Transcript What are they doing 1.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 1
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE 1
Affirmative:
Subject + am, is, are + Verb –ing
Mary is jumping
Rules for V–ing
1. In general: V+ ing
drink →drinking; sing →singing
Peter is reading; Susan isn’t eating
2. Verbs ending in –e:
write →writing; dance →dancing
They are having lunch; Sam isn’t driving
3. monosyllable verbs (C+V+C)
swim →swimming; run →running
We aren’t sitting; Tom is getting up
USES of the PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Activities we are doing: now, at the
moment, at present…
Pat is having a shower now.
2. Temporary situations: this week, today,
this month…
Dad always drives to work, but
he is walking this week.
Make affirmative sentences 1: (play)
They are playing the drums.
Make affirmative sentences 2: (eat)
She is eating an ice-cream.
Make affirmative sentences 3: (swim)
He is swimming.
Make affirmative sentences 4: (have)
He is having dinner.
Make affirmative sentences 5: (cry)
She is crying
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE 2
Negative:
Subject + am not, is not, are not + Verb –ing
John isn’t swimming.
Make negative sentences 1: (work)
He isn’t working.
Make negative sentences 3: (drink)
She isn’t drinking.
Make negative sentences 3: (run)
They aren’t running.
Make negative sentences 4: (write)
She isn’t writing.
Make negative sentences 5: (buy)
He isn’t buying a newspaper.
Your turn now
1. Write sentences according to the pictures
using the given verb.
2. If the sentence is negative, make a
negative sentence and then an
affirmative one with the correct verb.
3. Check your answers.
1: GET UP
He isn’t getting up.
He’s going to bed.
2: SMILE
They aren’t smiling.
They’re crying.
3: WALK
They aren’t walking.
They are travelling by bus.
4: WRITE
He isn’t writing a letter.
He is posting it.
5: WASH
She isn’t washing.
She is cooking.
What are they doing 1. [online]. [cit. 2013-06-08]
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