Present Continuous Tense

Names:

Griselda Campanilla Damin Elizabeth Hormiga Paloma Carmen Yesenia Chvez Contreras Fermn Cano Guzmn

English III

Teacher: Irene Cervantes Medel

Tuesday 8th May, 2012, Ixmiquilpan, Hgo.

Present continuous tense

Affirmative (play) Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + gerund.
I am m are re is s playing

You We They He She It

Present continuous tense

Play

At the moment, Im playing soccer. Right now, he is playing soccer.

Present continuous tense

Negative (play) Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + negative auxiliary (not) + gerund.
I am not m not are not re not is not s not playing

You We They He She It

Present continuous tense

At the moment, Hes not playing soccer. Right now, I am not swimming with my friends.

Present continuous tense

Short answers Interrogative (play) Auxiliary verb (to be) + subject + gerund?
Am Are I

you we they
he she It

No
playing? No No

am m not

we are they arent

Is

he she It

is isnt

Present continuous tense

Draw

Are you eating pizza right now? No, I am not. Is she drawing a picture at the moment? Yes, she is.

Present continuous tense

What is tweety doing? Its flying.

The present continuous tense is used for

1. Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking.
o Now Im doing the washing up. o She is working very hard nowadays. o They are dancing right now.

The present continuous tense is used for

2. Temporary situations.
o Im staying with a friend at the moment. o They normally play tennis. But this week they are skating.

The present continuous tense is used for

3. Changing or developing situations.
o His English is getting better. o Its getting colder. o Yesterday it was very sunny. Today its raining more and more.

The present continuous tense is used for

4. Fixed arrangements in the near future. acuerdo
o They are getting married next week. o They are celebrating a party next weekend.

Some verbs cant appear in the -ing form

They are called stative verbs:
o Like, love, hate, prefer, want, dislike o *be, *have o Remember, know, understand, suppose, wish o See, sound, hear o need

Verb + ing (spelling rules)

o Listen + ing =listening o Die (-ie-y) + ing = dying o Write + ing = writing o Hop + p + ing = hopping o Travel + l + ing = travelling

Make ing forms of each verb given.

o Begin o Rub o Listen o Lie o Study o Happen o Get o Use o Try o Decide o Come o Put

o Swim

o Admit

-ing forms
o Beginning
o Studying o Rubbing o Trying

o Admitting

o Happening
o Listening o Getting o Deciding

o Lying
o Using o Swimming

o Coming
o Putting

The present continuous tense

Time expressions:
Now, at the moment, today, nowadays, this week. They are throwing snowballs now.