Present Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Learning objectives

I can use the present continuous in a sentence.

I know the difference between the present simple and the present continuous

00:07

In deze zinnen zat een...

1. present simple
2. present continuous
3. future
4. geen van de 3.

00:15

In deze zinnen zat een...

1. present simple
2. present continuous
3. future
4. geen van de 3

00:31

Assignment

Close your eyes and listen to the song. Stand up when you hear a present continuous. Then, open your eyes.

Present Continuous

I miss the taste of a sweeter life

I miss the conversation

I'm searching for a song tonight

I'm changing all of the stations

1. Which auxiliary verb is always used first?

2. What comes next?

3. Which three letters are placed behind the verb?

Present Continuous

The present continuous is used to say that something is happening right now.

You can tell from words and phrases like: Look! Listen! at the moment, right now, this instant.

Present Continuous

Present Continuous = auxiliary verb to be (am/is/are) followed by main verb + ing.

I am waiting for the bus.

We are feeding our pets.

He is setting the table.

Present Continuous

The present continuous is also used for activities that last longer:

I am reading a wonderful book.

We are cooking dinner.

Or to express annoyance or irritation:

You are always singing so loudly.

We are never doing that again!

Present Simple VS Present Continuous

Present Simple	Present Continuous
facts, habits, thing that happen regularly.	happening right now, activities that last longer, annoyance, irritation
signal word : always, never, seldom, sometimes, usually etc.	signal word : now, right now, at the moment, listen! look!
example : I walk	example : I am walking

Vul de present continuous in:
She ______ (to walk)

Vul de present continuous in:
I _______ (to play)

Vul de present continuous in:
They _______ (to work)

They _______ houses quite often.

1. move
2. are moving

It's four o'clock and I _______ a nice meal for tonight.

1. cook
2. am cooking

Listen! __________ with his band?

1. Does Sem practise
2. Is Sem practising

A nice day, don't you think? We ________ a lovely day in the park.

1. have
2. are having

Tasks this week:

Lesson 2 (40 min)

- Repetition grammar Chapter 3 and 4.

KWT (40 min)

- Chapter 4: Ex. 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 (p. 42-45).

- Check your answers.

Study (CH4):

- Repeat vocabulary F (p. 49), repeat stones 10 and 11 (p. 50).

- Learn vocabulary G (p. 49),  learn stone 12 (p. 50).