil play computer games

argue about what TV show

Bruno and sofia
to watch

Lucy and Alice meet for dinner

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