1. Revision: Present tense & Present continuous tense
Book 4B New Welcome To English Second Edition

2. Present tense  The queen is beautiful.  The queen wears a crown.
 This tense has only one word.
e.g.
 The queen is beautiful.
 The queen wears a crown.
e.g.
 Cherry passes her exams.
 Cherry is clever.

3. Present tense
 We add s or es to the verb when the subject is he, she or it. He
She It
likes
eating fish.
Subject Verb I
You We
They
like
playing football.

4. Present tense + s + es  Mary drops the vase on the floor. (drop)
 Peter hides behind a tree. (hide)
 Tom often telephones me. (telephone)
+ s
+ es
 Tim kisses his baby brother. (kiss)
 May often watches TV. (watch)
 Bob never washes his car. (wash)
 The baby cries loudly. (cry)
 Peter always carries a heavy bag. (carry)
 Tina dries the dishes every day. (dry) y 
ies

5. Proof-reading e.g. Peter always drink tea. drinks
1 Peter and Tom often plays football.
2 Sally make the breakfast.
3 The woman worry about her son.
4 My cat never catch mice.
5 May often watch films.
6 I likes to go shopping with my friends.
7 My bird sing every morning.
play
makes
worries
catches
watches
like
sings

6. Present tense  Firemen fight fires.  Stones are hard.
 We use this tense to talk about truths.
 Firemen fight fires.
e.g.
 Stones are hard.

7. Practice 1 It ____ cold in winter. (be)
2 The sun _____ in the morning. (rise)
3 Dogs _____ when they see strangers (bark)
4 There ____ twelve months in a year. (be)
5 Babies _____ when they are hungry. (cry)
6 Nurses _____ after sick people. (look) is
rises
bark
are
cry
look

8. Present tense
 We use the present tense to talk about habits or things that always, usually, often, sometimes or never happen.

9. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
Present tense
June
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
e.g.
 Lizzie studies with her tutor every Tuesday.

10. Present tense
e.g.
 Mr Chan never takes a taxi.

11. Present tense  Hint words:
 always  every day  usually  every Friday  often  on Wednesdays
 sometimes  once a week  never  twice a month

12. Practice e.g. Tim eats an apple every morning.
1 I always help my mother with the housework.
2 Tom has swimming lessons every Monday.
3 My sister never tidies up her bedroom.
4 Betty sometimes goes to bed late.
5 The children go hiking once a month.
6 Mary goes to church on Sundays.
7 My cat usually sleeps at night.

13. Present tense Questions  We use do and does to make questions.
 Do not change the verb after do or does.
What does a nurse do?
Where does a pilot work?

14. Present tense Giving answers
 We use do/don’t and does/doesn’t to give answers.
Do you like playing the piano?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does she like dancing?
Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t.

15. Now you try. e.g. ____ you ____ art? (like) Yes, ______. Do like I do
1 ____ May ____ the Net every day? (surf) No, ___________.
2 ____ the children ______ at home? (help)
Yes, __________.
3 What ____ farmers ______ ? (do)
4 ____ Tom and Charlie ______ tennis? (play)
No, __________.
5 What ____ Cherry _____ for lunch? (have)
Does
surf
she doesn’t
help Do
they do do do Do
play
they don’t
does
have

16. Present tense Negative sentences
 We add do not/don’t or does not/ doesn’t to make sentences negative.
We swimming.
like
+ not
We swimming.
do not like

17. Now you try. e.g. I like sweets. She ____________ sweets. doesn’t like
1 She runs fast. I ____________ fast.
2 Paul plays football but he ____________ basketball.
3 David eats chocolate but he ____________ sweets.
4 Do you go to bed late? No, I ____________ to bed late.
5 Horses eat grass but they __________ meat.
6 Does Kitty like singing? No, she ____________ singing.
don’t run
doesn’t play
doesn’t eat
don’t go
don’t eat
doesn’t like

18. Present continuous tense
 This tense has two words. be
-ing
Subject Verb (be) Main Verb (+ing) I
am / ‘m
drawing
a picture. He
She It
is / ‘s
sleeping
in the room.
You We
They
are / ‘re
watching
a film.

