Lesson 11

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Present continuous

What are we going to learn today?

Lesson goals

Warm-up activity: listen to music and fill in missing words

Main activity: I writing & grammar

Post-activity: Writing

Lesson goals

• At the end of the lesson, I can use present continuous in sentences.

• At the end of the lesson, I can write short notes about short, simple events. 

Warm-up activity

Page 42

Exercise 54A

Present continuous 

Gebruik:

• iets is nu aan de gang
• iemand is nu iets aan het doen

I am explaining the present continuous.  

You are making notes.  

She is listening to the teacher.  

Present continuous 

Vorm:

1. vorm van 'to be': am / are / is

2. werkwoord

3. + -ing

I am doing the dishes right now.

My parents are watching TV.

Verkorte vorm: I'm doing / She's listening / We're watching

Hoe ziet de vorm eruit?

am / are / is + werkwoord + ing

I am playing the piano right now.

You are working at school today.

He is talking at the moment.

We/you/they are drinking lemonade.

Present continuous 

Spellingsregels:

• Eindigt het werkwoord op een -e, dan valt de -e weg

(to have)     I am having lunch.

(to give)   He is giving us homework.

• Werkwoord van 1 lettergreep met een korte klinker (a, e, i, o, u), verdubbel dan de medeklinker

(to put)     We are putting sugar in his tea.

(to run)   She is running a marathon.

present continuous vs. present simple

+ wat signaalwoorden

Present Simple

Present Continuous

I .......... (listen) to music at the moment.

1. am listening
2. are listening
3. is listening

They .......... (read) the book The city of bones.

1. are reading
2. am reading
3. is reading

Look! The dog .......... (play) with the ball.

1. is play
2. is playing
3. are play
4. are playing

Max Verstappen .......... (race) at the track.

1. is raceing
2. are racing
3. is racing
4. are racing

It .......... (freeze) in here.

1. is freezing
2. are freezing
3. is freezeing
4. are freezeing

present simple or present continuous?

Look! The birds ... away!

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

Present simple or Present continuous: They _______ houses quite often.

1. move
2. are moving

Present simple or present continuous: Dom ______ to school every day.

1. cycles
2. is cycling

Present simple or present continuous: Harriet _________ so loudly that my ears hurt.

1. always speaks
2. is always speaking

13. Present simple or present continuous?


Peter never __________ to school.

1. cycles
2. is cycling
3. cycle's
4. cycling

Main activity

• Pages 40, 43, 44
• Exercises 54B-C, 55, 56, 57
• How? 5 minutes in silence
• Time? 15 minutes
• Finished? look through vocabulary, stones and grammar

Or google classroom

Post-activity

Writing

Exercise 58 page 44

Use google docs and share it with me

How? in silence

Finished? Go through vocabulary, stones and grammar 

Or google classroom