SATTVIKA English Study Club Conversation General & Business English For Homes and Offices

Material of Feb 27th - March 5th 2014 Objective: At the end of the lesson participants should be able to understand the use and pattern of present progressive by Extra: skill practice of listening In video session, participants should wbe able to describe what they are doing and presenting news

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A.

The pattern

(+) Subject + to be +V[ing] (- ) Subject + to be+not+V[ing] (?) To be+ Subject + V[ing]? To be is, am, are
Example: Please dont make so much noise, the baby is sleeping. Tom and Ann are talking and drinking in a caf. Tom says Im taking an English course at the moment. Ill go to USA when Ive finished. Ann, would you like to play tennis with me this Saturday?. Oh, Im sorry Tom. Im attending our family gathering this Saturday

B. The use of Present Continuous Tense

1.

Look! Its raining hard outside. What are you trying to say? I don understand. Your baby is crying, she needs milk. Excuse me, Im looking for a phone box?

At the moment of speaking

2.

Around the time of speaking

Have you heard about Tom? He is building his own house. On TV, the president candidates are persuading us to choose them. Tom isnt playing football this season. He wants to concentrate on his studies.

3.

For fixed plan or schedule

This is Toms diary for next week. He is playing tennis on Monday afternoon. He is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning. He is having dinner with Ann on Friday. In all these examples, Tom has already decided decide and arranged to do these things

D. Verbs which are not normally used in Present Cont. Tense

Want like Need love Prefer hate Know realize suppose mean Understand remember Think [opinion] I am believing you. I believe you

belong see hear believe forget seem

Source: Essential Grammar In Use. Raymond Murphy

Video:
Watch and identify the present progressive form

Present Progressive -English with Sound and Light - YouTube.mp4

---Present Continuous tense SBS TV 04.mp4

Video:
Watch and play 'Gary Carter' presenting live news from central park Steps:
1. watch and listen carefully for pronounciation. 2. jot down the information. 3. Memorize. 4. Use your own English