PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

By Teacher Albert

Present continuous: -ing.

AFIRMATIVE Noun + verb to 'be' + verb -ing + complement. Pronoun + verb to 'be' + verb -ing + complement.

e.g. I am writing a book. We are writing a book. You are writing a book. You are writing a book. He/ She / It is writing a book. They are writing a book.

Present continuous: -ing.

NEGATIVE Noun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement. Pronoun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement.

e.g. (CONTRACTION: VERB TO BE + NOT) I am not writing a book. We aren't writing a book. You aren't writing a book. You aren't writing a book. He/ She / It isn't writing a book. They aren't writing a book.

e.g. (CONTRACTION: PRONOUN + NOT) I'm not writing a book. We're not writing a book. You're not writing a book. You're not writing a book. He's not writing a book. / She's not .../ It's not... They're not writing a book.

Present continuous: -ing.

INTERROGATIVE Noun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement. Pronoun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement.

e.g. Am I writing a book ? Yes, you are. / No, you aren't. - Yes, I am. No, I'm not. Are you writing a book ? Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. Is she/he/it writing a book ? Yes, he/she/it is. - No, he/she/it isn't. Are we writing a book ? Yes, we are. / No, we aren't. Are you writing a book ? Yes, we are. / No, we aren't Are they writing a book ? Yes, they are. / No, they aren't

STATES VERBS

like - love - hate - know - want e.g. I'm knowing a really nice café near here. (INCORRECT) I know a really nice café near here. (CORRECT)

This week - this month - this year / today / at the moment / this morning / today. DON'T FORGET: we use present continuous to describe an action now or around the time of speaking.e.g. Luca is wearin a blue suit today.

Luca is wearing a blue suit today.

DON'T FORGET: we use present simple to talk about facts and routines.e.g. The company gives workers a good salary. (fact) Luca always wears a suit to work. (routine)

NOW

Luca always wears a suit to work.

EXERCISE 1: Fill in the present progressive. Use the verbs in brackets.

1. I'm busy now because I ______ the house. (clean) 2. ______ they ______ lunch? (prepare) 3. The girls ______ an email to their friend. (write) 4. Her friends ______ in the park. (not play) 5. They ______ his birthday. (celebrate) 6. Do you have time to talk? Sorry, but I ______.(study) 7. Peter ______ his best friend. (phone) 8. He ______ a green baseball cap. (wear) 9. They ______for the key. (look) 10. Hurry! The bus ______ (come) 11. He ______ his teeth. (clean) 12. Why ______you ______? (laugh) 13. Please listen to me. I ______to you. (talk) 14. Frank and Mary ______at the party. (dance) 15. She ______her presents. (open)

EXERCISE 2: Make negative sentences in the present progressive tense.

1. My brothers ______ their bikes now. (clean) 2. Listen, Michelle ______ in the shower anymore. (sing) 3. I ______ the play for school right now. (read) 4. They ______ a great time at the party. (have) 5. Tim is his room, but he ______ for the test. (study) 6. Look, I ______ a cake for my brother's birthday. (bake) 7. My parents ______ for work now. (leave) 8. He ______ the flowers in the garden. (water) 9. Hurry up! The teacher ______ at us. (look) 10. I ______ on my iPad at the moment. (play)

EXERCISE 3: Complete the questions with the words in brackets. Use the present progressive.

1. ______ their favourite show? (the kids / watch) 2. ______ the lawn in his front yard? (Mr Jones / mow) 3. ______ us at the bus stop? (you / wait for)

EXERCISE 4: Complete the questions with the words in brackets. Use the present progressive.

4. ______ the new book? (Sandra / read) 5. ______ some milk? (the cats / drink) 6. ______ ? (your parents / still sleep) 7. ______ the beds right now? (Sam / make) 8. ______ for their exam? (the children / study) 9. ______ the garbage? (Carol / take out) 10. ______ shopping in the mall? (Susan and Anne / go)

EXERCISE 5: Write the -ing forms

1. work: __________ 7. study : __________ 13. dance: __________ 2. rain: __________ 8. fly: __________ 14. die: __________ 3. write: __________ 9. lie: __________ 15. have: __________ 4. live: __________ 10. go: __________ 16. cut: __________ 5. run: __________ 11. tie: __________ 17 swim: __________ 6. sit: __________ 12 do: __________ 18. forget: __________

EXERCISE 6: Fill in the present simple or the present progressive.

1. Mr Cooper always ________ a pound of sugar. (buy) 2. The shop assistant ________ the door now. (close) 3. Kevin and Alan never ________ away glass bottles. (throw) 4. Look! Freddy ________ two baskets. (carry) 5. Now Mrs Caveman ________out of the window. (look) 6. Mrs Bingham ________shopping every Saturday. (go) 7. I ________the money at the moment. (count) 8. Mr Root always ________ a box of eggs before buying them. (open) 9. Mum often ________ her change. (forget) 10. Listen! The manager ________ to a customer. (talk) 11. My friends often ________ to the computer shop. (go) 12. We always ________ our things in a basket. (put) 13. My cat never ________ in my room. (sleep) 14. Michael can't play football. He ________ the guitar at the moment. (play) 15. Bill ________ his homework at the moment. (do)

EXERCISE 7: Write present continuous sentences using these ideas.

1. I / wear / my favourite shirt today. _______________________________ 2. you / stay / at a hotel in the city centre? _______________________________ 3. She / not work / this morning. _______________________________ 4. We / wait / four our train now. _______________________________ 5. Claudia and Martin / watch / TV? _______________________________ 6. I / not go / to my lessons at the moment. _______________________________ 7. They / not stay / here for long. _______________________________ 8. he / learn / a new language? _______________________________

WORDBUILDING: VERB + NOUN COLLOCATIONS

• We use certain verbs with certain nouns and -ing forms. These are verb + noun collocations.

e.g. do yoga go camping play computer games play golf watch TV go cycling go running play football read magazine

EXERCISE 15- MATCH THE VERBS (1-8) WITH THE NOUNS (A-H) TO MAKE COLLOCATIONS

1. go a. computer games 2. play b. films 3. do c. friends 4. play d. the gym 5. watch e. swimming 6. play f. Taekwondo 7. go to g. a musical instrument 8. meet h. golf