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The document contains a grammar exercise involving verbs in various tenses. Students are asked to fill in blanks with appropriate verbs based on images. They then review sentences for mistakes and answer comprehension questions about the scenes depicted. Higher-level critical thinking questions are also provided to analyze characters' thoughts and suggest additional educational uses for the visual aid.

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What Are They Doing

The document contains a grammar exercise involving verbs in various tenses. Students are asked to fill in blanks with appropriate verbs based on images. They then review sentences for mistakes and answer comprehension questions about the scenes depicted. Higher-level critical thinking questions are also provided to analyze characters' thoughts and suggest additional educational uses for the visual aid.

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Put the correct verb in the gaps. Remember to add 13) The blond lady _________ sunglasses.

is or are and ing. 14) The cat _______ a seagull.


15) The boy in the red cap ______ someone.
Give jog point stand serve cry queue fix paint post wear
wear chase lean read scream cut hold eat stop talk cross 16) The boy in the fish shop _______ a ball.
make walk put look fall paint climb text 17) The lady in the green car _______
because she thinks they will hit the boy on the
1) The lady in sunglasses _______ a magazine.
skateboard.
2) The policeman _______ an ice cream.
18) The policeman _______ at the blond lady.
3) The baby in the pushchair __________
19) The green car ___________ at the zebra
4) An old lady _______ a letter.
crossing.
5) A traffic warden _______ a ticket on the blue
20) The boy with the mobile and the boy on
car .
the zebra crossing __________ red caps.
6) A man ______ a call in the telephone box.
21) The workman on the ladder __________
7) A lady in a pink tracksuit ______ . She _______
the gutters green.
her dog. Oops, where’s it going???
22) The tin of paint _________ to the ground.
8) A man in a white overall _______ a ladder.
23) The lady behind the counter in the fish
9) A boy on a skateboard _______ the road.
shop _________ a bag of chips to the man.
10) At the top right, the artist is in his room. He
24) The angry man who __________ beside
_______ a picture.
the blue car __________ his finger.
11) In the fish shop, people ______ up.
25) The barber ___________ a customer’s
12) A lady ________ out of her window. She
hair. They ________ about the weather. Well,
________ to the man on the roof who ________
they are English!
the aerial.

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Find the mistake in the sentence and Put in is or are to complete the sentence and in
correct it. or on:

1) The lady who is jogging is wearing a blue 1) There ___ a cat __the roof.
tracksuit. 2) There ___ many people __ the bus.
2) The policeman is eating a packet of crisps. 3) There ___ two cars __the picture.
3) The barber is cutting a lady’s hair. 4) There ___ four birds __the roof.
4) The cat on the roof is sun bathing. 5) There ___ a workman __ a ladder.
5) The workman who is climbing a ladder is 6) There ___ a man __ the telephone box.
wearing a blue overall. 7) There ___ two people __ the green car.
6) The blond lady is texting her friend.
7) A young boy is posting a letter.
8) The traffic warden is directing the traffic. What?Why?Who?Where?When?How?Whose?
9) People are wearing winter clothes.
Answer the questions about the picture.
10) There are lots of passengers on the No.6
1) What is the weather like? How do you know?
bus.
2) Why is the workman climbing the ladder?
11) The baby in the pushchair is sleeping.
3) Who is cutting the man’s hair?
12) This is a countryside scene.
4) Where is the scene set?
13) The boy who is texting is wearing a green
5) When is this? Is it morning, afternoon, or
cap.
evening? How can you tell?
14) The jogger has got a big, black dog.
6) How many people are on the bus? Where
15) A boy on a bike is crossing the road.
might they be going?
16) The artist is a beautiful young woman.
7) Whose dog is it? What is it doing?
8) What is the name of the fish shop?

Higher level questions/tasks:


Suggestions for further use of the picture:
1) The barber shop is called ‘Sweeney Todd’.
1) SPLAT! Put the picture on screen. Split the class
Sweeney Todd used to cut throats. Do you
into two groups. One member from each team
think it’s a good name for a barber shop? Why
comes up. The teacher gives a sentence e.g. ‘He is
or why not?
feeling very angry because he’s getting a ticket.’
2) The picture contains a lot of humour. Do you
The first student to touch the right character
agree? Can you find examples?
gets a point. You can develop this game to have the
3) Can you find an example of a play on words?
students make the sentences.
4) Look at each of the characters in the
picture. What do you think each of them is 2) QUESTIONS. Ask the students to write
thinking or feeling? questions for each other about the picture and
5) Write a short role play of the conversation after a while, take the picture away, so it’s a
between the motorist and the traffic warden. memory game.

3) BEAT THE CLOCK Put a student in the hotseat.


The rest of the class must ask questions about the
picture, but the student in the hotseat cannot
answer yes or no. E,g, Is the policeman eating a
packet of crisps? He is eating an ice cream etc...
Brilliant fun! They love to try to catch each other
out and they are learning.

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Key for the first exercise. 1) is reading 2) is eating 3) is crying 4) is posting 5) is giving 6) is
making 7)is jogging/is walking 8) is climbing 9) is crossing 10) is painting 11) are queueing 12) is
looking/is talking/is fixing 13) is wearing 14) is chasing15) is texting 16) is holding17) is
screaming 18) is looking19) is stopping 20) is wearing 21) is painting 22) is falling 23) is
serving24) is standing/is pointing 25)is cutting/are talking.

Mistakes in the sentence 1) pink2) ice cream 3)man 4) chasing a seagull 5)white 6) reading a
mag 7)an old lady 8) giving out a ticket9)summer 10) No 9 11) crying 12) town/street 13) red 14)
small brown 15) on a skateboard 16) handsome, slightly older man.

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