Present Continuous Tense

Continuous Tense (part 1)

by bonjoni no.3

​Before we study about it...

Let's see...

How much do you know about simple and continuous tenses 😊

​Please re-write the following sentences on Quizizz into correct sentences!

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I am not agree with your opinion.

Simple

I am not agree with your opinion

​I don't agree with your opinion

​This is Present Simple Tense.

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​"agree" is a verb 1.

​In the negative form of present simple tense, we use "don't" or "doesn't"

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I'm not knowing Sam's wife.

​Simple

​I'm not knowing Sam's wife.

​I don't know Sam's wife.

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​"Know" is a verb 1. "Know" is also a stative verb. Stative verb means a verb which usually doesn't have Verb-ing form.

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​We rarely hear people say "I'm knowing", but "I know".

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My roommate usually watch television, listen to music, or going out in the evening.

Keep it simple

​My roommate usually watch television, listen to music, or going out in the evening.

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​We see that it uses verb 1 all along, but suddenly it changes to verb-ing? Let's be consistent. Let's use all verb 1. Watch, listen and go

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When I turned the key, the car was starting.

Past tense...

​I suppose that many people got it wrong here.

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​When I turned the key (simple past tense), the car was starting. (past continuous tense)

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​The answer was "When I was turning the key, the car started."

​Past tense...

​When I was turning the key...

​It means that in the process of turning the key.

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​...the car started.

​It means that the car started in the middle of the process of turning the key. "Turning key" and "car started" don't happen at the same time. It has a sequence.

If you don't get it, don't worry. Just let it go for this moment...

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Air is consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, and other gases.

Remember to put "S"

​Air is consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, and other gases.

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​"consist" is a stative verb.

​It should be "Air consist of..."

​Wait. remember to put "s"!

​It becomes "Air consists of..."

​S (he, she, it) + verb 1 (+s/es)

​S (I, you, we, they) + verb 1

Verb 1 + s/es...

• ​Air (it) consists

• ​She takes

• ​Mr Brown (he) holds

• ​The ocean (it) nurtures

• ​Her mother (she) cooks

The formula only tells you that "he,she,it" uses verb 1 + s/es, but when the subject is out of "he,she,it", then it's your job to determine which is which.

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The children drawed some pictures in school this morning.

​Irregular verb...

​The children drawed some pictures in school this morning.

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​There are two possible answers

​1. The children drew some pictures in school this morning.

​2. The children were drawing some pictures in school this morning.

​Drawed? Drew!

• ​We know that we can add "ed" to the verb to express a past tense. But we can't always use that! There are irregular verbs which don't follow this rule. For example

• Drawed? Drew!

• Speaked? Spoke!

• Runned? Ran!

• Putted? Put!​

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Right now Sally in the kitchen eating breakfast.

​Continuous...

​Right now Sally in the kitchen eating breakfast.

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​Right now Sally eating breakfast...

​Right now Sally is eating breakfast...

​Right now Sally is in the kitchen eating breakfast.

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While I'm driving home last night, I heared a strange noise in the engine.

​Simple and Continuous combo!

​While I'm driving home last night, I heared a strange noise in the engine.

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​While I WAS driving home last night, I HEARD a strange noise in the engine.

​why I WAS, not I AM?

​Because the sentence was talking about something in the past. The time was "last night" so we must use "past tense".

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​"I am" becomes "I was"