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Present Continuous Tense

USO:

El Presente Continuo se usa para expresar:

1. Acciones que ocurren en el momento de hablar.
Shes watering the plants now
2. Acciones que estn ocurriendo temporalmente,
no necesariamente en el momento de hablar.
My brother is working in a pizza restaurant at
the moment

NOW
AT THE MOMENT
AT PRESENT

THESE DAYS
THIS MORNING/THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING....
TODAY

Subject

Verb to be

Verb

-ing

AM / M

READING

YOU

ARE / RE

READING

HE

IS / S

READING

SHE

IS / S

READING

IT

IS / S

READING

WE

ARE / RE

READING

YOU

ARE / RE

READING

THEY

ARE / RE

READING

1. Los verbos formados por consonante + vocal +

consonante o cons. + cons. + vocal + cons.
Se duplica la ultima consonante y se agrega ing.
stop- stopping
put- putting

2. Verbos terminados en E debes omitir la E y agregar

ing.
take - taking

Change these verbs into present continuos tense

Arrive

Cut
Swim
Finish
Give
Learn
Smoke
Open
Study
Go
Play

Answer
Arrive
Ask
Buy
Close
Play
Sing
Smoke
Come
Do
Dry
Eat
Give
Help
Learn
Listen
Fix
Live

: responder
: llegar
: pedir o preguntar
: comprar
: cerrar
: jugar
: cantar
: fumar
: venir
: hacer
: secar
: comer
: dar
: ayudar
: aprender
: escuchar
: reparar
: vivir

SWIM
DANCE
RIDE A BIKE
PLAY CHESS
LISTEN TO
MUSIC

READ A BOOK
WATCH TV
PLAY ON THE
COMPUTER

Subject

Verb to be
(NEGATIVE)

Verb

-ing

AM NOT / M NOT

READING

YOU

ARE NOT / ARENT

READING

HE

IS NOT / ISNT

READING

SHE

IS NOT / ISNT

READING

IT

IS NOT / ISNT

READING

WE

ARE NOT / ARENT

READING

YOU

ARE NOT / ARENT

READING

THEY

ARE NOT / ARENT

READING

Verb to be

Subject

Verb

-ing

AM

READING?

Yes, you are./ No, you arent.

ARE

YOU

READING?

Yes, I am./ No, Im not.

IS

HE

READING?

Yes, he is./ No, he isnt.

IS

SHE

READING?

Yes, she is./ No, she isnt.

IS

IT

READING?

Yes, it is./ No, it isnt.

ARE

WE

READING?

Yes, you are./ No, you arent.

ARE

YOU

READING?

Yes, we are./ No, we arent.

ARE-

THEY

READING?

Yes, they are./ No, they arent.

I.

Complete these sentenses in th present continuous form.

1. Bill is _________(answer) the phone.

2. John is ________(have) breakfast.

3. The students are _________(write) a composition.
4. You are ____________(do) the exercices.
5. Araxis is ____________ (sleep) in class.
6. The girls are __________(wash) the dishes.

V. Write five sentences using the phrases from each one of the box
1

She

you

cooking

a football match

favourite shirt

Are

is

working

a meal

my bedroom

Is

doing

watching

in the garden

in the kitchen

They

are

wearing

my

with his father

Im not

he

my homework

in

in the living-room

II. MAKE AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

1. We / walk / to school
2. She / wear / earrings
3. I / study
4. They / wait / for the train
5. It / rain / today

III. Change these sentences from affirmative into negative and question form.
1. We are walking to school
N:
Q:
2. She is wear ing a blue short
N:
Q:
3. I am studying
N:
Q:
4. They are waiting for the train
N:
Q:
5. It is raining today
N:
Q:

IV. Which words from the box go with these sentences beginning?
I ______________________________________________
Sophia _________________________________________
Your parents ____________________________________
We ____________________________________________
You ___________________________________________
Sarah and Her sister ______________________________
Camille _________________________________________
Rose and I ______________________________________
Katherine _______________________________________
Robert and Charles _______________________________

in France - by bus - the new uniforms - television to Spain - a question - English -

pop music -

an newspaper article - the homework

(live)
(listen to)
(watch)
(learn)
(read)
(fly)
(answer)
(do)
(travel)
(wear)

Is he playing soccer?

Is she watching T.V?

Is she reading a newspaper ?

is It carrying an apple?

LET`S GO TO

LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND MAKE AFFIRMATIVE,

NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

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