“Año del Bicentenario del Perú: 200 años de Independencia"

Docente : Carmen Salazar

WEEK 06
PRESENT CONTINUOS
 “Año del Bicentenario del Perú: 200 años de Independencia"
Docente : Carmen Salazar

Verbo ser / estar + verbo en gerundio

I am working

You  are playing

He is talking

She is living

It is eating

We are staying

They are sleeping
 “Año del Bicentenario del Perú: 200 años de Independencia"
Docente : Carmen Salazar

EXAMPLE

He is doing homework now.

He isn´t doing homework now.
Is He doing homework now?
Yes, he is
No, he isn´t

USE
We use the present continuous to talk about:

 activities at the moment of speaking:

Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

 future plans:
What  are you doing next week?

Time expressions
Today
At the moment
Now
tonight
Right now
This morning
afternoon
week
month
 “Año del Bicentenario del Perú: 200 años de Independencia"
Docente : Carmen Salazar

Exercises

1.-Imagine You are in some places. Use Present Continuos to describe what you see
and hear.
Example

Park: The sun is shining. The birds are singing. The children are playing
1.- the zoo
The animals are eating. My sister is taking pictures
2.-a bank during a robbery
The people are screaming.
3.- a supermarket
Mi mother is buying potatoes.
4.-the airport
My cousing flying to Madrid .

2.-Listen and complete these sixteen statements with the Present

Continuous forms of the verbs you hear.
“watch”

1. My sister TV in the living room.

2. Mrs. Smith is teaching English to her

students.

3. I am waiting for a bus.

4. My friends are playing tennis.

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5. It is not raining outside. It’s sunny!

6. The cat is eating its food.

7. My husband is working in the garden.

8. Iam not going to school today. I am sick.

9. Kelly is very tired. She is slepping .

10. My neighbor is busy. She is cleaning her

yard.

11. Mr. Brown is drinkig a cup of coffee.

12. Sam and Frodo are running _ over the

bridge.

13. I think we are winning the game! We

have ten points!

14. No one is anserwing the telephone.

15. We _are completing the sixteen statements.

16. You are writing the answer to question

number 16.
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3-Describing a picture

Use the ‘ing’ form of the verbs.

In the picture, there is a young girl in a park. She (stand) on a
skateboard and she (smile) and (look) at a picnic basket
full of food. Next to the basket there is a cat. It (sleep) on a bench, and
behind the bench there is a bird. It (walk) on the ground.
There is another bird, as well, but it (fly) . There is also a butterfly, and it
(fly) , too. In the background there is a man. He
(walk) his dog. He should be careful
because there is a man (drive) a car very fast on the road behind
him.