The bear is fishing.

The baby is clapping.

The panda is doing karate.

The cats are singing.

This is ……. the Present ContinuousTense It is used to talk about something happening now at the time of speaking or around the time of speaking (1)

past presentfuture

 What is this girl doing?

 She is thinking.

 What is this man doing?

 He is singing.

 What is this person doing?

 She is smiling.

 What is this person doing?

 He is crying.

 thinking  singing  smiling  crying

 They end with ing. –thinking –singing –smiling –crying

I am thinking. He is singing. We are smiling.

 They all use the verb to be.

 Present Continuous Tense –Verb to be + verb in present tense + ing

The verb to be. I am the verb to be. He is the verb to be.

They are the verb to be.

 I am  you are  he, she, it is  we are  they are

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE Iam ‘ m playing YouWeTheyare ‘ re HeSheItis ‘ s AFFIRMATIVE: Play

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play AmI playing? Areyouwe the y IshesheitI am not ‘ m not playingYouWeThey are not aren ’ t HeSheIt is not isn ’ t

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE Is he playing football at the moment? No, he isn’t. He is running.

WHAT IS SHE DOING? draw She is drawing a picture at the moment

WHAT IS TWEETY DOING? IT’S FLYING

TEMPORARY SITUATIONS (2) They normally play tennis. But this week they are skating.

CHANGING SITUATIONS (3) Yesterday it was very sunny. Today it’s raining more and more.

FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS (4) They are celebrating a party next weekend. They are celebrating a party next weekend.

VERB + ing (spelling rules) listen + ing = listening die (-ie  y) + ing = dying write + ing = writing hop + p + ing = hopping travel + l + ing = travelling

Make –ing forms of each verb given. begin begin rub rub listen listen lie lie swim swim study study happen happengetuseadmittrydecidecomeput

–ing forms beginning rubbing listening lying swimming studyinghappening getting using admitting trying deciding coming putting

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE TIME EXPRESSIONS: Now, at the moment, today, nowadays, this week. Now, at the moment, today, nowadays, this week. They are throwing snowballs now

: Hi, Carl. It's me. How is it going? Dad : Hi, Carl. It's me. How is it going? : Oh, hi, Dad. Everything's great. Carl : Oh, hi, Dad. Everything's great. : So, are you studying for your exams? Dad : So, are you studying for your exams? : Oh, yeah. I'm working very hard Carl : Oh, yeah. I'm working very hard this semester. this semester. : Good. So, what are you doing Dad : Good. So, what are you doing right now? Are you studying? right now? Are you studying? : Uh, Dad, I'm watching Carl : Uh, Dad, I'm watching a baseball game right now. a baseball game right now. : Baseball?...Uh, who's Dad : Baseball?...Uh, who's playing? playing? : The Yankees and the Carl : The Yankees and the Red Sox. Red Sox. : Really? Uh Carl, …let's talk Dad : Really? Uh Carl, …let's talk in two hours. in two hours. : OK, Dad. Enjoy the game! Carl : OK, Dad. Enjoy the game! : You too. But please try and Dad : You too. But please try and study for your exams! study for your exams!

Stative and action verbs Action verbs An action verb describes an action, something that happens I’m reading Action verbs can be in the continuous form I read a book every week This week, I’m reading Moby Dick

Stative and action verbs Stative verbs They describe a state. Something that is and stays the same He seems very tired There are different types:  Verbs of senses: feel, see, sound, hear, smell, taste  Verbs of mental states: believe, realise, remember, know, …  Verbs of possession: belong, have, own, possess  Verbs of feeling or emotion: like, hate, adore, love, wish, …  Verbs of measurement: weigh, contain, cost, measure  Other verbs that express states: be, exist, seem, owe, require

Stative and action verbs Change of meaning Some verbs change their meaning depending if we use them in the progressive or non-progressive form Think He thinks it is a good idea He is thinking about eating a biscuit Have She has (got) a mobile phone She’s having a great time She’s having breakfast Verbs of seeing and hearing Action verbs: watch, look at, listen to Non-action verbs: see, hear