(7th) Grammar 1 - Unit 3 "Secrets of the Dark"

Unit 3: "Secrets of the Dark"

Grammar 1

Objective: To use the present progressive to talk about actions. To identify and use non-action and action verbs.

7th grade
Week 22
Miss Conny

What's present progressive?

• We use it to talk about what is happening right now.

• What is happening at the time of speaking.

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + ING VERB

• I am studying

• She is practicing

• You are watching TV while I'm reading

Multiple Choice

What do we use present progressive for?

• to talk about what is going to happen in the future

• to talk about what happened in the past

• to talk about thing that are happening now

Multiple Choice

Which one of these sentences is using present progressive?

• My brother is watching TV

• I go to bed every day at 10 PM

• We were playing Fall Guys for 2 hours

We usually use it with action verbs

• read

• sleep

• study

• go

• watch

• listen

• look, etc...

Present progressive in action verbs:

• While we are learning, people in China are sleeping!

• While I am teaching, my brother is studying.

• Harry is having dinner, but his friends in Dubai are having breakfast.

CAREFUL! We don't add ING to non-action verbs

• like

• see

• love

• want

• verbs about states and feelings...

Multiple Choice

We add ING to non-action verbs like feel, like, see, etc.

• YES

• NO

Multiple Select

Mark all the action verbs.

• feel

• read

• help

• like

• drive

CAREFUL!

• When we talk about what is happening right now and is always true with non-action verbs we just use simple present.

These examples talk about things that technically are happening now, but they are also always true. Not just right now.

• I like stories about unusual animals.

• Hellen loves puppies!

• We live in a small house.

• He has 3 cats.

Multiple Choice

What do we use with non-action verbs to talk about what is happening now and is always true?

• present progressive

• simple present

Multiple Select

Mark all the non-action verbs:

• like

• fly

• be

• study

• play