The Present Continuous

1. The Present Continuous What is happening now?

2. The Present Continuous • We use the present continuous when we talk about something happening at the time of speaking. He is talking on the phone now. They are walking home at the moment.

3. The Present Continuous • We use the present continuous to describe situations or actions which are in progress for a limited period. She is studying for the English test this week.

4. The Present Progressive Use Verb To Be in the present simple (am-is-are) +a verb with–ing. I am sleep ing. are You driv ing. is He talk ing. She read ing. is It eat ing. is We are exercis ing. are danc ing. They

5. Negative Statements For negative statements, you can use “not.” I am not work ing. not play ing. You are He is not talk ing. is not read ing. She is It not eat ing. We are not exercis ing. are not They teach ing.

6. Negative Statements For negative statements, you can also use contractions. ‘m not I work ing. aren’t You play ing. isn’t He talk ing. isn’t read ing. She isn’t It eat ing. aren’t We exercis ing. aren’t They teach ing.

7. Interrogative form To Be (am-is-are) + subject +a verb with–ing + ? am I sleep ing ? . you are walk ing ? he is talk ing ? is read ing ? she is eat ing ? it we exercis ing ? are they danc ing ? are

8. Short Answers I am ‘m not I are You aren’t You He is isn’t He She is isn’t She It is isn’t It are We aren’t We They are aren’t They

9. The Present Continuous What are they doing?

10. Spelling Progressive Verbs

11. Silent -e • When the base form of the verb ends with a silent –e (not pronounced), drop the –e before adding –ing. write writing smile smiling make making freeze freezing

12. C C C C C C V V V CVC  Double • When a one-syllable verb ends with a consonant, vowel, consonant combination, double the last consonant. run running sit sitting stop stopping

13. V V V C C C V C C Be Careful! • Don’t double the consonant with other combinations. sleep sleeping help helping learn learning

14. C C C C V V Be Careful! • Don’t double the letters x, w,or y. row rowing fix fixing

15. Change to -y • When a verb ends in –ie, drop the –e and change the –i to –y. die dying lie lying tie tying

16. Just Add -ing • In all other cases, just add –ing to the simple form of the verb. study studying do doing see seeing