Vocabulary/communicative function: Vocabulary expansion in the thematic unit 'Hobbies and Sports'.Grammar: The English present continuous (present tense of to be + verb in -ing form) has an equivalent structure in Italian In fact, the present conjugation of stare is used together with the gerund form (-ndo) of the verb whose action is being performed. STARE + GERUND:This tense describes a present action that is in progress at the time of the speech as well as an action that is repeated over a pe