Present Progressive Present Progressive المضارع المستمر Alnjah JHS

Read the following text in English and pay attention to the verbs. Alnjah JHS

Every year, on my birthday, I invite all my friends to my house. We watch movies together and we eat pizza and ice cream. This year I am planning something else. I am inviting all my friends for a trip to Jerusalem. Now, I am writing the invitations. I hope they will come. كل سنة, في عيد ميلادي, أنا أدعو كل أصدقائي الى بيتي. نحن نشاهد الأفلام معا ونأكل البيتزا والبوظة. هذه السنة أنا أخطط لشيئ مختلف. أنا سأدعو كل أصدقائي لرحلة الى القدس. الان, أنا أكتب الدعوات. امل أنهم سوف يأتون. Alnjah JHS

Why is there more than one present? In Arabic, we have one way to express actions in the present. We don ’ t know from the verb if it is happening now or it happens usually. باللغة العربية, توجد لدينا طريقة واحدة للتعبير عن المضارع الجملة : We watch movies together نستطيع أن نفسرها بطريقتين : نحن نشاهد الأفلام معا بشكل عام نحن نشاهد الأفلام معا الان Alnjah JHS

Time Expressions التعابير الزمنية now at this moment – at present right now- Look! Listen! * today * tonight الان في هذه اللحظة بالوقت الحالي في الحال انظر ! اسمع ! اليوم الليلة Here are some of the common time expressions which indicate the present progressive. Alnjah JHS

Read the following story and think: 1)When does the story take place? 2)What elements do the sentences in red have in common? Alnjah JHS

Good Night Mr. Cohen It is night. It’s eleven o’clock. Mr. Cohen is in bed. His eyes are closed. He is sleeping. Taken from: “ Neighbors ” Alnjah JHS

Listen! The taps are dripping Alnjah JHS

Mr. Cohen is walking to the taps. Alnjah JHS

He is standing near the taps. Listen It’s quiet now Alnjah JHS

Mr. Cohen is in bed again. His head is on his pillow. His eyes are closed. Sh! Mr. Cohen is sleeping. Alnjah JHS

Bella and Sharon are standing near the door. They are talking. Alnjah JHS

Mr. Cohen’s eyes are open. He is angry. He is talking. Alnjah JHS

Mr. Cohen’s head is on the pillow. His eyes are closed. Sh! He is sleeping. Alnjah JHS

Listen! The taps are dripping. Again. Alnjah JHS

Be Am/is/are verb + ing How do we do it? Subject + be+ verb + ing الفعالية تحدث في هذه الأثناء لذا بإمكاننا النظر اليها عبر النظارة التالية : Alnjah JHS

The sentence starts with a subject. The form of the verb Be depends on the subject. verb + ing الفاعل subject Be Am/is/are تبدأ الجملة بفاعل. يجب أن نلائم الضمير أو الفاعل مع verb be Alnjah JHS

verb + ing تكملة الجملة والتعبير الزمني The rest+ Time expression الفاعل Subject Be Am/is/are Don’t forget the rest of the sentence and the time expression Alnjah JHS

verb+ ing تكملة الجملة والتعبير الزمني Mr. Cohen is walking to the taps. الفاعل subject Be Am/is/are والان بإمكاننا تركيب جملة... Alnjah JHS

أكملوا الجمل التالية بحسب النظارة verb + ing تكملة الجملة والتعبير الزمني 1 ) Look! The monkey _______________ (jump) from the tree. 2) The dogs _____________(sleep) now. 3) Father _______________(read) a book right now. الفاعل subject Be Am/is/are Alnjah JHS

Revision exercises: Present Progressive 1 Present Progressive 2 Present Progressive 3 Exceptions in spelling 1 Exceptions in spelling 2 Adding the time expression Form exercise1 Correcting mistakes Reasons for using the present progressive Present simple or progressive Alnjah JHS