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Chapter 3 Present Continuous Tense

Chapter 3 Present Continuous Tense. Lecture by: Sabiha Saleem. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE. Use to talk about actions that are happening right now I am working. He is carrying the boxes. They are talking. We are writing. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE is used for.

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Chapter 3 Present Continuous Tense

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  1. Chapter 3Present Continuous Tense Lecture by: SabihaSaleem

  2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE • Use to talk about actions that are happening right now I am working. He is carrying the boxes. They are talking. We are writing.

  3. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE is used for • Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking. • NowI’m doing the washing up. • She is working very hard nowadays.

  4. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE play At the moment I’m playing football.

  5. WHAT IS SHE DOING? draw She is drawing a picture at the moment

  6. WHAT IS TWEETY DOING? IT’S FLYING

  7. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE He is running at the moment?

  8. Present Continuous Verb Tense • Use to talk about something that is happening these days, but not necessarily right now She is studying at Preston University.

  9. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE • Temporary situations. • I’m staying with a friend at the moment.

  10. They normally play tennis. But this week they are skating.

  11. The Present Continuous Tense is used for 4. Fixed arrangements in the near future. • They are getting married next week.

  12. They are celebrating a party next weekend.

  13. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE TIME EXPRESSIONS: Now, at the moment, today, nowdays, this week. They are throwing snowballs now

  14. VERB + ing (spelling rules) listen + ing = listening die (-iey) + ing = dying write + ing = writing hop + p + ing = hopping travel + l + ing = travelling

  15. The table shows how we form the –ing form of a verb. + ing walk Most verbs walking Verbs ending in e -e +ing come coming Verbs ending in ie lying -ie + y + ing lie Short verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant Double the consonant + ing run running

  16. Make –ingforms of each verb given. begin rub listen lie swim study happen get use admit try decide come put

  17. –ing forms beginning rubbing listening lying swimming studying happening getting using admitting trying deciding coming putting

  18. Spelling Rules for –ing verbs(present participles) • get run plan • come replace introduce • die tie Rule 1: One-syllable verb with a consonant + vowel + consonant as final three letters, double the final consonant + ing. Rule 2: Verb has a final silent e, -e + ing Rule 3: Verb ends in ie, change ie to y + ing

  19. Spelling Rules for –ing verbs(present participles) • beginlisten admitoffer Rule #5: Two syllable verb with final consonant + vowel + consonant and the last syllable is stressed, double final consonant + ing When in doubt, consult a dictionary!!

  20. Non-continuous verbs

  21. More examples of exceptions NO: This cake is tasting delicious. Should be: This cake … YES: I am tasting the ice cream, and it tastes delicious! NO: You are looking marvelous. Should be: You … YES: I am looking for my keys. I lost them!

  22. To Form Present Continuous Subject + to be+ verb+ing I am not eating. You are not crying. He is not going. She is not arriving. It is not sleeping. We are not leaving. They are not arguing.

  23. He is working. Question: The classmates are studying. Question: Everybody is listening. Question: He is working. Negative: The classmates are studying. Negative: Everybody is listening. Negative: Questions and negatives

  24. Questions and Negatives Questions: To be + subject + verb + ing + ? Negatives: Subject + to be + not + verb + ing

  25. We form the present continuous tense with the present tense of be and a verb ending in ing.

  26. On the day of the Clean Beaches Campaign, you took some photographs. Now you are writing descriptions of the photos you took. Look at the picture and the words on the following page and say what the people in the picture are doing.

  27. What is Albert doing? He is eating. What is Carol doing ? She is cooking.

  28. What are Stephanie and Joey doing ? They are building sand castles.

  29. What are Peter, Tony and Michael doing ? They are playing football.

  30. What are Sam and Nancy doing ? They are swimming.

  31. Game • Take a card and read it silently. • Say to your team: “What am I doing?” • Do the action (no noises, no talking). • Team members need to guess what you are doing. Team members say: “You are _________-ing.” • First person to say the correct action is next.

  32. Any Questions?

  33. Write a paragraph Write one paragraph describing this scene. Use a topic sentence, present continuous verbs to write about the actions of people in the picture, and a conclusion.

  34. Expressions There is and There Are

  35. Questions with the words

  36. Prepositions “To and From”

  37. What’s the answerto this question? They borrowed money from the bank. Traffic can cause damage to the environment.

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