Present, Future, Past Continuous

Present Continuous

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What do you think about present continuous based on the video?

​Present Continuous is used

• to express the idea that something is happening at the moment of speaking.

• to describes activities generally in progress (not at the moment).

• to talk temporary actions or future plans.​

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What is the structure of present continuous tense?

Structure...

Subject + AM/IS/ARE + Verb+ing

(continuous form)

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence is present continous?

• He is repairing his car now.

• He is repairs his car.

• He is repaired his car.

• He has repaired his car.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is present continous?

• I have visited grandpa in the afternoon.

• I visit grandpa in the afternoon.

• I visited grandpa in the afternoon.

• I am visiting grandpa in the afternoon.

How do we use the present continuous?

See the following slides!

Most often, we use the Present Continuous tense to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking.​

Use #1

Present Actions​​

I am cooking a

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Write a sentence to talk about a present continuous based on the last function!

This tense is also used for activities continuing only for a limited period of time

Use #2

Temporary Actions

I'm riding a bike to get to work because my car is broken.

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Write a sentence to talk about a present continuous based on the last function!

We also use the Present Continuous when we are in the middle of doing something time-consuming (i.e. something that takes time to complete).An example of such an activity is writing a book, saving money or studying for an exam:

Use #3

Longer Actions in Progress

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Write a sentence to talk about a present continuous action!

Multiple Choice

Thomas and Patrick…outside now

• are playing 
• is playing 
• am playing

• play

Multiple Choice

They ____________ their dinner right now.

• isn't eating

• am not eating

• aren´t eating

• will eating

Multiple Choice

A:_____ ______ _______ right now?

B: Yes, he is.

• Is he sleeping 
• what is he doing 

• He sleeping
• he sleeps

Multiple Choice

Justin, Tom and Tina _______ _______ a You-tube video right now.

• am watching

• are watching

• is watching

• do playing

Multiple Choice

Charlotte, Connie, and I ____ ________ at the market.

• am shopping
• are shopping
• is shopping
• not shopping

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What do you know about future continuous based on the video?

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What is the structure of future continuous tense?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is future continuous?

• She will mopping the room when I finished the homework.

• she will clean the room.

• She will be cleaning the room when I finished the homework.

• She will not be mop when i finished the work.

Multiple Choice

What's the function of future continuous?

• Ongoing action in the future

• outgoing action for the future

• ongoing part in the present

• ongoing action for ever

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write one sentence of future continuous based on the last function!

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write one sentence of future continuous based on the last function!

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write one sentence of future continuous based on the last function!

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write one sentence of future continuous based on the last function!

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write one sentence of future continuous based on the last function!

Quiz Time

Multiple Choice

The government______roads in Antasari street throughout December.

• will have repaired

• will have been repaired

• will repairing

• will be repairing

Multiple Choice

What ______at 11 o´clock tonight?

• will you have done

• will you have been done

• will you be doing

• wiil be you doing

Multiple Choice

Robots______ our lives in five or ten years later.

• wil have been being improving

• will have been improving

• will be improving

• will improving

Multiple Choice

Jasleen's mother_______( not drive) to her grandparents' house next friday.

• will be driving

• shall not be drive

• will not be driving

• shall be drive

Reorder

Reorder the following sentence

• I

• will

• be

• helping her

• for you

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following sentence

• people

• will

• be

• searching

• for the presentation

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2

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4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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One word for today's learning is.....

Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous

There are four options of usage the Past Continuous Tense:

1) ​an interrupted process: We were running when she fell.

2) ​a long-lasting action: Everyone was sitting quietly.

3) ​a repeated action: You were feeding birds after work.

4) ​changes or growth: Her hair was going gray.

What does it show?

Past continuous shows longer actions in the past.

She started listening to music in the past, continued and then finished listening in the past.

Now for some questions.

Structure

Subject + was/were + v-ing

e.g. I was playing tennis yesterday afternoon.

Negative

To make negative we add not or n't.

e.g. I was not watching TV / I wasn't watching TV.

It is more natural to was wasn't or weren't when you are speaking.

Questions

(Question word) + Was/were + subject + v-ing

e.g. What were you doing yesterday?

e.g. Were you playing tennis last week?

Remember when making a question, you need to move the position of the was/were in front of the subject of the sentence.

Time to practice alone

Complete the exercises following this link:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-continuous-exercise-3.html

Compare Past Simple & Past Continuous

• Past Simple - Used when the action is mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past. The action started and ended sometime in the past but time may or may not be mentioned.

• Past Continuous - Used when the action was ongoing at a certain time in the past. This tense is used to describe an action which was in progress in the past.

The past continuous refers to an action in progress during a particular time in the past.

· He was sleeping, when the alarm started ringing