The Present The Present ContinuousContinuous

Close your eyes. Close your eyes. Imagine you are at the Imagine you are at the

beach.beach.

What are you doing right now?

I am sitting on the sand……

I am surfing the waves.…

I am building a sand castle.…

I am swimming in the water.…

I am running on the beach.…

I am playing catch with my friends….

What do all these What do all these sentences have in sentences have in

common?common?

Present ContinuousPresent Continuous Form:

subject + to be (am, is, are) + infinitive + ing

Present Continuous

Example:

I am sitting on the beach.

subject

“to be”

sit + ing

Present Continuous

The action is taking place right now so we are looking

at it.…

BeAm/is/

are

Verb + ing

Function of the present continuous

When do we use it?1. To describe actions that are

happening at the moment of speaking.

I am standing in front of the class now.

2. To talk about something that will happen in the near future.

She is going to the movies on Saturday.

3. To describe temporary actions.

Her father is working in Rome this month.

4. To talk about trends.

More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.

5. To talk about repeated actions that are irritating to the speaker.

He is always coming late to class.

nownow at this momentat this moment

at at presentpresent

right nowright now

LooLook!k! Listen!Listen!

todaytodaytonighttonight

this afternoonthis afternoon

Time ExpressionsTime Expressions

Positive StatementsPositive StatementsI am playing football.

orI’m playing football.

You are playing football.or

You’re playing football.

Negative StatementsNegative StatementsI am not playing football.I’m not playing football.

You are not playing football.You’re not playing football.You aren’t playing football.

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Spelling rulesSpelling rules.….… Usually, in the present continuous

we add an “ing” to the verb, right?

Read readingAs

kGoBe

askingbeinggoing

Not really.… Verbs that end with an “e”.

The “e” must be dropped in order to add the “ing”

Give giving

HaveTake

havingtaking

Verbs that end with an “ee”. Here, we don’t drop the final “e” before adding an “ing”.

Agree agreeing

See seeing

Verbs that end with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) and a consonant (not inc. w,x, y). In this case, we double the last consonant and then add an “ing”.

sit sitting

fitrunget getting

runningfitting

Verbs that end with an “ie”. These must be changed to “y” before adding the “ing”.

dielie

tie

dying

lying

tying

Asking yes/no questions

How do we ask yes/no questions in the present

continuous?

Try it….Turn these statements into yes/no questions.

I am playing football.

They are drinking water right now.

She is singing her favorite song.

Am I playing football?

Are they drinking water right now?

Is she singing her favorite song?

What happened?When we ask yes/no questions

in the present continuous, we put the “to be” verb first.

To be + subject + verb + ing

Let’s look at our questions…

I am playing football.

Am I playing football?

To be

subject

verb + ing

Answer:Yes, I’Yes, I’mm playingplaying..

No, I’No, I’mm not not playingplaying..

They are drinking water right now.

Are they drinking water right now?To be

subject

verb + ing

Answer:Yes, they are drinking.

No, they aren’t drinking.

She is singing her favorite song.

Is she singing her favorite song?To be

subjectverb +

ing

Answer:Yes, she is singing.

No, she isn’t singing.

WH Questions

What do you think goes first when we ask WH question in the present continuous?

Good job……………Correct. When we ask a WH question in the present

continuous, the WH word comes first..…………

WH word + to be + subject + verb + ing

Try to come up with WH questions using these key

words… Why, he, (to) hit What, she, (to) do Where, I, (to) go When, it, (to) happen Who, they, (to) laugh How, it, (to) go