Present Continuous

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Grammar!

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT CONTINOUS

Grammar

What is he doing?

• He is doing the laundry.
  

What are they doing?

• They are cleaning the beach.
  

What is it doing?

• The cat is sitting on the ground.
  

What are the elders doing?

• The elders are walking.
  

Present Continous

Je gebruikt de Present Continuous om aan te geven dat iemand iets NU aan het doen is. Je maakt van het werkwoord de vorm op '-ing'. Je gebruikt ook altijd het werkwoord 'to be' (am/is/are).

• Voorbeeld:

I am going to get some snacks from the supermarket right now.

Bevestigend (+), vragend (?) en ontkennend (-)

Zet de zin in de Present Continous:

We ____________ (to wait) for the bus.

1. wait
2. waiting
3. are waiting
4. waits

Zet de zin in de Present Continous:

I ____________ (to do) the dishes at the moment.

1. do
2. am doing
3. doing
4. does

Zet de zin in de Present Continous:

Tess ____________ (to bake) cookies, can you help her please?

1. is baking
2. bake
3. baking
4. bakes

Make the Present Continous:
I ______ (have) fun!

Make the Present Continous:
Listen! Jill and Jack ___ (to sing) a song.

Make the Present Continous:
The climate _____ (change) rapidly.

When do you use the Present Continous?

1. For habits, facts, and things that happen regularly.
2. When something is happening right now.

De vorm van de
Present Continous is...
(WW = werkwoord)

1. Hele WW of hele WW + s bij he/she/it
2. Hele WW + ed
3. Has/have + Voltooid deelwoord
4. Am/is/are + hele WW + ing