19. Present continuous tense
 Add -ing to the verbs. go
ing
going
Practice do
doing
play
playing
talk
talking
read
reading
watch
watching
look
looking

20. Present continuous tense
 Delete -e and add -ing to the verbs.
come
ing
coming
Practice
have
having
live
living
write
writing
drive
driving
ride
riding
move
moving

21. Present continuous tense
 Double the last letter and add -ing to the verbs that end with 1 vowel and consonant.
swim m
ing
swimming
Practice
jog
jogging
run
running
getting
sit
sitting
get
putting
drop
dropping
put

22. Present continuous tense
 We use the present continuous tense to talk about things that are happening now.
They are lining up.
What are the children doing?

23. Present continuous tense
 Hint words:
 at the moment
 now
 right now

24. Present continuous tense
They are having
a singing lesson
at the moment.
What are
they doing
at the moment?

25. Present continuous tense
She is surfing
the Net right now.
What is
she doing
right now?

26. Now you try. e.g. I __________ my homework now. (do) ‘m/am doing
‘re/are having
1 You ___________ an English lesson. (have)
2 The little boy _____________. (swim)
3 Tony and Betty ____________ in the library (read)
4 The man ____________ a story. (write)
5 I ____________ with my sister. (run)
6 We ____________ tennis now. (play)
7 The cat ____________ some milk right now (drink)
‘s/is swimming
‘re/are reading
‘s/is writing
‘m/am running
‘re/are playing
‘s/is drinking

27. Present continuous tense
Questions
 We change the order of is and are to make questions.
Cherry is riding a bicycle.
Is Cherry riding a bicycle?
Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.
They are cooking.
Are they cooking?
Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.

28. Present continuous tense
Questions
 Questions with question words:
 What are you doing?
 Why is the baby crying?
 When are the children leaving?
 Where are you going?
e.g.

29. Present continuous tense
Negative sentences
 We add not to make sentences negative.
The children cards.
are playing
e.g.
+ not
The children cards.
are not playing

30. Present continuous tense
Negative sentences be
-ing
not
Subject Verb (be) Main Verb (+ing) I am
drawing
a picture.
not He
She It is
sleeping
in the room.
not
(isn’t)
You We
They
are
watching
a film.
not
(aren’t)

31. Now you try. e.g. ___ Mary _______? (play) Yes, _______. Is playing
she is
1 ____ you ________ to music? (listen) Yes, ________.
2 What _____ Mr Tam ________? (do) He ______________. (sleep)
3 ____ Peter and Tom _______ dinner? (have) No, ______________.
4 What ___ I _______? (do) You _______________. (dream)
5 ___ Jenny _______ her bed? (make) No, __________.
Are
listening
I am
‘s/is
doing
‘s/is sleeping
Are
having
they aren’t am
doing
‘re/are dreaming Is
making
she isn’t

32. Present Continuous Tense
Summary
Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
 habits / truths
 things happening now
e.g. I always sing.
e.g. I am singing now.
 verb - 1 word
 verb - 2 words
e.g. She runs.
e.g. She is running.
 Hint words: always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day, every Friday, on Mondays, once a week, twice a month
 Hint words: now, right now, at the moment

33. Proof-reading cooking 1 My mother is cook in the kitchen now. She
like cooking.
2 I am having a tennis lesson every Sunday.
Now I play tennis with my friend on the
tennis court.
likes
have
am playing

34. Proof-reading washing am 3 Are you wash your car now? Yes, I do.
4 John usually clean his car on Sundays. He
are cleaning his car at the moment.
5 My brother always cry. Listen! He cries
loudly now.
cleans is
cries
is crying

35. Practice
Jane ____ (be) hard-working. She always ______ (help) her mother to do the housework. Look! She ____________ (sweep) the floor now. is
helps
is sweeping
Grandma ______ (like) watching TV. She _______ (watch) TV every night. She is ________ (sit) in the living room at the moment but she _____________ (not watch) TV. What ____ she _______ (do)? She ____________ (sleep)!
likes
watches
sitting
is not watching
doing
is sleeping is