Transcript Present Progressive with Answers

THE PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE TENSE
CONTEXTUAL USE
Daniel
 Clark

: 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

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

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

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

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
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Diane can’t come to the phone because she (wash) is washingher hair.
Diane (wash) washes her hair every other day or so.
Kathy (sit, usually) usually sits in front row during the class, but today
she (sit) is sitting in the last row.
Please be quiet. I (try) am trying to concentrate.
(you, lock, always) do you always lock 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) am still waiting for a reply.
After six days of rain,I’m glad that the sun (shine) is shining again today.
Every morning, the sun (shine) shines in my bedroom window and
(wake) wakes me up.
A: Look! It (snow) is snowing.
B: It’s beatiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It (snow, not)
doesn’t snow in my country.
EXERCISE – 2
simple present or present progressive
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
I can’t afford that ring. It (cost) costs too much.
Look! It (begin) is beginning to rain. Unfortunately, I (have,
not) don’t have my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He
(wear) is wearing a raincoat.
As a rule, I (sleep) sleep until 6 o’clock in the morning, and
then I (get) get up and (study) study for my classes.
Shhh. Grandpa (take) is taking a nap in the living room. We
(want, not) don’t want to wake him up. He (need) needs
his rest.
Right now I (look) am looking around the classroom. Yoko
(write) is writing in her book. Carlos (bite) is biting his
pencil. Wan-ning (scratch) is scratching his head. Ahmed
(stare) is staring out the window. He (seem) seems to be
daydreaming, but perhaps he (think) is thinking hard about
the verb tenses. What (you, think) do you think Ahmed (do)
is doing?