ITB_Week 3_Present Continuous

Week 3

Verb to be

Practice

1. The old man (be) ________ wise.
2. The sun (be) ________ hot.
3. The game (be) ________ difficult.
4. Susan and Juan (be) ________ married.
5. We (be) ________ in English class.
6. Ko and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Ko (be) ________ a scientist and Jacob (be) ________ an engineer.

Pronouns

Verb to be

Complements

CONTRACTION

am not

in my house.

I'm not in my house.

He

is not

tired.

He isn't tired.

She

is not

sad.

She isn't sad.

It

is not

a good dog.

It isn't a good dog.

You

are not

Mexican.

You aren't Mexican.

We

are not

friends.

We aren't friends.

They

are not

nice people.

They aren't nice people.

Practice Negative

1. It _________ for me to say.
2. I _________ worried.
3. But you _________happy about it.
4. You _________ any different to me.
5. It _________ enough for the cake.
6. They look easy, but they _________.

QUestions

Verb to be + Subject + Complements?

Practice

Week 3

present continuous

Verb to be + verb -ing

I am working right now.

When to use it?

Now

At this moment

We are eating in the living room. She is playing in the playground.

The -ing form

CONTINUOUS FORM

BASE FORM

Cook - Eat - Speak

Cooking - Eating - Speaking

Buy - Play - Try

Buying - Playing - Trying

Drive - Write - Dance

Driving - Writing - Dancing

*Put - Swim - Run

Putting - Swimming - Running

* The final three letters are "consonant - vowel - consonant."

Statements

The -ing form

• I _______________ golf every weekend. (watch)
• The children _______________ outside at the moment. (play)
• Julia _______________ today. (work)

• She _______________ on the floor. (dance)
• My husband _______________ me breakfast. (make)
• Pauline _______________ in Hong Kong. (live)

What is he doing?

What are they doing?

What is she doing?

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