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What Are You Doing?

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
Meals
breakfast
lunch
dinner

Form of address
Mom

Other
bike
conference
friend
hometown
movie
pizza
tennis
time zone
walk
work

Adjectives
awake
hungry
sorry

Verbs
cook
dance
do
drive
eat
get up
go (to work/to the movies)
have (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
make
play (tennis)
read
remember
ride (a bike)
run
shop
sleep
study
swim
take (a walk)
watch (television)
work
Adverbs
Times
at midnight/at noon
at night
in the afternoon
in the evening
in the morning

Clock times
A.M./P.M.
midnight
noon
o'clock

Other
(right) now

Prepositions
after (six)
at (six o'clock)
to (six)

Conjunction
so

Interjection
mmm

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EXPRESSIONS

Asking for and telling time
What time is it?
    It's . . . o'clock (in the morning/. . .).
    It's . . . after . . . .
    It's a quarter after . . . .
    It's . . . -thirty.
    It's a quarter to . . . .

Asking about and describing current activities
What are you doing?
    I'm . . . .
Are you . . . ?
    Yes, I am./No, I'm not. I'm . . . . .

Giving a reason
What's he doing?
    It's . . . , so he's . . . .

Making a suggestion
Let's . . . .

Checking information
 . . . . Right?
    Yes.

Responding to an apology
I'm really sorry.
    That's OK.

Talking on the telephone
Hello?
    Hi, . . . . This is . . . .

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