6. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
I am
‘m
playing
You
We
They
are
‘re
He
She
It
is
‘s
AFFIRMATIVE: Play
7. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Is he playing football at the
moment?
No, he isn’t. He is running.
8. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play
Am I
you
we
they
Are playing?
Is
he
she
it
I
am not
‘m not
playing
You
We
They
are not
aren’t
He
She
It
is not
isn’t
9. Form of Present Continuous
The present continuous tense is formed with the present
tense of the auxiliary verb be + the present participle:
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I am working I am not working am I working?
you are working you are ml working are you working?
he/she/it is working he/she/it is not working is he/she/it working?
we are working we are not working are we working?
you are working you are not working are you working?
they are working they are not working are they working?
Negative interrogative: am I not working? are you not working? is he not working? etc.
10. WHAT IS SHE DOING?
draw
She is drawing a picture at
the moment
12. VERB + ing (spelling rules)
listen + ing = listening
die (-iey) + ing = dying
write + ing = writing
hop + p + ing = hopping
travel + l + ing = travelling
13. Activity-01
Make –ing forms of each verb given.
1. begin
2. rub
3. listen
4. lie
5. swim
6. study
7. happen
8. get
9. use
10. admit
11. try
12. decide
13. come
14. put
15. The Present Continuous Tense is used for
1. Actions which are happening at or
around the moment of speaking.
• Now I’m doing the washing up.
• She is working very hard nowadays.
• It is raining.
• I’m tired. I’m going to bed now.
Goodnight!
2. Temporary situations.
• I’m staying with a friend at the moment.
16. Uses of the present continuous tense
For an action happening about this time but not
necessarily at the moment of speaking:
I’m reading an interesting book at the moment. I’ll land
it to you when I’ve finished it. (I’m not reading the book
at the time of speaking. I mean that I have started it
but not finished yet. I’m in the middle of reading it)
He is teaching French and learning Italian. (He may
not be doing either at the moment of speaking.)
Cathrine wants to work in Italy, so she is learning
Italian. (but parhaps she isn’t learning Italian exactly at
the time of speaking)
17. ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT PRESENT (1)
They are dancing right now.
19. Uses of the present continuous tense
When we talk about things happening in a period around
now (for example, today/this week/this evening etc)
‘You’re working hard today’. ‘Yes, I have a lot to do’
(not ‘You work hard today’)
‘Is Susan working this week?’. ‘No. She’s on holiday.’
We use the present continuous tense when we talk
about changes happening around now (Changing or
developing situations)
The population of the word is rising. (not ‘rises’)
Is your English getting better?. (not ‘does your English get
better’.)
It’s getting colder.
20. The Present Continuous Tense is used for
Fixed arrangements in the near future.
They are getting married next week.
With a point in time to indicate an action
which begins before this point and
probably continues after it:
At six I am bathing the baby. (I start bathing
him before six.)
23. THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
Now,
at the moment,
today,
nowdays,
this week.
They are throwing snowballs
now
24. Exercise - 01
Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.
1. She (not work), she (swim) in the river.
2. He (teach) his boy to ride.
3. Why Ann (not wear) her new dress?
4. The airplane (fly) at 2,000 meters.
5. What Tom (do) now? He (clean) his shoes.
6. This fire (go) out. Somebody (bring) more coal?
7. Why you (mend) that old shirt?
8. Who (move) the furniture about upstairs?
It's Tom. He (paint) the front bedroom.
9. Mrs. Jones (sweep) the steps outside her house.
10. What you (read) now? I (read) Crime and Punishment.
27. THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
I
YOU
WORK
SHE
HE
IT
WORKS
WE
YOU
THEY
WORK
AFFIRMATIVE: WORK
28. 3rd person singular - spelling
1. In general, the third person singular is formed by adding an s to
the base verb.
work He works
2. Verbs ending in ss,x,ch,sh,o add “es” to the third person
singular.
dress She dresses
fix He fixes
watch She watches T.V.
wash She washes
go It goes !
3. Verbs ending in consonant + y, changes the y to i and add “es”
Consonant + y i + es: cry – cries, fly – flies, terrify - terrifies
33. THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
I
YOU
DO NOT
DON’T
WORK
SHE
HE
IT
DOES NOT
DOESN’T
WORK
WE
YOU
THEY
DO NOT
DON’T
WORK
NEGATIVE: WORK
34. Form of Simple Present
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Negative interrogative
I work I do not work do I work? do I not work?
you work you do not work do you work? do you not work?
he/she/it
works
he/she/it does
work.
does he/she/it
work?
does he/she/it works not work?
you work you do not work do you work? do you not work?
they work they do not work do they work? do they not work?
In the affirmative the simple present has the same form as
the infinitive but adds an s for the third person singular.
35. The Present Simple Tense is used to describe:
1. Facts which are always true – general truths,
e.g. facts in science and geographical
descriptions.
Water freezes at 0 degrees. 0º
36. The Present Simple Tense is used to describe:
2. Actions that happen regularly (Habitual
actions). A frequency adverb is often
used.
They usually take a walk with
their son
37. The Present Simple Tense is used to describe:
3. Opinions, likes and feelings.
She likes making snowmen
38. THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
FREQUENCY ADVERBS:
always, often, generally, usually, normally, sometimes, never.
He normally cooks pasta
OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS:
every day, every month, every year, on sundays, at the weekends etc.
Musicians sometimes work on sundays
39. Study this situation
Alex is driver, but now he in in bed asleep. So:
He is not driving a bus. (he is sleeping)
But, He drives a bus. (He is a bus driver)
40. The simple present used to express habitual action
We use the present simple to talk about things in
general
41. Exercise - 02
Put the verb into the correct form
1. What time …. (the bank/close) in Indonesia?
42. Exercise - 03
Put the verb into the correct form.sometimes you need the
negative.
1. "How is your job?" "Not o good at the moment. I ....
(enjoy) it very much.
2. Catherine phoned me last night. She's on holiday in
France. she .... (have) a great time and doesn't want to
come back.
3. I want to lose weight, so this week I ...... (eat) lunch
4. Angela has just started evening classes. she .... (learn)
German.
5. I think Paul and Ann have had an argument. they ....
(speak) to each other.
43. Exercise - 04
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present
continuous tense
1. Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.
2. You can't see Tom now: he (have) a bath.
3. He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
4. What she (do) in the evenings? ~
She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.
5. I won't go out now as it (rain) and I -(not have) an umbrella.
6. The last train (leave) the station at 11.30.
7. He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.
8. Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her
own clothes.
9. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups. —
Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway.
10. Ken is still ill but he (get) better slowly
44. Exercise - 05
Put the verb in the correct form!
1. Hurry up! Everybody ...... (wait) for you.
2. “........ (you/listen) to the radio?” “No, you can turn it off”
3. “........ (you/listen) to the radio every day?” “No, just
occasionally”
4. The River Nile ...... (flow) into the Mediterranean.
5. We usually ....... (grow) vegetables in our garden but
this year we...... (not/grow) any
6. Can we stop walking soon? I ...... (start) to feel tired.
7. My parents ..... (live) in Bristol. They were born there
and have never lived anywhere else. Where.... (your
parents/live)?
