PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS to express that something is happening at the moment we are speaking.

 

FORM

 

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + -ING VERB

 

                I          AM         WRITING

 

Examples: I am playing football.    He is studying now.   We are running.

 

QUESTIONS

 

Are you playing the guitar?  Is she cooking dinner?  Are they watching TV?

 

NEGATIVE FORM

You are not studying.   We are not listening to music.

 

We use the present continuous to talk about activities happening around now. ( My students are studying really hard for their next English exam.)

 

It is also used to talking about near future: We are going to Valencia to watch "Las Fallas"

 

ADD -ING    MAKE -ING FORM   HOW TO...   FILL IN THE SPACES WITH THE CORRECT FORM    PRESENT CONTINUOUS    PRESENT CONTINOUS 2    AM, IS, ARE    DOUBLE OR NOT?  

FORM SENTENCES    FILL IN THE GAPS   

 AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE    QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?    COMPLETE    CHOOSE

WRITE WHAT IS HAPPENING    MATCH    MAKE SENTENCES

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?    MATCHING GAME   

CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCE    CREATE A SENTENCE

A B C OR D?    CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?   FILL IN THE BLANKS   

  PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT SIMPLE?