Focus On Grammar Book 2, 5 th edition Lesson 2: Present Continuous, Action / Non-action Verbs, Future

Present Continuous / Progessive Form BE verbING BE changes with person Contractions: I’m, You’re, She’s, We’re, They’re SingularPlural FirstI am verbing.We are verbing. SecondYou are verbing. ThirdHe is verbing She is verbing. It is verbing. They are verbing.

Present Continuous / Progessive Use Right Now! Relatively right now; at this time, but not always.

2.2 For Longer Actions Relatively speaking, more or less right now Also for future, but only to discuss plans, not predictions. – Schedules are the best example; simple present can even be used.

2.3 Questions Subject Questions are easy; just take out the subject and put in the WH-word. With Present Progressive/Continuous, you have a helping verb, the BE verb. – (see esl2000.com)

2.4 Present Tenses: Simple and Cont./Prog. Simple Present – All the time; Always – Right now for Stative Verbs – I work for the government. Present Progressive – Right now, and relatively right now – I am working at McDonald’s.

2.5: Action and Non-action (Stative) verbs(#1) LOOK is active, but SEE is not active – Berto is looking out the window. – Akeeso sees the animals. LOOK can be stative – Shem looks happy. THINK – Think about, think of, are actions. – Think = believe is stative. KNOW ALL ABOUT PAGE 61; ask questions

2.5: Action and Non-action (Stative) verbs(#2) Right now, I love you. – (and I’m hating McDonald’s) Love, Hate, Like, Feel, Excite, Excite The best example is BE – Other words that are similar to BE Look, Smell, Seem If you can replace it with BE and have no change in meaning, for sure, it is a stative verb, and is not progressive.

2.6 Future Tense with WILL MODAL – never changes (no “S” for 3 rd Sing.) Always followed by the BASE FORM of verb – never changes (no “S” for 3 rd Sing.) Frequency words are AFTER the First Helping Verb (WILL) – For both BE verbs and ALL OTHER verbs Contractions: I’ll (aisle), you’ll (yule), he’ll (heal), she’ll, it’ll (like “little”), we’ll (wheel), they’ll

2.6 Negatives/Questions with WILL MODAL – Put NOT after the First Helping Verb – Eddie will not fail this course. Contraction: Will not  Won’t – Eddie won’t fail this course. Questions – Subjects are easy – Yes/No = move WILL in front of subject. – Other WH = make Y/N, move WH to front.

2.7 Future with “BE GOING TO” Form – Changes with person/number – NOT goes after the first helping verb (BE) – Going to go = going – In = after SingularPlural 1 st I am going to eatWe are going to eat 2 nd You are going to eat. 3 rd It is going to eat.They are going to eat.

2.7 – Questions with BE GOING TO BEis the helping verb Subject questions are easy Yes/no quesstions  move the HV front WH questions  – first make Y/N, – then move wh word to the front

2.8 Will or BE GOING TO Usually, either one is ok WILL – No previous plan – Promise – offer to help BE GOING TO – Plan is already made Sometimes use pres.prog or simple pres for plans & scheduled events

2.9 – NO Future in Time/IF clauses IF I eat candy tomorrow, I will get sick. When, after, before, until, etc. Commas? Something has to separate the clauses.