Transcript Present Progressive

THE PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE TENSE
CONTEXTUAL USE
Daniel
 Clark
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: Can you open the door?
: Sorry, I’m having a shave right now.
Ally
: What’s that noise upstairs?
 John
: It’s Claira. She’s practicing for her
music class.
 Ally
: Oh, is she taking a music class this
semester?
 John
:Yeah, and she’s really good at singing.
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CONTEXTUAL USE
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For actions occuring at the moment of
speaking
– You are eating too fast.
– I am teaching English right now.
Time Prepositions:
now, right now, at the moment, at present
CONTEXTUAL USE

For temporary situations existing for a
period at the present time
– She’s working very hard nowadays.
Time Prepositions:
nowadays, these days, this term, this
year, this month, this semester
CONTEXTUAL USE

For situations which are changing during
the present time.
– Everything is expensive.
– Everything is getting more and more
expensive.
– The weather is hot.
– The weather ‘s getting hotter and hotter.
CONTEXTUAL USE
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For events that you have planned to do
in the future
– I am meeting her next Sunday.
– She is leaving Istanbul in two days.
Time Prepositions:
tomorrow, next week, next year, next
summer
CONTEXTUAL USE

To express annoying habits with words
like always
– You’re always borrowing money
!
– You’re always using my toothbrush !
– You’re always talking too much !
Present Simple vs. Present Progressive
Father is in his room. He is resting now.
 Father always rests in his room at noon.

I have university entrance exam this
year. That’s why I am not playing
voleyball this year.
 I usually play voleyball at the weekend.
I don’t play on weekdays.
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FORM
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AFFIRMATIVE (+)
– I am writing now.
– You are reading a book.
– He/She/It is eating lunch.
– We are listening to music.
– You are working hard.
– They are discussing their financial
problems.
FORM
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NEGATIVE (-)
– I am not writing now.
– You are not reading a book.
– He/She/It is not eating lunch.
– We are not listening to music.
– You are not working hard.
– They are not discussing their financial problems.
FORM
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INTERROGATIVE (?)
– Am I writing now?
– Are you reading a book?
– Is he/she/it eating lunch?
– Are we listening to music?
– Are you working hard?
– Are they discussing their financial
problems?
Spelling of -ing
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words ending with -e;
–
–
–
–
Write
Bite
Shave
Close
= Writing
= Biting
= Shaving
= Closing
Spelling of -ing
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words ending with
a consonant + a vowel + a
consonant;
–
–
–
–
Run
Sit
Cut
Prefer

words ending with x, y, w
Don’t write the last word again !!!
–
–
–
–
= Running
= Sitting
= Cutting
= Preferring
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Fix
Play
Buy
Draw
=
=
=
=
Fixing
Playing
Buying
Drawing
when stress is not on the last
syllable
Be careful with these words !!!
– Listen
– Open
– Happen
= Listening
= Opening
= Happening
Spelling of -ing

words ending with –y
– Study = Studying
– Play = Playing
– Buy = Buying
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words ending with –ie
– Die
– Lie
– Tie
= Dying
= Lying
= Tying
Stative Verbs
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Yum! This food tastes good. I like it
very much.

The chef is in the kitchen. He is tasting
the sauce. It tastes too salty. He
doesn’t like it.
Stative Verbs
1. Mental State:
Know, Think*, Understand, Believe, Want, etc.
2. Emotional State:
Love, Like, Hate, Envy, Fear, Amaze, etc.
3. Possession:
Have*, Own, Belong, Possess
Stative Verbs
4. Sense Perceptions:
Taste*, Smell*, Feel*, Hear, See*
5. Others
Be*, seem, look*, exist, weigh*,look like,
resemble, sound, contain, etc.
Stative Verbs

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These flowers smell good.
She is smelling the flowers.
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I think Roberto is a kind man.
I am thinking about this grammar.
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I see a butterfly. Do you see it, too?
Jane is seeing a doctor about her headaches.
Jack and Ann are seeing each other. They go
out together on Sundays.
Stative Verbs
Kathy looks cold. I will lend her my coat.
 Tina is looking out the window now.

Sue is feeling the cat’s fur.
 The cat’s fur feels soft.

This piano is too heavy for me to lift. It
weighs too much.
 The grocer is weighing the bananas.
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EXERCISE - 1
simple present vs. present progressive
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Diane can’t come to the phone because she (wash) ______ her hair.
Diane (wash) ______ her hair every other day or so.
Kathy (sit, usually)_______ in front row during the class, but today she
(sit) _____ in the last row.
Please be quiet. I (try) _______ to concentrate.
(you, lock, always) ________ the door to your apartment when you
leave?
I wrote to my friend last week. She hasn’t answered my letter yet. I
(wait, still) _______ for a reply.
After six days of rain,I’m glad that the sun (shine) _______ again today.
Every morning, the sun (shine) _______ in my bedroom window and
(wake) ________ me up.
A: Look! It (snow)_________.
B: It’s beatiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It (snow, not)
__________ in my country.
EXERCISE – 2
simple present or present progressive
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2.
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4.
5.
I can’t afford that ring. It (cost) _____ too much.
Look! It (begin) _____ to rain. Unfortunately, I (have, not)
______ my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He (wear)
______ a raincoat.
As a rule, I (sleep) _______ until 6 o’clock in the morning,
and then I (get) _____ up and (study) _____ for my
classes.
Shhh. Grandpa (take) ____ a nap in the living room. We
(want, not) _______ to wake him up. He (need) ______ his
rest.
Right now I (look) _______ around the classroom. Yoko
(write) ______ in her book. Carlos (bite) ______ his pencil.
Wan-ning (scratch) ______ his head. Ahmed (stare) ______
out the window. He (seem) ______ to be daydreaming, but
perhaps he (think) ______ hard about the verb tenses.
What (you, think) ________ Ahmed (do) ___________?