THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

1. THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

2. CONTEXTUAL USE • Daniel : Can you open the door? • Clark : Sorry, I’m havinga shave right now. • Ally : What’s that noise upstairs? • John : It’s Claira. She’s practicing for her music class. • Ally : Oh, is she taking a music class this semester? • John :Yeah, and she’s really good at singing.

3. CONTEXTUAL USE • For actions occuring at the moment of speaking • You are eating too fast. • I am teaching English right now. Time Prepositions: now, right now, at the moment, at present

4. CONTEXTUAL USE • For temporary situations existing for a period at the present time • She’s working very hard nowadays. Time Prepositions: nowadays, these days, this term, this year, this month, this semester

5. CONTEXTUAL USE • For situations which are changing during the present time. • Everything is expensive. • Everything is getting more and more expensive. • The weather is hot. • The weather ‘s getting hotter and hotter.

6. CONTEXTUAL USE • For events that you have planned to do in the future • I am meeting her next Sunday. • She is leaving Istanbul in two days. Time Prepositions: tomorrow, next week, next year, next summer

7. CONTEXTUAL USE • To express annoying habits with words like always • You’re always borrowing money ! • You’re always using my toothbrush ! • You’re always talking too much !

8. Present Simple vs. Present Progressive • Father is in his room. He is resting now. • Father always rests in his room at noon. • I have university entrance exam this year. That’s why I am not playing voleyball this year. • I usually play voleyball at the weekend. I don’t play on weekdays.

9. FORM • AFFIRMATIVE (+) • I am writing now. • You are reading a book. • He/She/It is eating lunch. • We are listening to music. • You are working hard. • They are discussing their financial problems.

10. FORM • NEGATIVE (-) • I am not writing now. • You are not reading a book. • He/She/It is not eating lunch. • We are not listening to music. • You are not working hard. • They are not discussing their financial problems.

11. FORM • INTERROGATIVE (?) • Am I writing now? • Are you reading a book? • Is he/she/it eating lunch? • Are we listening to music? • Are you working hard? • Are they discussing their financial problems?

12. Spelling of -ing • words ending with -e; • Write = Writing • Bite = Biting • Shave = Shaving • Close = Closing

13. words ending with a consonant + a vowel + a consonant; Run = Running Sit = Sitting Cut = Cutting Prefer = Preferring words ending with x, y, w Don’t write the last word again !!! Fix = Fixing Play = Playing Buy = Buying Draw = Drawing when stress is not on the last syllable Be careful with these words !!! Listen = Listening Open = Opening Happen = Happening Spelling of -ing

14. Spelling of -ing • words ending with –y • Study = Studying • Play = Playing • Buy = Buying • words ending with –ie • Die = Dying • Lie = Lying • Tie = Tying

15. Stative Verbs • Yum! This food tastesgood. I like it very much. • The chef is in the kitchen. He is tasting the sauce. It tastes too salty. He doesn’t like it.

16. Stative Verbs 1.Mental State: Know, Think*, Understand, Believe, Want, etc. 2. Emotional State: Love, Like, Hate, Envy, Fear, Amaze, etc. 3. Possession: Have*, Own, Belong, Possess

17. Stative Verbs 4. Sense Perceptions: Taste*, Smell*, Feel*, Hear, See* 5. Others Be*, seem, look*, exist, weigh*,look like, resemble, sound, contain, etc.

18. Stative Verbs • These flowers smell good. • She is smelling the flowers. • I think Roberto is a kind man. • I am thinking about this grammar. • I see a butterfly. Do you see it, too? • Jane is seeing a doctor about her headaches. • Jack and Ann are seeing each other. They go out together on Sundays.

19. Stative Verbs • Kathy looks cold. I will lend her my coat. • Tina is looking out the window now. • Sue is feeling the cat’s fur. • The cat’s fur feels soft. • This piano is too heavy for me to lift. It weighs too much. • The grocer is weighing the bananas.

20. EXERCISE - 1simple present vs. present progressive • Diane can’t come to the phone because she (wash) is washingher hair. • Diane (wash) washes her hair every other day or so. • Kathy (sit, usually) usually sits in front row during the class, but today she (sit) is sitting in the last row. • Please be quiet. I (try) am trying to concentrate. • (you, lock, always) do you always lock the door to your apartment when you leave? • I wrote to my friend last week. She hasn’t answered my letter yet. I (wait, still) am still waiting for a reply. • After six days of rain,I’m glad that the sun (shine) is shining again today. • Every morning, the sun (shine) shines in my bedroom window and (wake) wakes me up. • A: Look! It (snow) is snowing. B: It’s beatiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It (snow, not) doesn’t snow in my country.

21. EXERCISE – 2simple present or present progressive • I can’t afford that ring. It (cost) costs too much. • Look! It (begin) is beginning to rain. Unfortunately, I (have, not) don’t have my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He (wear) is wearing a raincoat. • As a rule, I (sleep) sleep until 6 o’clock in the morning, and then I (get) get up and (study) study for my classes. • Shhh. Grandpa (take) is taking a nap in the living room. We (want, not) don’t want to wake him up. He (need) needs his rest. • Right now I (look) am looking around the classroom. Yoko (write) is writing in her book. Carlos (bite) is biting his pencil. Wan-ning (scratch) is scratching his head. Ahmed (stare) is staring out the window. He (seem) seems to be daydreaming, but perhaps he (think) is thinking hard about the verb tenses. What (you, think) do you think Ahmed (do) is doing?