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Farina Yasmin Assistant Professor, English Technical Teachers’ Training College, Dhaka

Class: Eight Subject: English Time: 50 minutes

Present Continuous Tense

Learning Outcomes By the end of the lesson the learners will have Identified past continuous tense Used ‘Subject +to be verb + base form of verb with ing +others’ in sentences Used the above mentioned structure in questions and answers

The lady is cooking.The boy is playing. The girl is eating.The girl is ironing.

She is writing. He is teaching Mathematics. He is jumping. She is swimming.

He is playing violin.They are playing musical instruments.

She is singing.They are clapping.

He is running. The children are playing.

Present Continuous Tense The lady is cooking. Subject To be verb Base form of verb + ing

They are playing musical instruments. musical instruments. Present Continuous Tense SubjectTo be verb Base form of verb+ ing Others

Present Continuous Tense He is going to Chittagong tonight. Subject To be verb Base form of verb+ ing + to Others

Present Continuous Tense Uses: 1.To show that an action is going on at the time of speaking or writing 2.To show that an action is planned for the future

Let us try Fill in the blanks with the correct present tense. Attend cover fly hope lead take Peter (1)_____ an adventurous life. His job as a photojournalist (2) him to different parts of the world. At the moment, he (3) a cultural festival in South Korea. In two day’s time he(4) to Rumania to take some candid shots of the orphanages there. Next week, Peter(5) the Middle East on an assignment and he (6) to capture on film the beauty of the desert and its wild life.

Home work Write six sentences using past continuous tense and solve Exercise 1.

Thank You