The Present Continuous Tense Князькова И.В. МАОУ гимназия №26 г.Челябинск

The Present Continuous Tense am Ving is are now when? at the moment

Write the verbs in ing-form: Example: look — looking, run — running, give — giving 1.ask, arrange, go, play, come, 2.stay, say, get, make, work, 3.tell, cook, listen, take,watch, 4.dance, do, climb, sleep, clean, 5.eat, wash, jog,sit, act, knit, 6.help, correct, enjoy, wright

Check yourself 1.asking, arranging, going, playing, coming, 2.staying, saying, getting, making, working, 3.telling, cooking, listening, taking,watching, 4.dancing, doing, climbing, sleeping, cleaning, 5.eating, washing, jogging,sitting, acting, knitting, 6.helping, correcting, enjoying, wrighting

Present Continuous - affirmative 1. He (to read) a book now. 2. She (to do) her homework. 3. My mother (to sit) at the table now. 4. I still (to write) a letter. 5. They (to play) football. 6. It (to snow) now. 7. She (to explain) a grammar rule. 8. We (to have) dinner now. 9. It still (to rain). 10. They (to eat) soup. 11. The girl (to draw) a picture. 12. Her daughter (to play) chess at the moment.

Put these verbs in the Present Continuous do, buy, cook, p1ay, put on, read, dance, walk 1. He … a new bag at the moment. 2. We…in the park. 3. I…"Harry Porter now. 4. I... my raincoat. 5. My friend and I... football. 6. Granny... fish. 7. We... at the party. 8. You … English at the moment. is buying are walking am reading am putting on 5. are playing 6. is cooking 7. are dancing 8. are doing

Present Continuous - question ? Wh Am Is Are Yes/no кто что Ving?

Yes/no Short answer: Is he writing now? Is he playing at the moment? Are they sleeping? Are they reading? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t Yes, they are. No, they aren’t.

“Wh” What film are they watching? Who is sitting on the TV? Where are they running? Why are they running? Who is she writing to? Where is she sitting?

Questions “or” “tag” They aren’t walking, are they? He is jumping, isn’t he? They aren’t walking, are they? Sam is sleeping, isn’t he? Is he doing Math or not? Is she watering the flowers or not? Are they having dinner or supper?

Make up questions 1. She is watching television at the moment. 2. They are playing football now. 3. My sister is writing a letter. 4. We are listening to the stereo. 5. They are talking to my friend. 6. Mary is sleeping. 7. You are listening to the radio.

Look at the pictures. Write down the answers to these questions: Mother: Is John doing his homework? Is Dad working in the garden? Is Nancy playing the violin? Is Sparky sleeping? Is grandma knitting?

Put these verbs in the Present Continuous do, buy, cook, p1ay, put on, read, dance, walk 1. He … a new bag at the moment. 2. We…in the park. 3. I…"Harry Porter now. 4. I... my raincoat. 5. My friend and I... football. 6. Granny... fish. 7. We... at the party. 8. You … English at the moment. is buying are walking am reading am putting on 5. are playing 6. is cooking 7. are dancing 8. are doing

Describe what is happening now to hold the hand up to sit at the desk to write a composition to fly over the houses to change the colour

Negative am not Ving isn’t aren’t

Make up negatives 1. She is watching television at the moment. 2. They are playing football now. 3. My sister is writing a letter. 4. We are listening to the stereo. 5. They are talking to my friend. 6. Mary is sleeping. 7. You are listening to the radio. 8. He is having breakfast at the moment

And what are you doing now?

And what are you doing now?