1 BK Grammar-fashion Present Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Present Continuous

& plurals

Messi is playing football.

(right now)

present continuous

Wanneer?      -    NU (aan de gang)

Hoe?                -    am/is/are+werkwoord+ing

1. I like scary movies.

2. He is walking the dog.

3. We are dancing all night long.

4. She plays the piano.

5. They are my parents.

Present Continuous

1

2

3

4

5

Present Continuous

signal words

Never

Now

Listen!

At the moment

Often

Every day

Sometimes

Sleep de juiste zinnen naar de present continuous

Present continuous

I sing every day. 

I am singing right now. 

Water boils at 100 *C.

He likes pizza. 

I am playing a game.

He is sleeping at the moment. 

He likes to dance.

I am dancing. 

Choose the Present Continuous:
Our teacher ___ the grammar.

1. explains
2. is explain
3. explaining
4. is explaining

Choose the Present Continuous:
Look! The birds ___ away!

1. fly
2. flying
3. are fly
4. are flying

Choose the Present Continuous:
We ___ English class right now.

1. have
2. are having
3. are have
4. are haveing

Choose the Present Continuous:
Why ___ for vacation?

1. are we leaving
2. are we leave
3. we leaving
4. we leave

Which sentence is written in the Present Continuous?

1. They play football in the garden.
2. Vegetarians don't eat meat.
3. I get up.
4. They're playing football in the garden.

Which words indicate you should use Present Continuous?

1. At the moment
2. Every Saturday
3. Now!
4. Often

Which words indicate you should use Present Continuous?

1. Always
2. Look!
3. Usually
4. Right now

She is playing the piano.

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous
3. Past Simple
4. Past Continuous

Listen and fill in the gaps:
'Cause today I swear I ... ... ... anything.

present continuous-2

Listen and fill in the gaps:
The sun ... ... and so are you.

present continuous-3

Listen and fill in the gaps: The clock ... ... so stay.

4. the man is looking at a mine.

present continuous-6

So comfortable we ... ...
in a bubble, bubble.

4. the man is looking at a mine.

present continuous-7

Even when I lose I ... ....

4. the man is looking at a mine.

present continuous-8

MEERVOUD (plurals)

Introduction: We gaan vandaag leren over de meervoudsform. Je ziet in het plaatje op je scherm het enkelvoud van het woord "vogel" in English, en rechts staat het meervoud.

Wie weet wat het meervoud is en kan het kort uitleggen?

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meestal -S

dog - dogs

house - houses

Plural of "shoe"

1. shoe
2. shoes
3. schoenen
4. shoos

medeklinker-Y -> -IES

hobby - hobbies

city- cities

If there's a consonant before the "y", the suffix changes to -ies.

Als er een medeklinker voor de "y" staat, wordt het woord -ies.

Plural of : "puppy"

1. puppie's
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppies

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-S

-AY

-EY

-UY

-OY

days

keys

guys

boys

If there's a vowel before the "y", the suffix stays an -s.

Als er een klinker voor de "y" staat, wordt het -s.

S-klank -> -ES

speech - speeches

bus - buses

octopus - octopuses

Het meervoud van:
kiss

1. kisses
2. kises
3. kiss's

-F / -FE -> -VES

wife - wives

scarf - scarves

meervoud of wolf

1. wolvs
2. wolven
3. wolfs
4. wolves

- O -> -ES

potato - potatoes

tomato - tomatoes

Uitzonderingen

Sometimes a word changes on its own:

Tooth --> Teeth

Man --> Men

Woman --> Women

Mouse --> Mice

Child --> Children 

Foot --> Feet

quizzzzzz time

Meervoud van hobby?

Meervoud van tooth?

Meervoud van scarf?

Meervoud van potato?

Wat is het meervoud van:
brush

Meervoud van child

Meervoud van knife

Ik kan de meervoudsregels toepassen.

1. Zeker
2. Redelijk goed
3. een beetje
4. niet

Ik kan de present continuous toepassen. (I am singing)

1. Zeker
2. Redelijk goed
3. een beetje
4. niet

Well done! 

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