PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Pay attention. I am studying. Teacher: Tell students that the boy is telling us what he’s doing at this moment.

Pay attention. He is playing soccer. Teacher: Tell students that we’re talking about what the boy doing at this moment.

Pay attention. They are having dinner. Teacher: Tell students that we’re talking about what the family is doing at this moment.

Read I am studying. He is playing soccer. They are having dinner. * These sentences refer to actions that are happening at this moment, now. Teacher: review the sentences with the students and ask them to check if they can see what they have in common. Elicit from the students the correct way of using the Present Continuous.

AFFIRMATIVE FORM I YOU HE SHE IT WE THEY AM ARE IS PLAYING. Look at the chart. I YOU HE SHE IT WE THEY AM ARE IS PLAYING. TEACHER: Ask students to look at the chart and pay attention to how the Present Continuous is formed.

INTERROGATIVE FORM AM ARE IS I YOU HE SHE IT WE THEY PLAYING? Look at the chart. AM ARE IS I YOU HE SHE IT WE THEY PLAYING? TEACHER: Ask students to look at the chart and pay attention to how the Present Continuous is formed.

NEGATIVE FORM I YOU HE SHE IT WE THEY ‘M NOT AREN’T ISN’T PLAYING. Look at the chart. I YOU HE SHE IT WE THEY ‘M NOT AREN’T ISN’T PLAYING. TEACHER: Ask students to look at the chart and pay attention to how the Present Continuous is formed.

Now, you. What are you doing now? Is your teacher reading? Is your best friend sleeping? Are the students speaking English? Teacher: Ask students to read the questions and ask them to each other. Model out with a student first.

MEMORY GAME MIA BOB AND LUCY TONY, KATE AND LEO PETER Teacher: Ask students to look at the pictures for two minutes and pay attention to what the people are doing. MIA BOB AND LUCY TONY, KATE AND LEO PETER

Correct the sentences. Mia is singing. Tom and Lucy are watching TV. Tony, Kate and Leo are studying. Peter is writing an e-mail. Teacher: Instruct students to say the sentences in the negative and then correct the information.

Check. Mia is dancing. Tom and Lucy are playing video game. Tony, Kate and Leo are swimming. Peter is playing the guitar. Teacher: Get students to check the correct form of the sentences. You can ask one to ask the question. Give an example: What is Mia doing?

Make sentences. Teacher: Ask students to make up sentences with the icons. For example: He is writing a note. She is reading a book. If necessary, give some prompts, or teach vocabulary. As a follow up, ask students to make a mime game. Miming actions and having the others guess their actions.