Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

​Beginner level

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​Teacher: Miriam Sanchez

​We use the present continuous to talk about:

​Activities at the moment of speaking​

• ​I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.

• Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best option to complete the question: Will you please be quiet? ......

• I´m trying to do my homework

• I´m having problems with my car today

• We are heveing dinner

• I am trying doing my homework

​Mary is going to a new school next term. What are you doing next week?

​Future plans or arrangements

Multiple Choice

Look at the schedule and answer if it is TRUE or FALSE: Steve's having a birthday party on Saturday 2nd.

• True

• False

​We do not normally use the continuous with stative verbs.

Stative verbs include:

verbs of thinking and feeling

Exeptions:

Intermediate level

uses

​At eight o'clock we are usually having breakfast

​Something which is happening before and after a specific time

​Michael is at university. He's studying history

​Something which we think is temporary

​What sort of music are they listening to?

​Something which is new and contrast with a previous state

​The climate is changing rapidly

​​Something which is changing or growing or developing

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​George is great. He's always laughing

​​Something which happens again and again

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Multiple Choice

Choose an explanation for the next statement: She is buying a new laptop next Thursday

• Changing, growing or developing

• Moment of speaking

• Something temporary

• Future plan or arrangement

Multiple Choice

Choose an explanation for the next statement: Summers are getting warmer and warmer nowadays

• Changing, growing or developing

• Something temporary

• Moment of speaking

• Future plan or arrangement

Multiple Choice

Choose an explanation for the next statement: You're always asking me silly questions

• Changing, growing or developing

• Something temporary

• Something that happens again and again

• Moment of speaking

Advance level

uses

​The other day I'm just walking down the street when suddenly this man comes up to me and asks me to lend him some money. Well, he's carrying a big stick and he looks a bit dangerous, so I'm wondering what to do …

​​Telling a story

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​​Harry Potter is a pupil at Hogwarts school. One day when he is playing Quidditch he sees a strange object in the sky. He wonders what is happening …

​Summarizing a book, film or play

-ING Form

Multiple Choice

What´s the -ing form of: Hug

• Huging

• Hugging

Multiple Choice

What´s the .ing form of: Guzzle

• Guzzling

• Guzzleing

• Guzzlying

Multiple Choice

What´s the -ing form of: flee

• Fleing

• Fleeing