Present Continuous Tense

Составила учитель английского языка МАОУ «СОШ №119» г.Перми Андреева О.Л.

TIME EXPRESSIONS

• at the moment

• at present

• now

• these days

Remember:

I am

He She It is +(not) V ing

We You They are ____________

Am I V ing ?

What Is he V ing ?

Are you V ing ?

RULES

• Some verbs drop the –e + –ing

writ e  writ ing tak e  tak ing

but s ee  s eeing

• Some verbs double the last letter + ing

trave l  trave ll ing

sit  si tt ing

swim  swi mm ing

but open  open ing

lie  l y ing

die  d y ing

• Verbs ending in –ie , drop the –ie and take –y + ing

What are they doing now? Positive

dance

have // a shower

They are dancing .

He is having a shower.

eat // ice-cream

She is eating an ice-cream

What are they doing now?

Negative

cry

Is the man work ing ? No,he isn’t.

Is the boy smil ing ? No, he isn’t.

The man is not working.

The man is playing the violin.

The boy is not smiling .

The boy is crying .

Is she cooking ? No, she isn’t.

She is not cooking.

She is reading the newspaper.

Make sentences.

• playing / my friend / is / tennis .
• books / the children / are / reading /not
• they / are / river / in the / swimming .
• doing / your homework / are / you ?
• is / when / she /going to bed?

Choose the right verb for each gap

are not dancing

are watching

is doing

am reading

am not playing

are going

Look! The girl _____________ her homework.

My parents _________________ TV now.

At the moment I ______________ computer games.

The children _______________ to school.

I _______________ an interesting book now.

The man and the woman _______________ .

Look at the pictures and number the activities.

1

___read a book

___go shopping

___play basketball

___take photos

___go windsurfing

___play the guitar

___water the flowers

___fly a kite

___swim

___listen to the radio

___play tennis

11

2

10

3

9

4

8

7

6

5

B

Find the picture.

A

It’s four o’clock. Tom isn’t doing his homework .He is in the park at the moment. He is very happy. He doesn’t like football. He has got black hair. He is holding a ball and a racket in his hand.

What is he doing?

C

D

E

G

I

H

F

Test 1.

1.to read -

read ing

2.to jump -

jump ing

3.to give -

giv ing

4.to swim -

swim m ing

sit t ing

5.to sit -

6.to play -

play ing

Test 2.

1

They (not to draw). They (to sing).

2

She (not to eat breakfast). She (to sleep).

3

They (not to read books). They (to drink tea).

4

He (not to dance ). He (to smile).

5

They (not to dive). They (to run).

Check your answers.

1.They are not drawing.

They are singing.

2.She is not eating breakfast .

She is sleeping .

3. They are not reading books .

They are drinking tea .

4.He is not dancing . He is smiling .

5.They are not diving . They are running .

Look at the pictures. Correct the sentences.

Natalie is going to school.

Frank is riding a bike.

Jake is watching TV.

Mandy & Dan are swimming.

Eva is playing tennis.

Mark is playing baseball.

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1)

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Present Continuous Tense

2)

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Present Continuous Tense

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Present Continuous Tense

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