1. How do we talk about what we are doing right now in English?
TALKING ABOUT NOW
How do we talk about what we are doing right now in English?

2. TALKING ABOUT NOW AND IN GENERAL
Michael is talking on the phone.

3. Albert and Jeremy are working.
TALKING ABOUT NOW
Albert and Jeremy are working.

4. Shh! Cecelia is sleeping.
TALKING ABOUT NOW
Shh! Cecelia is sleeping.

5. TALKING ABOUT NOW
To talk about now in English, we use present continuous.
to be + verb + ing

6. TALKING ABOUT NOW Let’s use the verb to talk in present continuous. Iam
talking
You
are
He / she / it is We
They

7. In French, think of it as the equiavlent of ‘’en train de…’’
TALKING ABOUT NOW
In French, think of it as the equiavlent of ‘’en train de…’’
Je suis en train de manger.
I am eating right now.

8. LET’S PRACTICE My sister ________________ supper for the whole family.
is cooking
cooks
cooked
is cooking
will cook

9. LET’S PRACTICE Where’s dad? He ________ the grass in the backyard.
is cutting
cut
has cut
is cutting
will cut

10. LET’S PRACTICE George ____________. He _______ instead. isn’t working
‘s sleeping
doesn’t work
won’t work
isn’t working
‘s sleeping
sleeps

11. FORMING THE NEGATIVE Making the negative of present continuous: I
am not
working
You
are not
He / she / it
is not We
You (plural)
They

12. FORMING THE NEGATIVE Don’t forget that you can use contractions !
I‘m not
working
You’re not
He’s not
She’s not, it’s not
We’re not
(plural)
They’re not

13. MAKING QUESTIONS Is Cecelia sleeping? Cecelia is sleeping.
Making a question is very easy.
Just move the verb to be to the beginning.
Cecelia is sleeping.
Is Cecelia sleeping?

14. LET’S PRACTICE Turn both sentences into questions.
George isn’t working. He’s sleeping instead.
Is George working? Is he sleeping instead?

15. Image Credits
Child on phone:
Men working
Baby sleeping
Cooking woman
cutting grass
man sleeping