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Present continuous tense

I am / We are / They are

swimming.
He / She / It is dancing.

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In this lesson, you will learn to use the
present continuous tense to about what
people and animals are doing.
What are you doing?
Do you remember how to use the present
continuous tense to talk about actions?

: What are you doing?

: I am reading. I + am + …ing

: What are you doing?

& : We are playing. We + are + …ing

We add ing to verbs.

He is …ing.
How do we talk about other people then?

He is eating.

He + is + …ing
He is …ing.
We use He is … to talk about what a boy is
doing.
is he
A : What is hedoing?

B : He is running.
Sometimes we need to double
the last letter before we add ing.

When do we do
this?
He is …ing.
When the letter before the last
letter is a short vowel, we double
the last letter and add ing.

a, e, i, o, u
skip
p + ing  skipping
run
n + ing  running
She is …ing.
What can we say when we want to talk about a
girl’s action?

A : What is she doing?

B : She is dancing.
Sometimes we delete the e at
the end before we add ing.

When do we do
this?
She is …ing.

When the last letter of the word

is e, we take it away and add ing.
dance + ing  dancing
skate + ing  skating
They are …ing.
Now we know we can use He / She is … to talk
about another person’s action.
They are
They
She are ridingaabicycle.
is riding bicycle.

We use They + are + …ing to

talk about what two or more
Whatare
people if there
doing. is
more than one girl
riding a bicycle?
They are …ing.
Here is another example.

A : What are they doing?

B : They are hiking.

What if I want to
talk about what an
animal is doing?
It is …ing.
We can use it to ask and talk about animals.

A : What is it doing?

B : It is running.
Review
I am writing.

He is talking.
She is laughing.
It is swimming.

They are playing.

We are singing.
Quick check

1. Fill in the blank.

(ride)

riding a bicycle .
He is _______
Quick check

2. Fill in the blanks.

(swim)

is he doing?
A : What ____

He is swimming.
B : __________________
Quick check

3. Fill in the blanks.

(run)

are they
A : What ____________doing?

They are running.

B : ___________________
Quick check

4. Fill in the blanks.

(skip)

is she doing
A : What ______________?

She is skipping.
B : _________________
Well done!
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