To the
Present Continuous Tense
USO:
El Presente Continuo se usa para expresar:
1. Acciones que ocurren en el momento de hablar.
Shes watering the plants now
2. Acciones que estn ocurriendo temporalmente,
no necesariamente en el momento de hablar.
My brother is working in a pizza restaurant at
the moment
NOW
AT THE MOMENT
AT PRESENT
THESE DAYS
THIS MORNING/THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING....
TODAY
Subject
Verb to be
Verb
-ing
AM / M
READING
YOU
ARE / RE
READING
HE
IS / S
READING
SHE
IS / S
READING
IT
IS / S
READING
WE
ARE / RE
READING
YOU
ARE / RE
READING
THEY
ARE / RE
READING
1. Los verbos formados por consonante + vocal +
consonante o cons. + cons. + vocal + cons.
Se duplica la ultima consonante y se agrega ing.
stop- stopping
put- putting
2. Verbos terminados en E debes omitir la E y agregar
ing.
take - taking
Change these verbs into present continuos tense
Arrive
Cut
Swim
Finish
Give
Learn
Smoke
Open
Study
Go
Play
Answer
Arrive
Ask
Buy
Close
Play
Sing
Smoke
Come
Do
Dry
Eat
Give
Help
Learn
Listen
Fix
Live
: responder
: llegar
: pedir o preguntar
: comprar
: cerrar
: jugar
: cantar
: fumar
: venir
: hacer
: secar
: comer
: dar
: ayudar
: aprender
: escuchar
: reparar
: vivir
SWIM
DANCE
RIDE A BIKE
PLAY CHESS
LISTEN TO
MUSIC
READ A BOOK
WATCH TV
PLAY ON THE
COMPUTER
Subject
Verb to be
(NEGATIVE)
Verb
-ing
AM NOT / M NOT
READING
YOU
ARE NOT / ARENT
READING
HE
IS NOT / ISNT
READING
SHE
IS NOT / ISNT
READING
IT
IS NOT / ISNT
READING
WE
ARE NOT / ARENT
READING
YOU
ARE NOT / ARENT
READING
THEY
ARE NOT / ARENT
READING
Verb to be
Subject
Verb
-ing
AM
READING?
Yes, you are./ No, you arent.
ARE
YOU
READING?
Yes, I am./ No, Im not.
IS
HE
READING?
Yes, he is./ No, he isnt.
IS
SHE
READING?
Yes, she is./ No, she isnt.
IS
IT
READING?
Yes, it is./ No, it isnt.
ARE
WE
READING?
Yes, you are./ No, you arent.
ARE
YOU
READING?
Yes, we are./ No, we arent.
ARE-
THEY
READING?
Yes, they are./ No, they arent.
I.
Complete these sentenses in th present continuous form.
1. Bill is _________(answer) the phone.
2. John is ________(have) breakfast.
3. The students are _________(write) a composition.
4. You are ____________(do) the exercices.
5. Araxis is ____________ (sleep) in class.
6. The girls are __________(wash) the dishes.
V. Write five sentences using the phrases from each one of the box
1
She
you
cooking
a football match
favourite shirt
Are
is
working
a meal
my bedroom
Is
doing
watching
in the garden
in the kitchen
They
are
wearing
my
with his father
Im not
he
my homework
in
in the living-room
II. MAKE AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
1. We / walk / to school
2. She / wear / earrings
3. I / study
4. They / wait / for the train
5. It / rain / today
III. Change these sentences from affirmative into negative and question form.
1. We are walking to school
N:
Q:
2. She is wear ing a blue short
N:
Q:
3. I am studying
N:
Q:
4. They are waiting for the train
N:
Q:
5. It is raining today
N:
Q:
IV. Which words from the box go with these sentences beginning?
I ______________________________________________
Sophia _________________________________________
Your parents ____________________________________
We ____________________________________________
You ___________________________________________
Sarah and Her sister ______________________________
Camille _________________________________________
Rose and I ______________________________________
Katherine _______________________________________
Robert and Charles _______________________________
in France - by bus - the new uniforms - television to Spain - a question - English -
pop music -
an newspaper article - the homework
(live)
(listen to)
(watch)
(learn)
(read)
(fly)
(answer)
(do)
(travel)
(wear)
Is he playing soccer?
Is she watching T.V?
Is she reading a newspaper ?
is It carrying an apple?
LET`S GO TO
LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND MAKE AFFIRMATIVE,
NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
LOOK AND WRITE SENTENCES
LOOK AND DESCRIBE