Present Continuous Watch the video How do we

Present Continuous Watch the video

How do we form it? When do we use it? I am learning English now. Thierry is playing lacrosse at the moment. We are learning about Canada this week. We use it to talk about activities which are going on at the moment of speaking. I am learning You are learning He is learning She is learning It is learning We are learning You are learning They are learning am, is, are + -ing form of the verb

Spelling rules Short verbs: sit, put, plan, run, swim sit – sitting put – putting plan – planning run – running swim - swimming Verbs ending in –e: take, live, have, move take – taking live – living have – having move – moving Verbs ending in –ie: die, lie, tie die – dying lie – lying tie - tying

Make negative sentences with the words in brackets. 1) I am learning at the moment. (sleep) 1) 2) Oliver is playing basketball. (swim) 2) 3) Aaron and Tom are playing football. 3) (ski) 4) They are doing judo now. (karate) 4) 5) The girls are playing beach volleyball. 5) (dodgeball) I’m not sleeping at the moment. Oliver isn’t swimming. Aaron and Tom aren’t skiing. They aren’t doing karate. The girls aren’t playing dodgeball.

Make questions. 1) he / play / ice hockey 2) you / play / chess / at the moment 3) they / do / gymnastics 4) What / Ben / do 5) Where / Aaron / sit 6) How / Nora and Zoe / feel 7) Why /you / laugh 8) What / they / do 1) Is he playing ice hockey? 2) Are you playing chess at the moment? 3) Are they doing gymnastics now? 4) What is Ben doing? 5) Where is Aaron sitting? 6) How are Nora and Zoe feeling? 7) Why are you laughing? 8) What are they doing?

Let’s practice. EXERCISES