Grammar notes - Present and Past Continuous - 6th grade

Grammar notesUnit 4. Let's travel! 6th GRADE

practice (I)

present continuous (uses)

present continuous (structure)

Present continuous (keywords)

INTRODUCTION (Continuous tenses)

practice (II)

PAST continuous (uses)

PAST continuous (structure)

PAST continuous (keywords)

CONTINUOUS TENSES

Continuous tenses show duration or continuity.The present continuous and the past continuous are formed from either the present or the past tense of the verb to be + the ‘-ing form’ of the main verb. e.g. "You are reading this magazine right now". "He was talking to his great-grandmother yesterday".

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (USES)

- To talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking and not finished: e.g. Are they buying the tickets at the moment? - For a future plan, with a time reference: e.g. I'm flying to Rome at 7 am.

(It's happening at the moment)

PAST

FUTURE

PRESENT

I'm dancing with her...

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (STRUCTURE)

(+) Affirmative: S + AM / IS / ARE + VERB(-)ING ... You are playing basket at the moment. (-) Negative: S + 'M NOT / ISN'T / AREN'T + VERB(-)ING ... You aren't playing basket at the moment. (?) Interrogative: AM / IS / ARE + S + VERB(-)ING ... Are you playing basket at the moment?

KEY WORDS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

TODAY THIS WEEK THIS MONTH THIS YEAR

NOWRIGHT NOW AT THE MOMENT AT THIS MOMENT ...

PRACTICE (I)

(-) The dog ____________ at the cat at the moment. (bark) (+) Mary ____________ a film right now. (watch) (-) Mr. Smith ____________ his cats this week. (feed) (?) _________________ a picture now? (Tommy / draw) (-) His cousin ____________ their mother right now. (help) (+) You ___________ the poem by heart. (learn) (?) _______________ in the film today? (she/ act) (-) Martha and Louis ______________ with their friends at the moment. (study)

USES: PAST CONTINUOUS

Past Continuous Tenses are used to describe a past action that occurred over a period of time. <<I was dancing with her yesterday morning.>>

PRESENT

FUTURE

PAST

yesterday morning(during this period of time)

I was dancing with her...

PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

(+) Affirmative: S + WAS / WERE + VERB(-)ING ... Yesterday, you were playing basket. (-) Negative: S + WASN'T / WEREN'T + VERB(-)ING ... Yesterday, you weren't playing basket. (?) Interrogative: WAS / WERE + S + VERB(-)ING ... Were you playing basket yesterday?

(+) Affirmative: S + AM / IS / ARE + VERB(-)ING ... You are playing basket at the moment. (-) Negative: S + 'M NOT / ISN'T / AREN'T + VERB(-)ING ... You aren't playing basket at the moment. (?) Interrogative: AM / IS / ARE + S + VERB(-)ING ... Are you playing basket at the moment?

KEY WORDS

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST TIME REFERENCES, SUCH AS:

YESTERDAY LAST WEEK LAST MONTH LAST YEAR

PRACTICE (II)

(+) Michael _______________ bad yesterday morning. (feel) (+) Last Monday, it _______________ all the day. (snow) (-) You _____________ more than one hour at third grade. (study) (?) What _________________ during Christmas Eve? (you / do) (-) Sarah _______________ the piano when I arrived home. (practise) (+) While Aaron _________ (work)in his room, his friends ___________(swim) in the pool.