Welcome to English Class Farina Yasmin Assistant Professor

Welcome to English Class

Farina Yasmin Assistant Professor, English Technical Teachers’ Training College, Dhaka

Eight English minutes Class: Subject: Time: 50

Present Continuous Tense

Learning Outcomes By the end of the lesson the learners will have • Identified past continuous tense • Used ‘Subject +to be verb + base form of verb with ing +others’ in sentences • Used the above mentioned structure in questions and answers

The lady is cooking. The girl is The boy is playing. The girl is

She is writing. He is jumping. He is teaching Mathematics. She is swimming.

He is playing violin. They are playing musical instruments.

She is singing. They are clapping.

He is running. The children are playing.

Present Continuous Tense The Subject lady cooking. To be verb is Base form of verb + ing

Present Continuous Tense They Subject are playing musical instruments. Base form of To be verb+ ing verb Others

Present He Subject Continuous Tense is Chittagong To be Base form verb of verb+ ing + to going tonight. Others to

Present Continuous Tense Uses: 1. To the 2. To the show that an action is going on at time of speaking or writing show that an action is planned for future

Let us try Fill in the blanks with the correct present tense. Attend cover fly hope lead take Peter (1)_____ an adventurous life. His job as a photojournalist (2)---- him to different parts of the world. At the moment, he (3 ------( -----a cultural festival in South Korea. In two day’s time he(4) ------------------ to Rumania to take some candid shots of the orphanages there. Next week, Peter(5) ---------- the Middle East on an assignment and he --------(6)to capture on film the beauty of the desert and its wild life.

Home work Write six sentences using past continuous tense and solve Exercise 1.

Thank You