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Present Continuous Tense
- 1. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUSTENSE I am ‘m playing You We They are ‘re He She It is ‘s AFFIRMATIVE: Play
- 2. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUSTENSE At the moment I’m playing football. play
- 3. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUSTENSE INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play Am I playing? Are you we they Is he she it I am not ‘m not playing You We They are not aren’t He She It is not isn’t
- 4. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUSTENSE Is he playing football at the moment? No, he isn’t. He is running.
- 5. WHAT IS SHEDOING? draw She is drawing a picture at the moment
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- 7. VERB + ing(spelling rules) listen + ing = listening die (-iey) + ing = dying write + ing = writing hop + p + ing = hopping travel + l + ing = travelling
- 8. The Present ContinuousTense is used for 1. Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking. • Now I’m doing the washing up. • She is working very hard nowadays. 2. Temporary situations. • I’m staying with a friend at the moment.
- 9. 1.ACTIONS THAT AREHAPPENING AT PRESENT They are dancing right now.
- 10. 2.TEMPORARY SITUATIONS They normallyplay tennis. But this week they are skating.
- 11. 3.CHANGING SITUATIONS Yesterday itwas very sunny. Today it’s raining more and more.
- 12. CHANGING SITUATIONS (3) HisEnglish is getting better. It’s getting colder.
- 13. The Present ContinuousTense is used for 3. Changing or developing situations. • His English is getting better. • It’s getting colder. 4. Fixed arrangements in the near future. • They are getting married next week.
- 14. 4.FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS They arecelebrating a party next weekend.
- 15. • They aregetting married next week.
- 16. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUSTENSE TIME EXPRESSIONS: Now, at the moment, today, nowadays, this week, right now… They are throwing snowballs now.