present continuous esl

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Formation of the present participle (–ing form)With most verbs we add –ing to the verb.

talk – talking go – going

With verbs ending in consonant + e, we delete the –e and add –ing.

take – taking come – coming

With one syllable verbs ending in one vowel + one consonant, we double the finalconsonant and add -ing.

run – running stop – stopping

But: we don’t double letter “x” mix – mixing

With verbs with two or more syllables ending in one vowel + one consonant, we double

the final consonant if the last syllable is stressed, and add –ing.begin – beginning BUT visit –

visiting

With verbs ending in one vowel + l, we double the –l and add –ing.travel – travelling BUT sail –

sailing

With verbs ending in –ie, we change the –ie to –ying.

lie – lying die - dying

Affirmative

Long form

Short form

I am walking

I’m walkingYou are walking

You’re walkingHe is walking

He’s walkingShe is walking

She’s walkingIt is walking

It’s walkingWe are walking

We’re walkingYou are walking

You’re walking

They are walkingThey’re walking

Negative

Long form

Short

form

I am not walking

I’m not walking

You are not walking You aren’t walkingHe is not walking

He isn’t walkingShe is not walking

She isn’t walkingIt is not walking

It isn’t walkingWe are not walking

We aren’t walkingYou are not walking

You aren’t walkingThey are not walking They

aren’t walking

Interrogative

Am I walking?

Are you walking?

Is he walking?

Is she walking?

Is it walking?

Are we walking?

Are you walking?

Are they walking?

Short answers

Positive

Negative

Yes, I am

No,

I’m not

Yes, he / she / it is

No, he / she / it isn’t

Yes, we / you / they are

No, we / you / they aren’t

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A. Write the present participle (-ing form) of the following verbs.

study ___________ watch ___________

run ___________ dance ___________

travel ___________ fly ___________

write ___________ sit ___________

begin ___________ listen ___________

cook ___________ ride ___________

jog ___________ ask ___________

lie ___________ stop ___________

We use the Present Continuous:

For actions that are happening now,at the moment of speaking.

Mary is talking on the phone.The bus is coming.

For actions that are happening

around now, but not exactly at the

moment of speaking.

She’s studying very hard thesedays.

Expressions used with the Present

Continuous:

look!

at present

listen!

these days

now

this morning…at the moment

today

Stative verbs

Some verbs that express permanent states

are not normally used in the Present

Continuous. These are called stative verbs.

Verbs of the senses:see, hear, taste, smell, feel

Verbs describing feelings:

like, dislike, love, hate, want, prefer

Verbs describing thoughts, beliefs, etc:

think, believe, know, understand,

guess, imagine, hope, remember,forget

Other verbs:

seem, appear, weigh, cost ,own, belong

to, depend on



B. Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1. It __________ (rain), so Mary and Simon __________ (not swim) in the pool taday.

2. __________ you__________ (wait) for the bus?

3. Be quiet! The baby __________ (sleep).

4. They are outside. They __________ (wash) the car.

5. Stop shouting! I __________ (try) to do my homework.

6. Let’s go home! We __________ (not have) a good time.

7. My mother __________ (make) a cake for my sister’s birthday.

8. Why __________ they __________ (run)?

9. Mark __________ (buy) some food at he supermarket.

10. You can switch on the TV, I __________ (not work) now.

A. What are the people doing? Look at the pictures and find the differences between

them. Then write sentences as in the example.



Example:

In the first picture, Helen is sleeping, but in the second picture, she isn’t sleeping, she’s

reading.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

B. Look at the pictures and write questions and answers using the Present Continuous,

as in the example.

1. play / tennis

Are they playing tennis?

No, they aren’t. They’re playing football.

2.write / letters

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

3.swim / in the sea

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

4.eat / the food

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

5.make / a cake

_________________________________________



_________________________________________

6. dance / rock and roll

_________________________________________ _________________________________________

7. feed / the cat

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

C. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous.

Co-pilot: Good morning, Kelly.

Kelly: Good morning, Sir.

Co-pilot: What are you doing (do)?

Kelly: I __________ (make) coffee for the

passengers at the moment.

Co-pilot: Where's Howard? __________ he

__________ (rest)?

Kelly: No, he __________ (not rest). It's half

past six and he __________ (serve)

breakfast.

Co-pilot: What __________ the passengers

__________ (do)?

Kelly: Some passengers __________ (sleep), some __________ (read) newspapers,

some __________ (watch) a film on the video and some passengers

__________ (listen) to music on the headphones. __________ we

__________ (land) now, Sir?

Co-pilot: No, we __________ (not land) now. We've got one more hour.

Kelly: Is the pilot OK?



Co-pilot: Yes, she's fine. She's got the automatic pilot on and she __________ (have)

breakfast at the moment.

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