Present Simple and Present Continuous - WG1X - 27 september

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Present Simple

and

Present Continuous

Aims of Today's Lesson

By the end of class you can give examples/can explain:

• How to form the present continuous.

• The difference between the present simple and the present continuous.

•  How to use the present continuous in a sentence.

•  Point out the present continuous in a sentence

Today's Lesson

•  Discuss the homework assignment: peer reviews of each other's work.
  
• Explanation of the difference between the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.
• Practice the Present Continuous: negatives and questions.
• Mime game: Present Continuous.
  

Present Simple

What is the Present Continuous
How do we make the Present Continuous?

Present Continuous

What do we use the Present Continuous for?

The Present Continuous is used to show that an action is happening:

• Now

• Often

• May continue in the future

Present Continuous

What is the Present Continuous?

The Present Continuous always uses:

• 2 verbs in the present tense (what is a tense?)   

• A form of to be in the present tense (am, is, are)

• A second verb that always ends in -ing

Example:
The hairdresser is cutting my hair in the library

The verb to be can change in the Present Continuous

The hairdresser is cutting my hair in the library

The hairdressers .............. cutting my hair in the library.

I ................. cutting the hairdresser's hair in the library.

How come that to be changes in these examples?

To be is a weird verb; the reason it changes depends on the subject

I                      am

He/she/it      is

You                are

We                 are

They              are

Present Continuous

What is the Present Continuous in the negative?

The Present Continuous in the negative always uses:

• a form of not
• 2 verbs in the Present Tense
• A form of to be in the Present Tense (am, is are)
• A second verb in the present tense that always ends in -ing
  

Example:

The hairdresser is not/isn't cutting my hair in the library.

Present Continuous

What is the Present Continuous in a question?

The Present Continuous in the question always uses:

• 2 verbs in the Present Tense
• A form of to be in the Present Tense (am, is are)
• A second verb in the present tense that always ends in -ing
  

Example:

           Is the hairdresser cutting my hair in the library?

Present Continuous

What happens with the verbs of the Present Continuous in a question?

Am I walking to the haunted mansion?

Are we dancing in Disneyland?

Is the unicorn singing in the rain?

Present Continuous

What happens with the verbs of the Present Continuous in a question?

Recap: Present Continuous

What does the Present Continuous express?

How do we make the Present Continuous?

Give an example of the Present Continuous:

Present Continuous

• I chase an elephant in my pajamas.
  

• Shelby farts on my dog.
  

• The group yells at a snowman in an elevator.
  

• I cry with a llama in the desert.
  

• We have lunch with an iPad.
• John eats sand with a spoon.
  

Turn into the Present Continuous

Present Continuous

• I chase an elephant in my pajamas.
  

• Shelby farts on my dog.
  

• The group yells at a snowman in an elevator.
  

• I cry with a llama in the desert.
  

• We have lunch with an iPad.
• John eats sand with a spoon.
  

Turn into the Present Continuous negative

Mime Game

Post-its and Homework

• Write on the Post-it what you learned this lesson

• Bring your Headway Workbook to class on Tuesday.

Present Continuous

• I chase an elephant in my pajamas.
  

• Shelby farts on my dog.
  

• The group yells at a snowman in an elevator.
  

• I cry with a llama in the desert.
  

• We have lunch with an iPad.
• John eats sand with a spoon.
  

Turn into Present Continuous questions