Present Continuous Present Continuous Positive form Subject TO

Present Continuous

Present Continuous – Positive form Subject + TO BE + Verb+ING I am eating. She is having a bath. We are working. It is raining. Sue is reading an interesting book at the moment. Paul and Anna are dancing.

Negative Form • To make negative forms we add not to am/is/are. /we negate the verb to be/. I am not /I´m not/ working. It is not /isn´t/ raining. They are not /aren´t/ speaking to each other. Jill is not /isn´t/ enjoying her holiday in France.

Question Form • We make question forms by inversion. /by changing the subject and am/is/are/ Are you looking at me? Is Mark enjoying the party? What are you doing? Is anybody listening to the radio? Where are they going?

Short Answers Are you looking at me? Yes, I am. / No, I am not. Is Mark enjoying the party? Yes, he is. No, he isn´t. Are your parents working now? Yes, they are. No, they aren´t.

Time Expressions now at present at the moment today these days, this morning weekmonthyear etc. next weekyear etc. . tonight tomorrow

Exercises 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb. 1. You ____ /work/ hard today. 2. I _______ /read/ a book about Robinson Crusoe. 3. He ____ /wear/ a suit now. 4. We ____ /do/ an exercise now. 5. Peter ____ /look/ for a better job. 6. The baby _______ /cry/. 7. I am very busy because we _____ /decorate/ our flat. 8. How is your English? It ____ /get/ better. 9. I _____ /wait/ for Diana. Do you know where she is? 10. They –––––––- /water/ the flowers in the garden.

2. Make negative sentences. 1. I want to lose weight, so this week I____ /eat/ lunch. 2. How is your new job? I ____ /enjoy/ it very much. 3. It _______ /rain/ any more. We can go out now. 4. He is a teacher, but he ____ /work/ at the moment. 5. We ____ /swim/ today, we are tired. 6. Jim ____ /cook/ dinner for 14 people. 7. They____ /wear/ sunglasses. 8. Sally ____ /come/ to see us this weekend. 9. The video _______ /work/ again. 10. They ____ /have/ breakfast at the moment.

3. Make questions. 1. What ____ /you, do/? 2. _____ /they, go/ out tonight? 3. What time ____ /Jim and Sue, play/ tennis? 4. Why ____ /baby, cry/? 5. What ____ /we, have/ for dinner? 4. Answer the questions. 1. Are you wearing jeans now? 2. Is your mother working now? 3. Are your friends having party on Saturday evening? 4. Are your parents working hard? 5. Are you reading an interesting book?

5. Present Simple or Present Continuous? 1. ____ /you, listen/ to the radio? No, you can turn it off. 2. ____ /you, listen/ to the radio every day? No, just occasionelly. 3. Normally, I _______ /finish/ work at 5. 00, but this week I _______ /work/ untill 6. 00 to earn a bit more. 4. The train is never late. It always ______ /leave/ on time. 5. Jim is very untidy. He ______ /always, leave/ his things all over the place. 6. He ____ /speak/ German and French. 7. What sport _______ /like/?

8. I _______ /always, make/ the same mistake. 9. We usually _______ /grow/ vegetables in our garden but this year we _______ /not, grow/ any. 10. _____ /you, enjoy/ the film? Yes, I _____. 11. What ____ /they, do/? They _______ /write/ letters. 12. Water _______ /freeze/ at 0°C. 13. Brr. I _______ /freeze/. Can´t we turn on the central heating? 14. I ______ /go/ to work by car as a rule but I ______ /go/ by train this week because my car is at the garage. 15. That´s a good photo! Who´s that woman who ______ /stand/ behind your mother and what on earth ______ she ______ /wear/ on her head?

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS 1. Are you listening to the radio? No, you can turn it off. 2. Do you listen to the radio every day? No, just occasionelly. 3. Normally, I finish work at 5. 00, but this week I am working untill 6. 00 to earn a bit more. 4. The train is never late. It always leaves on time. 5. Jim is very untidy. He is always leaving his things all over the place and it makes me mad. 6. He speaks German and French. 7. What sport do you like?

8. I always make the same mistake. 9. We usually grow vegetables in our garden but this year we are not growing any. 10. Are you, enjoying the film? Yes, I am. 11. What are they doing? They are writing letters. 12. Water freezes at 0°C. 13. Brr. I am freezing. Can´t we turn on the central heating? 14. I go to work by car as a rule but I am going by train this week because my car is at the garage. 15. That´s a good photo! Who´s that woman who is standing behind your mother and what on earth is she wearing on her head?