Unit 6 - Present Continuous
Present Continuous
Unit 6 - Present Continuous
1.
What are you doing?
I'm studying English. What are you doing?
I'm making some food. Do you want some?
Sure!
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2.
Right now I'm working at home. My friend is
talking on the 'phone and my sister is studying
Spanish. She wants to be a businesswoman, so
she's learning a new language. I usually work
at the office, but today I'm working at home.
It's great fun!
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3.
How's Sarah?
She's fine. She's living in Chicago now.
Really!
Yes, and she's working as a fashion designer.
That's great. Is she having a good time?
Yes, she's doing really well.
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Key Vocabulary
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make |
language |
Grammar
The Present Continuous is used for actions that are happening around the present time. For example, "I am studying English" means that I am in the process of studying English now.
Form
The Present Continuous is formed by adding the verb "to be" and the -ing form
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Singular Affirmative I am studying Negative I am not studying Questions Do I have a
pen? |
Plural Affirmative We are studying Negative We do not have
a pen = We don't have a pen Questions Do we have
a pen?
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For negatives we
simply add not after the auxilary verb "to
be", for example:
- I am playing - I am not playing.
For questions we
invert the subject and auxiliary verb to
be, for example:
- You are playing - Are you playing?
Usage
The Present Continuous
is used for actions happening at the present
time. For example:
- We are studying English.
- You are using a computer.
The Present Continuous
is also used for processes happening around
the present time. For example:
- It is raining today.
- I am working in Paris this month.
- The world is turning.
The time period of the first sentence is today,
the second sentence one month, and the third
sentence forever, but all of these sentences
are about processes that happen around the present.
They started before the present, are happening
now, and will continue after the present. This
is a key idea of the Present Continuous.
The Present Continuous
is also used for repeated actions or habits.
Such repetition is seen as one continuing process.
For example:
- I am getting up early this week.
Obviously I'm not getting up just one time for
a whole week, but during one week I will get
up early every day, so this can be seen as one
process.
The Present Continuous
is also used for future arrangements at a particular
time. For example:
- I'm going to Rome at 10.30 tomorrow.
- She's coming to my apartment this evening.
Spelling
To make the -ing
form, also known as the present participle,
we usually add -ing to the verb. For
example:
- study - studying
- eat - eating
- jump - jumping
For verbs ending
in -e, we leave out the -e and
add -ing. For example:
- write - writing: not writeing
- skat - skating: not skateing.
For verbs ending
in a vowel and a consonant, we usually double
the last consonant and add -ing. For
example:
- run - running: not runing
- cut - cutting: not cuting
For verbs ending
in -ie we change the -ie to -y and add -ing.
For example:
- lie - lying: not lieing
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Grammar Exercises
Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with the correct imperative.
Example: He is eating an apple. (eat)
1. She a book. (read)
2. What ? (she / do)
3. I a letter. (write)
4. The sun . (shine)
5. The children in the park. (run)
6. We breakfast. (eat)
7. He to work today. (not / come)
8. How ? (you / do)
9. How's the weather? It . (rain)
10. You English.
Answers
1. = "is reading";2. = "is she doing";
3. = "am writing";
4. = "is shining";
5. = "are running";
6. = "are eating";
7. = "is not coming";
8. = "are you doing";
9. = "is raining";
10. = "are studying";
Exercise 2
Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
Example: He is wanting an apple. - He wants an apple.
1. I am liking pizza.
2. He are playing the piano.
3. Kelly is eat lunch.
4. She is busy now, she works.
5. I'm call my mother now.
6. It is snowing in the winter.
7. Look! It snows!
8. Are you study English?
9. I use the computer now. .
10. I am loving my family.
Answers
1. = "I like pizza.";2. = "He is playing the piano.";
3. = "Kelly is eating lunch.";
4. = "She is busy now, she is working.";
5. = "I'm calling my mother now.";
6. = "It snows in the winter.";
7. = "Look! It's snowing!";
8. = "Are you studying English?";
9. = "I'm using the computer now.";
10. = "I love my family.";
Exercise 3
What 1.?
2. English. What 3.?
4. some food. Do you want some?
Sure!
Right now 1. at home. My friend 2. on the 'phone and my sister 3. Spanish. She wants to be a businesswoman, so 4.a new language. I usually work at the office, but today 5. at home. It's great fun!
How's Sarah?
She's fine. 1. in Chicago now.
Really?
Yes, and 2. as a fashion designer.
That's great. 3. a good time?
Yes. 4. really well.
Answers
1. = "are you doing";2. = "I'm studying";
3. = "are you doing";
4. = "I'm making";
5. = "I'm working";
6. = "is talking";
7. = "is studying";
8. = "she's learning";
9. = "I'm working";
10. = "She's living";
11. = "She's working";
12. = "Is she having";
13. = "She's doing";