Transcript The Present Progressive

The Present Continuous
Close your eyes. Imagine
you are at the beach.
What are you doing
right now?
I am running on the beach….
I am sitting on the sand……
I am surfing the waves….
I am building a sand castle….
I am playing catch with my friends….
I am swimming in the
water….
What do all these
sentences have in
common?
Present Continuous
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Form:
subject + to be (am, is, are) + infinitive + ing
Present Continuous
Example:
I am sitting on the beach.
subject
sit + ing
“to be”
Present Continuous
The action is taking place right
now so we are looking at it….
Be
Am/is/are
Verb
ing +
Function of the present
continuous
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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.
Time Expressions
now
at this moment
at present
Look!
tonight
this afternoon
today
Listen!
right now
Positive Statements
I am playing football.
or
I’m playing football.
You are playing football.
or
You’re playing football.
Negative Statements
I 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 rules….
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Usually, in the present continuous we
add an “ing” to the verb, right?
Read
reading
Ask
Be
Go
asking
being
going
Not really….
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Verbs that end with an “e”. The
“e” must be dropped in order to
add the “ing”
Give
giving
Have
having
Take
taking
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Verbs that end with an “ee”.
Here, we don’t drop the final “e”
before adding an “ing”.
Agree
agreeing
See
seeing
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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
get
getting
run
running
fit
fitting
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Verbs that end with an “ie”. These
must be changed to “y” before
adding the “ing”.
die
dying
lie
lying
tie
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.
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I am playing football.
Am I playing football?
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They are drinking water right now.
Are they drinking water right now?
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She is singing her favorite song.
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…
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I am playing football.
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Am I playing football?
To be
verb + ing
subject
Answer:
Yes, I’m playing.
No, I’m not playing.
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They are drinking water right now.
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Are they drinking water right now?
To be
verb + ing
subject
Answer:
Yes, they are drinking.
No, they aren’t drinking.
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She is singing her favorite song.
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Is she singing her favorite song?
To be
verb + ing
subject
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…
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Why, he, (to) hit
What, she, (to) do
Where, I, (to) go
When, it, (to) happen
Who, they, (to) laugh
How, it, (to) go