The Present Continuous
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The Present The Present ContinuousContinuous
Close your eyes. Close your eyes. Imagine you are at the Imagine you are at the
beach.beach.
What are you doing right now?
I am sitting on the sand……
I am surfing the waves.…
I am building a sand castle.…
I am swimming in the water.…
I am running on the beach.…
I am playing catch with my friends….
What do all these What do all these sentences have in sentences have in
common?common?
Present ContinuousPresent Continuous Form:
subject + to be (am, is, are) + infinitive + ing
Present Continuous
Example:
I am sitting on the beach.
subject
“to be”
sit + ing
Present Continuous
The action is taking place right now so we are looking
at it.…
BeAm/is/
are
Verb + ing
Function of the present continuous
When do we use it?1. To describe actions that are
happening at the moment of speaking.
I am standing in front of the class now.
2. To talk about something that will happen in the near future.
She is going to the movies on Saturday.
3. To describe temporary actions.
Her father is working in Rome this month.
4. To talk about trends.
More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.
5. To talk about repeated actions that are irritating to the speaker.
He is always coming late to class.
nownow at this momentat this moment
at at presentpresent
right nowright now
LooLook!k! Listen!Listen!
todaytodaytonighttonight
this afternoonthis afternoon
Time ExpressionsTime Expressions
Positive StatementsPositive StatementsI am playing football.
orI’m playing football.
You are playing football.or
You’re playing football.
Negative StatementsNegative StatementsI am not playing football.I’m not playing football.
You are not playing football.You’re not playing football.You aren’t playing football.
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Spelling rulesSpelling rules.….… Usually, in the present continuous
we add an “ing” to the verb, right?
Read readingAs
kGoBe
askingbeinggoing
Not really.… Verbs that end with an “e”.
The “e” must be dropped in order to add the “ing”
Give giving
HaveTake
havingtaking
Verbs that end with an “ee”. Here, we don’t drop the final “e” before adding an “ing”.
Agree agreeing
See seeing
Verbs that end with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) and a consonant (not inc. w,x, y). In this case, we double the last consonant and then add an “ing”.
sit sitting
fitrunget getting
runningfitting
Verbs that end with an “ie”. These must be changed to “y” before adding the “ing”.
dielie
tie
dying
lying
tying
Asking yes/no questions
How do we ask yes/no questions in the present
continuous?
Try it….Turn these statements into yes/no questions.
I am playing football.
They are drinking water right now.
She is singing her favorite song.
Am I playing football?
Are they drinking water right now?
Is she singing her favorite song?
What happened?When we ask yes/no questions
in the present continuous, we put the “to be” verb first.
To be + subject + verb + ing
Let’s look at our questions…
I am playing football.
Am I playing football?
To be
subject
verb + ing
Answer:Yes, I’Yes, I’mm playingplaying..
No, I’No, I’mm not not playingplaying..
They are drinking water right now.
Are they drinking water right now?To be
subject
verb + ing
Answer:Yes, they are drinking.
No, they aren’t drinking.
She is singing her favorite song.
Is she singing her favorite song?To be
subjectverb +
ing
Answer:Yes, she is singing.
No, she isn’t singing.
WH Questions
What do you think goes first when we ask WH question in the present continuous?
Good job……………Correct. When we ask a WH question in the present
continuous, the WH word comes first..…………
WH word + to be + subject + verb + ing
Try to come up with WH questions using these key
words… Why, he, (to) hit What, she, (to) do Where, I, (to) go When, it, (to) happen Who, they, (to) laugh How, it, (to) go