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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Present tense June Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 e.g.  Lizzie studies with her tutor every Tuesday.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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