Present continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Lesson goal

I can talk about things happening at this moment.

Road map

• Warm-up
• Grammar explanation
• Practice
• Review

Warm-up

What am I doing?

What are you doing?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present Continuous- affirmative

When	to describe something that is happening right now
How	I am walk ing he/she/it is walk ing you/we/they are walk ing
Signal words	now, at the moment, look ..
Example	The pupils are listen ing to the teacher.

Present continuous - Negative

Subject +	Form of to be +	Not	Verb + ing
I	am/’m	not	watching	TV.
You/we/they	are/’re	not	watching	TV.
He/she/it	is/’s	not	watching	TV.

Present continuous - Questions

Form of to be +	Subject +	Verb + ing	?
Am	I	watching	TV?
Are	you/we/they	watching	TV?
Is	he/she/it	watching	TV?

Present continuous
When do you use the present continuous?

1. To describe habits, routines and facts
2. To describe what is happening right now.

Present Continuous:

Which sentence is a perfect example of the present continuous?

1. David takes a shower at the moment.
2. David is taking a shower at the moment.
3. David has taken a shower at the moment.
4. David took a shower at the moment.

What kind of signal words can you think of when you use the present continuous?

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

Present Continuous
I .... (think).

Present Continuous
I .... (read).

Present continuous:
They ___ (eat)

Present continuous

	Positive	Negative	Questions	Short answer
I	I am cook ing now.	I am not cook ing now.	Am I cook ing now?	Yes, I am No, I am not .
he/she/it	She is cook ing now	She is not cook ing now.	Is she cook ing now?	Yes, she is No, she is not .
we/you/ they	We are cook ing now.	We are not cook ing now.	Are we cook ing now?	Yes, we are . No, we are not .

Review: What do you remember about the present continuous?

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