URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants
Resource · not gradedGoal of the lesson
I can describe what people are doing in public spaces.
Puedo describir lo que las personas están haciendo en espacios públicos.
The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.
Present continuous
am / is / are + verb-ing for actions now: People are walking. A man is selling flowers.
| Subject | be | verb-ing |
|---|---|---|
| I | am | taking a photo |
| He / She | is | buying a coffee |
| We / They | are | waiting for the bus |
| ? | What are people doing? | They're dancing. |
- Children are playing in the park.
- A woman is reading on a bench.
- What is the man doing? He's playing the guitar.
En español
El presente continuo describe lo que pasa ahora o en una imagen. Pregunta: «What are they doing?». Cambios: run → running, dance → dancing.
Your AI assistants: SofIA
Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Gramatical, about present continuous for actions now. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.
Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.
Your career, your examples
- Health sciences: Paramedics are helping a runner.
- Engineering & technology: Engineers are checking the lights on the bridge.
- Business & economics: People are buying food at the street stalls.
- Education, humanities & communication: A reporter is interviewing a musician.
- Environment, agriculture & tourism: Volunteers are cleaning the river bank.
Cultural Corner · St David's Day
This week: St David's Day in Cardiff: people are wearing daffodils. Describe what people are doing.
St David's Day is on March 1. In Wales, people are wearing daffodils. Children can wear traditional clothes.
Key words
- daffodil narciso
- leek puerro
- Welsh galés
Fact
Wales has its own language, Welsh (Cymraeg). Many road signs are in Welsh and English.
Your career
- Health sciences: Leeks and healthy soup.
- Engineering & technology: Bilingual apps and signs.
- Business & economics: Welsh tourism.
- Education, humanities & communication: Two languages in one country.
- Environment, agriculture & tourism: Mountains and national parks.
Official source
- Visit Wales · Visit Wales · U.K.
Mission: Find 1 Welsh word on the site. Write it and its meaning.
Cultural competency: I can say what St David's Day is (Monday, March 1), use Present continuous to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.
Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural
Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.
estoy leyendo = I'm reading: the same structure (to be + -ing).
Estou lendo (PT, Brazil) and sto leggendo (IT) also use «be» + gerund. French says je suis en train de lire.
Queuing is an important custom in British public life. Observe a public place in Honduras: what are people doing? Describe, don't judge.
Describe a photo of a public place to a classmate who can't see it.
Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →
Wallace & Gromit
Aardman Animations (Nick Park)
Clay animation. Wallace is an inventor and Gromit is his clever dog. In every film something crazy is happening.
You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 20
Para docentes
Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_lessons.js (lección 6). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json.
Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian.
Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.