What are you doing right now? — Workbook
1. Vocabulary gap-fill
Complete each sentence with ONE word or short chunk from the box.
- I drop get up at seven, but this week I'm getting up at five for a project.
- Don't worry — that argument was drop . We honestly get on fine.
- I'm sleeping on the sofa drop — my brother's here for a fortnight.
- I've been going to the gym drop for two years, never consistently.
- drop , I actually prefer quiet Fridays to loud ones.
- It's a big change, but I'm slowly starting to drop it.
- Sorry, I can't talk drop — I'm driving.
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5. Find and fix the mistake
Each sentence has ONE mistake. Rewrite it in natural A2+/B1 English.
- I am agree with you.
- She work in a hospital.
- Look — it's rain outside!
- He isn't understanding the question.
- What you are doing right now?
- This week I working from a café.
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6. Combine with a contrast linker (although / whereas / but)
Join the two ideas into ONE natural sentence.
- I usually hate cafés. This week I'm working from one.
- Marcus normally teaches maths. Right now he's travelling around Portugal.
- Zaina usually works twelve-hour shifts. She isn't working this week.
- My mother's side is loud. My father's side is quiet.
- I love the holiday. I miss my classroom a little.
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7. Listening — 'Two clocks' at Gateway Café
Three people contrast their normal week with what they're doing right now. Listen for the ROUTINE and the EXCEPTION for each speaker.
- Speaker 1 (Kaia): routine vs. this-week reality?
- Speaker 2 (Marcus): routine vs. this-month reality?
- Speaker 3 (Zaina): routine vs. this-week reality?
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Isabel · Kaia:I usually work in a very quiet architecture studio in Lisbon. Right now, though, I'm sitting in Gateway Café with a lot of noise around me, because our office is being repainted this week. I don't normally work in cafés — I hate the noise. But this week I'm learning that I can concentrate almost anywhere.
Victor · Marcus:I'm a maths teacher back in Manchester. Normally I teach Monday to Friday. This month, though, I'm not teaching at all — I'm travelling around Portugal with my brother. Right now I'm doing all the things I don't usually do, and I love it, although I miss my classroom a little.
Anya · Zaina:I'm a paediatric nurse. I normally work twelve-hour shifts and sleep like the dead on my days off. But I'm not working this week — I'm flying home to see my mother, who's just had surgery. Right now I just want to sit with her and drink some bad tea.
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8. Writing — Two clocks
Write 80–100 words about your life at the moment. Include: (a) TWO sentences in the present simple describing your usual week, (b) TWO sentences in the present continuous describing what you're doing differently right now, (c) ONE contrast linker (although / but / whereas), and (d) ONE honest final sentence about how the exception feels — are you settling into it or waiting for normal to return?
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9. Reflection (discursive)
Answer each in 2 full sentences.
- Kaia says she's 'learning she can concentrate anywhere' during this repaint. What have YOU learnt from a recent forced change in your routine?
- Marcus loves his holiday but misses his classroom. Is it possible to enjoy a break AND miss your normal life at the same time? Explain from your own experience.
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