UNIT 3 1º ESO PRESENT CONTINUOUS v. PRESENT SIMPLE
VOCABULARY – Holiday activities CAMP SUNBATHE COOK SWIM CYCLE TRAVEL FLY TREK HITCHHIKE UNPACK PAK WALK SIGHTSEE STAY
VOCABULARY – Geographical features Beach Ocean Cave River Desert Sea Forest Stream Hill Valley Island Waterfall Lake Mountain
PRESENT CONTINUOUS Actions in progress in the moment of speaking What are you doing now? What is your mum doing now? What is your best friend doing now?
Examples of action in progress You’ re studying now The teacher is speaking The computer is working You are not eating It’s raining The sun isn’t shining My brother isn’t painting the house at the moment, maybe he is studying My mother is working and my father is reading the newspaper What is your mother doing right now? Where are you sitting now? What is your father doing? (estar) (-ando / -endo) BE + VERB-ing (reading)
As you can see all the previous sentences have the same structure As you can see all the previous sentences have the same structure. They all have two verbs: TO BE and a GERUND (gerundio in Spanish- cantando, (singing) jugando (playing)…) In continuous tenses you always need these two verbs And remember you always need to have a subject in English Do you remember how to make a Gerund in English?
GERUND Infinitive verb + ING Most of the verbs Verbs ending with –E Work Do Eat Go Catch Look Talk Play Study Fly Playing Studying Flying Verbs ending with –E Live Be Have Change Practice Escape Hide Write Living Being Having Changing Practicing Escaping Hiding Writing Verbs ending with VOWEL + CONSONANT Sit Run Swim Sitting Running Swimming Working Doing Eating Going Catching Looking Talking
Work Working study Studying Put Putting Live Living Escape Escaping Run Running Eat Eating Catch Catching Ride Riding
TO BE I’m You are He is She is It is We are They are I’m not Am I…? AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I’m You are He is She is It is We are They are I’m not You aren’t He’s not She’s not It’s not We’re not You’re not They’re not Am I…? Are you…? Is she…? Is he …? Is it…? Are we …? Are they …?
THEY ARE HAVING FUN HE IS SINGING THEY ARE DANCING HE IS LAUGHING THEY ARE TALKING THEY ARE DRINKING
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE
WHEN DO WE USE IT? Situations taking place in the moment of speaking. ACTIONS IN PROGRESS Now, right now, today, at this moment… But not when talking about routines or repeated actions Everyday, always, never, sometimes….
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What do they usually do? What are they doing now?
Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ____________ DRIVES Every Monday, Sally (drive)_____________ her kids to football practice. I usually (work)__________ as a secretary, but this summer I (study) ______________ French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ____________ Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) _______________ I hate living in Santander because it (rain, always) _________________ I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)______________ because everybody (talk)_____________ so loudly. This delicious chocolate (be) __________________made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland. Water ________ at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius (boil). Here in Montreal the winters are very long and it ________ a lot. (snow) I'm sorry. Bob can't come to the phone. He __________ a shower. (have) WORK AM STUDYING IS SLEEPING IS RAINING ALWAYS RAINS ARE SAYING IS TALKING IS BOILS SNOWS IS HAVING
I ____________ (like) cinema very much. At the moment they ____________ (stand) in the rain. What time ____ they usually ________ (wake up)? These people ____________(feel) very angry at the moment because of the traffic She ______________(usually/drink) milk because she usually___________(like) it very much. He ____________ (be) too fast now It ____________ (get) late. I must go now. I ________________ (work), so please be quiet! ____________ she _____________( read) at the moment? ARE STANDING DO WAKE ARE FEELING USUALLY DRINKS LIKE IS EATING IS GETTING AM WORKING IS READING
ACTIVITIES http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/ PresentContinuous1F.html http://www.englishexercises.org/makeaga me/viewgame.asp?id=2332 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeaga me/viewgame.asp?id=4222
SONG BRUNO MARS I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rExJ6j5OeCo BRUNO MARS II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbYBu_94R5c TWENTY ONE PILOTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6fdnz2q4aU http://englishwordoftheday2010.blogspot.com.es/2 013/06/present-continuous-with-scenes-from- tv.html