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 II 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 · Glastonbury Festival
This week: Look at a Glastonbury photo. What are people doing? Write 5 sentences.
Glastonbury is a music festival on a farm. There are more than 100 stages. People are camping in tents.
Key words
- festival festival
- tent tienda de campaña
- mud lodo
Fact
2026 was a fallow year: the farm rests. The festival returns in 2027.
Your career
- Health sciences: First aid at festivals.
- Engineering & technology: Temporary power and water.
- Business & economics: Tickets and charities.
- Education, humanities & communication: Music, theatre and art.
- Environment, agriculture & tourism: Recycling and a farm that rests.
Official source
- Glastonbury 2027 dates · Time Out · U.K.
Mission: Find the dates of Glastonbury 2027. Write them.
Cultural competency: I can say what Glastonbury is (June 23 – 27), 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.