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SEMESTRAL UNI

Present Continuous Question Sentences ( BE + Sbj + ing )

Examples:
Is she listening the music now?
The tenses simply show the time of an action. Are they learning English at this moment?
Present Continuous Tense indicate an action that is in Is your mother cooking dinner in the kitchen now?
progress at the time of speaking or at the present time. Is the gardener working in the garden at this time?
Are children happily playing?
Positive ( +) Negative ( -) Question (?) Am I having breakfast at the moment?
I am starting I am not (I’m not) Am I starting Is that car coming here?
starting
You are starting You are not (aren’t) Are you starting
starting Present Simple HELP
FUL
Form HIN
He is starting He is not (isn’t) Is he starting Facts. TS
starting S+verb+object... Use it Habitual actions.
for ... Things that don’t/won’t
She is starting She is not (isn’t) Is she starting I/we/they/you+like+tea.
change.
starting He/she/it+likes+tea.
Describing yourself.
It is starting It is not (isn’t) Is it starting S+don’t/doesn’t+ Adverbs of frequency, like:
starting verb+object... Signal Often
We are starting We are not (aren’t) Are we starting I+don’t+like+tea. words
Usually
starting She+doesn’t+like+tea. Sometimes
Never
You are starting You are not (aren’t) Are you starting Do/Does+S+verb+object?
The verb ‘to be’ is different
starting
Do+you/we/they/I+like+tea? BUT REMEMBER I+am (Australian)
They are starting They are not Are they starting Does+he/she/it+like+tea? he/she/it+is(clever)
(aren’t) starting you/we/they+are (nice)

Positive Sentences ( Sbj + BE + ing )

Examples:
Form
Present Continuous HELP
She is listening the music now. FUL
NTS HI
We are learning English at this moment. I+am+verb(ing) Things happening NOW.
My mother is cooking dinner in the kitchen now. He/she/it+is+verb(ing) Use it Temporary actions.
They/we/you+are+verb(ing) for ... Things that will change.
The gardener is working in the garden at this time. Describing a current action.
I am reading a book.
At present, children are doing a lot of things that cannot He/she/it is watching TV.
be done before. They/we/you are playing At the moment
She is having breakfast at the moment. tennis. Signal Right now
Look! A car is coming. words Currently
I+am+no+verb(ing)
He/she/it+isn’t+verb(ing)
They/we/you+aren’t+verb(ing)
Negative Sentences ( Sbj + BE NOT + ing ) Present Continuous can also be
I am not reading a book.
Examples: used for the future. We use it for
He/she/it isn’t watching TV. things that we have made
She is not (isn’t) listening the music now. They/we/you aren’t playing definite arrangements to do:
We are not (aren’t) learning English at this moment. tennis.
I am having dinner with my
My mother is not (isn’t) cooking dinner in the kitchen Are+they/we/you+verb(ing)? friend tonight.
now. Is+he/she/it+verb(ing)?
Am+I+verb(ing)? I am playing football with my
The gardener is not (isn’t) working in the garden at this team this weekend.
Am I reading a book?
time. Is he/she/it watching TV?
ER
Children are not (aren’t) happily playing. Are they/we/you playing EMB
REM
I am not (I’m not) having breakfast at the moment. tennis?
That car is not (isn’t) coming here.

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Exercises 7. Excuse, what time _______________ on Fridays?

1. Oh, no! Look! What _______?

A) are the morning trains leaving
B) do the morning trains leaving
A) does he do
C) is the morning trains leaving
B) is he doing
D) does the morning trains leave
C) does he doing
E) do the morning trains leave
D) is he do
E) does he does 8. I can see Ana over there. She ________ to Tom.

2. She ______ a new jumper this week.

A) talk B) is talking C) talking
D) is talk E) is talks
A) wear
B) wearing 9. Sarah is such a clever girl. Why __________ want to
C) is wearing study at university?
D) is wear
E) do wear A) does not she
B) does she not
3. _____ your father and mother speak Japanese? C) not she
D) she not
A) Do B) Does C) Is E) isn’t she
D) Are E) Am
10. Please be quiet. Why ___________ to me?
4. Don’t give him this book. I _____ it.

A) not you are listening

A) read B) reading C) am read B) are you not listening
D) are reading E) am reading C) don’t you listening
D) not listening
5. Who _______ this jacket?
E) you not listening

A) wants B) want C) is wanting 11. Sorry, you __________ in my place.

D) does wants E) is wants

A) sit B) sitting C) are sit

6. We ______ a month at the seaside each year.
D) sits E) are sitting

A) spending 12. Tom ________ English every weekend.

B) spends
C) spend A) studying B) studies C) study
D) are spending D) is studying E) do study
E) are spend

KEYS

1- B 2- C 3- A 4- E 5- A 6- C
7- E 8- B 9- A 10 - B 11 - E 12 - B