Present continuous tense (2) Primary Longman Elect 1B Chapter 6 Present continuous tense (2)
He / She / It is + -ing What is he doing? He is swimming.
He / She / It is + -ing What is she doing? She is ice-skating.
He / She / It is + -ing What is it doing? It is running.
He / She / It is + -ing We use He / She / It is + -ing to talk about what a person / an animal is doing now. e.g. She is walking. It is walking.
They are + -ing What are they doing? They are skipping.
They are + -ing What are they doing? They are swimming.
They are + -ing We use They are + -ing to talk about what 2 or more people / animals are doing now. e.g. They are running. They are running.
Key structure is he / she / it What doing? Kelly and Henry are they swimming. They are
Present continuous tense Be careful when you add -ing to the action words. You have to repeat the last letter of some action words. e.g. running run skipping skip swimming swim Sometimes you have to omit the last letter e of the action words. e.g. dancing dance riding ride ice-skating ice-skate making make hiking hike
Practice Give the correct answer. What are they doing? are hiking They _______________ . (hike)
Practice Give the correct answer. What is it doing? is swimming It _______________ . (swim)
Practice Give the correct answer. What are they doing? are riding They _______________ . (ride)
Practice Give the correct answer. What is she doing? is dancing She _______________ . (dance)
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