Present Continuous

Present Continuous

Grammar

Present Continuous

• to talk about actions happening at the moment / τώρα

  e.g. Look! Kate is dancing over there!

  
  

• to describe actions in a photo / φωτογραφίες

  e.g. We aren't wearing our costumes in that photo.

  
  

• to talk about actions happening around the time of speaking / προσωρινά                                                                                              e.g. This year, we're preparing the musical ‘Annie'.

  
  

Affirmative

Κατάφαση

Multiple Select

Find the sentences in the affirmative.

• They're walking to school. 

• She is cleaning her room.

• Is it working?

• They are not studying. 

• I'm sleeping now. 

Negative

Άρνηση

Multiple Select

Find the sentences in the negative.

• Are we working tomorrow?

• You aren't cooking dinner tonight.

• They are not swimming.

• Am I dancing?

• She isn't talking on the phone now.

Interrogative

Ερώτηση

Multiple Select

Find the sentences in the interrogative form.

• We are not singing.

• Are they shouting now?

• Am I singing tomorrow?.

• He's driving to work.

• She isn't writing her book at the moment.

Short Answers - Σύντομες απαντήσεις

• Is she playing now? Yes, she is.

• Are they reading? No, they aren't.

• Are you eating? Yes, I am. / Yes, we are.

Multiple Choice

Are they cooking lunch today?

• Yes, they are.

• Yes, they're.

Multiple Choice

Is she crying now?

• No, she isn't.

• No, she is.

Multiple Choice

Are you sleeping now?

• Yes, I am.

• Yes, I'm.

Multiple Choice

Are we having breakfast right now?

• Yes, you're.

• Yes, you are.

Time words - χρονικές λέξεις

• now

• at the moment

• this year

• these days

• this month

Spelling Rules

• Verbs ending in -e drop e and add - ing

• write - writing

• make - making

• take - taking

Multiple Select

Which ones are correct?

• write - writing

• shake - shaking

• bake - bakeing

• make - makeing

• love - loving

Spelling Rules

• Verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant and stressed on the final syllable double the consonant (σΦσ)

• swim - swimming

• stop - stopping

Multiple Select

Which ones are correct?

• get - getting

• get - geting

• run - runing

• run - running

Multiple Select

Which ones are correct?

• open - opening

• open - openning

• submit - submitting

• submit - submiting

Multiple Choice

O Present Continuous (I am playing) διαφέρει από τον Present Simple (I play) ?

• Yes!

• No...

Multiple Select

We use the Present Continuous when we talk about....

• actions happening at the moment / now

• habits

• states

• things that we see in a photo

• events in the plot of a book / story / film

Multiple Select

We use the Present Simple when we talk about....

• actions happening at the moment / now

• habits

• states

• things that we see in a photo

• events in the plot of a book / story / film