3.1 What are you doing now/here?

Mini-Lesson 1

Listen to this audio lesson (credit: talkenglish.com):

and do the quiz below:

Rearrange following sentences to make a complete conversation

Listening Practice

Speaking Practice

Pair with your friend to practice the following dialogues (credit: talkenglish.com):
When you do not have a friend to practice with: Click on Listen All and follow along. After becoming comfortable with the entire conversation, become Person A by clicking on the Person A button. You will hear only Person B through the audio file. There will be a silence for you to repeat the sentences of Person A. Do the same for Person B.

1
Listen All  |   Person A  |   Person B
A: “What are you doing now?”
B: “I’m watching TV.”
A: “What are you watching?”
B: “I’m watching Friends. What are you doing?”
A: “I’m doing my homework, but I really need to take a break.”
B: “You want to do something?”
A: “Yes. But I shouldn’t. I got to finish my assignment now.”
B: “Alright. Call me later then.”
A: “OK. Bye.”
2
Listen All  |   Person A  |   Person B
A: “Where are you going now?”
B: “I’m going to the bank.”
A: “Aren’t you supposed to be at work?”
B: “I’m working now. I’m making a deposit for our company.”
A: “Where do you work?”
B: “I work for a restaurant as a controller.”
A: “Wow. That’s great.”
B: “Great seeing you. I have to go now. I’ll talk to you later.”

3
Listen All  |   Person A  |   Person B
A: “Hey Paul. What are you doing here?”
B: “How’s it going? I’m meeting up with a friend here.”
A: “How have you been man?”
B: “Not too bad. I’m still in school and having a little fun.”
A: “How are you enjoying Mr. Lee’s history class?”
B: “It’s so boring.”
A: “Tell me about it. If it wasn’t a requirement, I wouldn’t have taken it.”
B: “How about you? What have you been up to?”
A: “I finished school last spring. I’m searching for a job now, but I’m slacking off.”
B: “I heard the job market is not that hot right now.”
A: “I could always take a low end job, but I’m not that desperate yet.”
B: “Well, good luck to you.”
A: “Thanks. It was good seeing you again.”
B: “Yeah. I’ll catch you later.”
A: “Have a good night.”