fe Present Continuous What's all thie noice? ‘Janel Why are you standing on the What are you doing, Jane?, chair and breaking the Tm trying to scare 5 away that mouse. | hate Long form Short form Long form Short form Vamtalking 1m taking lam nottalking ——'mnot talking Am/ talking? Youare talking You'te talking You are nottalking You aren't talking Are you talking? He is talking He'stalking He isnot talking -Heisn'ttalking Is he talking? She istalking _-She'stalking -—-Sheisnot talking —-Sheisn't talking _Is she talking? Itis talking Its talking Itis not talking Itisn't talking Isittakking? Weare talking We're talking = Wearenottalking = We arenttalking Are we talking? Youaretalking You're talking —-Youarenottalking You aren't talking Are you talking? They are talking They're talking They are not talking They aren't talking Are they talking? ‘We use the Present Continuous for temporary actions or for actions happening at the time of speaking. Time Expressions used with the Present Continuous. now at the moment at present Spelling When verbs end in one stressed vowel swim - swimming walk - walking between two consonants, we sit- sitting BUT wait- waiting double the final consonant. stir- stirring open - opening Look at the spelling of these verbs : ums _lie- lying write - writing die - dying ete drive- driving eteAdd “. ‘ing” to the followi ing verbs and put them in the correct list. make, begin, hit, sit, shave, drink, play, lie, fly, die, cut, sleep, smoke, meet, take, type, drop as the example ‘Long form Short form THe ..... 16 feeding the dog. He..’6. feeding the dog. 2. They so feading. They reading, att flying, it flying, 4.We not cleaning the floor, We ‘leaning the floor, 5.He noterying. He crying 6 You listening. You listening, Look at the picture and the list of verbs, then complete the te cook, open, look, snow, stay, drink, sit, listen, sleep, Itis Christmas Day. Mr Huston 1) (6 drinking ‘tea. Mrs Huston 2) the Christmas dinner. The boys 3) Christmas carols. Grandfather and Grandmother 4) on the sofa. Grandmother 5) to the boys singing but Grandfather 6) . The girls | ie their presents. The dog 8) at the girls. Itis very cold. It 9) . ... outside and so. | the Hustons 10) at home tonight. |/Short answers you! \/wel I/we/ . [ae they listening? Yes, they are. No, they aren't. ts retsne listening? — Yes, MOUS! Ig, No, MUSHY ont,in the examples : 4. (laugh?) 2. (eat?) Ie she laughing? | the dog eating? No, she Isn't, Yes, itis. She’s crying. Wwe eating. 3. (write?) 4. (play the piano?) 5. (ski?) 6. (dance?) 7. Gump?) 8. (watch TV?) io the “Present Continuous”. This is London airport. Many people 1) .. are waiting . (wail) to go on holiday. The woman at the check- in desk 2)... (take) the passengers’ tickets and she 3) (ask) them some questions. At Passport Control” a man who 4)... (wear) a uniform 5) sso (look) at everyone's passports. Some people 6) ......... (sit) on chairs and while they Toa (wait) they 8)... (read) books or magazines, There is a café where a man 9) «». (Serve) tea and coffee. Outside, a plane 10) (take off) and another one 11). .- (come down). Some men 12) (put) the passengers’ bags onto another Plane, A man Who 13) .....0..0:::.s000 (leave) 14) (say) goodbye to his family.