The document provides instructions for breaking the ice by choosing one of several topics to talk about for 1 minute. It then provides a revision on using the present continuous tense to describe actions happening now. In 3 sentences or less, the document instructs participants to choose a topic from a list to talk about for 1 minute, then provides a grammar lesson on forming sentences in the present continuous tense to describe actions occurring in the present moment.
The document provides instructions for breaking the ice by choosing one of several topics to talk about for 1 minute. It then provides a revision on using the present continuous tense to describe actions happening now. In 3 sentences or less, the document instructs participants to choose a topic from a list to talk about for 1 minute, then provides a grammar lesson on forming sentences in the present continuous tense to describe actions occurring in the present moment.
The document provides instructions for breaking the ice by choosing one of several topics to talk about for 1 minute. It then provides a revision on using the present continuous tense to describe actions happening now. In 3 sentences or less, the document instructs participants to choose a topic from a list to talk about for 1 minute, then provides a grammar lesson on forming sentences in the present continuous tense to describe actions occurring in the present moment.
1. Choose one of the topics below and talk about it for 1 minute.
What are you really good at?
What’s your favourite: series, movie, music? What's your favorite day of the week? What's your hobby? What's your favorite fruit? What's your favorite food?
Revsion: Present Tense Continuous
- Actions that are happening at the moment of speaking (now)
Affirmative form: subject+ to be (am/is/are)+ verb+ing
I am drinking water now.
You are talking to your brother now. She is playing football now. He is eating ice cream now. It is raining now. We are cooking dinner now. You are watching TV now. They are reading the newspaper now.
Negative form: subject+ to be (am/is/are)+ NOT+ verb+ing
I am not drinking water now.
He is not eating ice cream now. They are not reading the newspaper now. Interrogative form: to be (am/is/are)+ subject + verb+ing
Am I drinking water now?
Is he eating ice cream now? Are they reading the newspaper now?