Present continuous

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• Leerjaar 3

Present continuous

Today's class

• Present continuous: explained
• Present continuous: exercises

Read the sentences

Decide for each sentence if it's happening right now or not:

• I'm driving to work right now.
• He's in the kitchen, cutting onions.
• They are playing computer games now.

Present continuous: Explained

• We use the present continuous to explain that something is happening right now. A few examples:
• I'm writing to invite them on a trip.
• Pat's texting her friend at the moment.

Some signal words include:

• Right now, now, at the moment.

Forming the present continuous

You form the present continous by following these steps:

1. Choose from am, are or is based on the subject (onderwerp).
2. Add -ing to the verb (werkwoord).

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Short verbs wit one vowel, like run, get their consonants doubled, like: Run -> running, stop -> stopping.

Present continuous: Uitzonderingen

• Some verbs, like move, end on -e. You must always remove -e before adding -ing, except for see.

Some examples:

• Drive: He is driving to work right now.
• See: I am seeing him at ten 'o clock tomorrow.

 ALLE vormen van de PRESENT CONTINUOUS

= bevestigend (positive) + ontkennend (negative)

Time to practise

present continuous:
She ............ (walk)

Present Continuous
I .... (think).

Present Continuous
I .... (read).

Present continuous:
They ___ (eat)

present continuous
Mike.......................home. (to cycle)

Present Continuous:
He _____ also ______(dance).

Present Continuous
Dad __________ (get) angry.

Present Continuous:
? ___ you _____ me? (joke)

15. Present Continuous
I .... (think).