Present Continuous

The Present Continuous Tense (Thì Hiện Tại Tiếp Diễn).2. THE PRESENT.[r]

UNIT 11: LOOKING

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GRAMMAR The Present Continuous

Tense

Unit 11: Looking

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GRAMMAR:

The Present Continuous Tense

(Thì Hiện Tại Tiếp Diễn)

teach (v)

 I am teaching now.

paint (v)

He is painting

run (v)

 He is running.

read (v)

 He is reading.

write (v)

 She is writing.

- Are they playing?

 No They are not playing

- What are they doing?

They are fighting

- fight (v)

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1 Form:

+ Positive:

Ex: - They are playing football

- He is painting

+ Negative:

Ex: - He isn’t reading

+ Questions:

Ex: - Are they playing?

- What are they doing?

S + (be) + Ving…

S + (be)+ not + Ving…

(Be)+S+ Ving?

(WH)+

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

2 Use:

We use The Present Continuous Tense to describe the actions happening at the

moment

3 Signals:

The Present Continuous Tense usually goes

with “ now, at the moment, Look!, listen!, Be quiet !, …”

4 Attentions:

 Verbs ending in ‘e’, drop ‘e’

Ex: writ

 Verbs ending in a vowel and a consonant,

double the consonant

Ex: run

 Verbs ending in ‘ie’, drop ‘e’ and change ‘i’ to

‘y’

Ex: l

eing

ning

e yiing

Task 1: Complete the letter Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous.

Dear Jim,

We (1) (have) _ a terrible holiday It (2)

(4) (watch) television Tom and Peter

(5) (play) computer games Alice (6)

a cup of coffee The baby (8) (cry)

I want to go home.

All the best,

George

are having

is raining am sitting

am watching are playing

is reading

is making

is crying

Task 2:Change the statements into negative sentences.

1 You’re listening to me.

 ………

2 Tim is studying

 ………

3 We’re talking

 ………

4 You’re writing

You are not listening to me.

Tim is not studying.

We aren’t talking.

You aren’t writing.

5 Katherine is lying

 ………

6 They are waiting for us

 ………

7 Anna’s having a good time

 ………

8 I’m reading at the moment.

 ………

Katherine isn’t lying.

They aren’t waiting for us.

Anna isn’t having a good time.

I’m not reading at the moment.

Task 3: Change the statements into

questions.

1 I’m making a lot of noise.

 ………

2 Clare is reading

 ………

3 You are watching the news.

 ………

4 It’s snowing

Am I making a lot of noise?

Is Clare reading?

Are you watching the news?

5 We are waiting in a right place

 ………

6 You are sitting here

 ………

7 David is enjoying the film.

 ………

8 The bus is stopping

 ………

Are we waiting at the right place? Are you sitting here?

Is David enjoying the film?

Is the bus stopping?

Task 3: Describe the picture.

John Lisa and Peter

Mary and Tom

Susan

Rose and Scott

Mark

Steven Jane

David and Victoria

Thank you for your attention!