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Present continuous tense

Part 1
What are you doing?
I am reading.

Part 2
What are you doing?
We are reading.

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Part 1
In this part, you will learn to use the present
continuous tense to about what people are doing.
I am …ing.
Rita wants to show us some actions. Let’s hear
what she says.

INow
am reading.
I am eating.
I am …ing.
We use I am …ing to talk about actions that are
happening as we speak.

I am talking.

I am drinking.

We add ing to the verb:

talk + ing = talking
drink + ing = drinking
I am …ing.
Here are more examples.

I am
playing.
I am singing.

How do we form questions

with -ing words?
What are you doing?
Jim wants to know what Beth is doing. What can
he say?

Jim : What are

are you
youdoing?
You + are …ing
Beth : I am drawing. I + am …ing
What are you doing?
Here are more examples.
Miss Chan : What are you doing, Tom?
Tom : I am playing.
Miss Chan: Anna, what are you doing?
Anna : I am reading.
Anna
Tom
Quick Check

1. Match the sentences with the pictures.

I am sleeping. I am reading.

I am reading.
I am
sleeping.
Quick Check

2. Fill in the blank.

eating .
I am _______
Quick Check

3. Fill in the blanks.

are you doing ?

What ____

am drawing .
I _____________
Quick Check

4. Fill in the blanks.

are you _______

What ____ doing ?

I am playing.
_______________
Part 2
In this part, you will to learn to use the present
continuous tense with we.
I am …ing.
Do you still remember how to use the present
continuous tense to talk about actions?

I am reading.
What if there are two
people doing the same
thing?
We are …ing.
Do you still remember how to use the present
continuous tense to talk about actions?
We are
I amare
We reading.
reading.
We are …ing.
We use We are … to talk about something that
other people and I are doing.
We are talking.

We are playing.
What are you doing?
To find out what two or more people are doing,
we can still say What are you doing?
You refers to more than
one person here.
Mum : What are
are you
youdoing?

Pam and Jill : We are eating.

Review

We can use you to We can also use you to

refer to one person. refer to more than one
person.

A: What are you doing? A: What are you doing?

B: I am playing. B: We are playing.
Quick Check

1. Circle the correct answer.

A: What are you doing?

B: (We are / I am) drinking.
Quick Check

2. Which sentence is correct?

We are eating.

We are singing.

A
B 
.
.
Quick Check

3. Fill in the blank.

are reading .
We _____________
Quick Check

4. Fill in the blanks.

Ben are you doing ?

: What _______________
We are playing.
Jim and May : __________________
Well done!
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