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Unit 7 • Lesson A: Away for the weekend

Vocabulary
Weather
weather (n)
cloudy (adj)
cold (adj)
hot (adj)
humid (adj)
sunny (adj)
warm (adj)
windy (adj)
rain (v)
snow (v)

Seasons
spring (n
summer (n)
fall (n)
winter (n)
dry season (n)
rainy season (n)
in the spring / summer / fall / winter
in the dry season / rainy season

Sports and exercise

swim (v)
ski (v)

Location expressions
at the beach
away for the weekend

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I'm calling from Lake Tahoe.

Other words
baseball game (n)
come over (v)
have fun (v)
talk (about) (v)

Grammar
Present continuous statements
Use the present continuous to talk about right now or today.

Affirmative statements

Use subject + be + verb + -ing:

I'm calling from home.

It's raining right now.

Negative statements

Use subject + be + not + verb + -ing:

You're not working today.

She's not skiing with a friend.

The contractions isn't (= is not) or aren't (= are not) often follow nouns:

Marcos isn't working.

Marcos and Bill aren't swimming.

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Spelling

• For most verbs, add -ing:

work working
ski skiing
play playing

• For verbs ending in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) + the letter b, g, m, n, p, or t, double the last
letter and add -ing:
swim swimming

• For verbs ending in e, remove the e and add -ing:

have having

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