The Present Continuous Tense (Thì Hiện Tại Tiếp Diễn).2. THE PRESENT.[r]
(1)UNIT 11: LOOKING GOOD!
GRAMMAR
(2)Unit 11: Looking Good!
GRAMMAR:
(3)teach (v)
(4)paint (v)
(5)run (v)
(6)read (v)
(7)write (v)
(8)- Are they playing?
No They are not playing.
- What are they doing?
They are fighting.
(9)THE PRESENT
CONTINUOUS TENSE
1 Form:
+ Positive:
Ex: - They are playing football. - He is painting.
+ Negative:
Ex: - He isn’t reading. + Questions:
Ex: - Are they playing?
- What are they doing?
S + (be) + Ving…
S + (be)+ not + Ving… (Be)+S+ Ving?
(10)THE PRESENT
CONTINUOUS TENSE
2 Use:
We use The Present Continuous Tense to describe the actions happening at the
moment.
3 Signals:
(11)4 Attentions:
Verbs ending in ‘e’, drop ‘e’. Ex: writ
Verbs ending in a vowel and a consonant,
double the consonant.
Ex: run
Verbs ending in ‘ie’, drop ‘e’ and change ‘i’ to
(12)Practice
Task 1: Complete the letter Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous.
Dear Jim,
We (1) (have) _ a terrible holiday It (2)
(rain) _ I (3) (sit)_ in the hotel I (4) (watch) television Tom and Peter (5) (play) computer games Alice (6)
(read) _a book Susan (7) (make)
a cup of coffee The baby (8) (cry)
I want to go home All the best,
George
are having
is raining am sitting am watching
are playing is reading
(13)Practice
Task 2:Change the statements into negative sentences.
1 You’re listening to me.
………
2 Tim is studying
………
3 We’re talking
………
4 You’re writing
You are not listening to me. Tim is not studying.
(14)5.Katherine is lying
………
6 They are waiting for us
………
7 Anna’s having a good time
………
8 I’m reading at the moment.
………
Katherine isn’t lying.
They aren’t waiting for us.
(15)Practice
Task 3: Change the statements into questions.
1 I’m making a lot of noise.
………
2 Clare is reading
………
3 You are watching the news.
………
4 It’s snowing.
Am I making a lot of noise? Is Clare reading?
(16)5 We are waiting in a right place
………
6 You are sitting here
………
7 David is enjoying the film.
………
8 The bus is stopping
………
Are we waiting at the right place? Are you sitting here?
(17)Task 3: Describe the picture.
John Lisa and Peter
Mary and Tom
Susan Rose
and Scott
Mark
Steven Jane
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