Y1 present continuous

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• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Please have a seat, take out your materials and put your bag on the floor

Lesson plan

1. Grammar time!
2. Practise
3. DIY 

Storytime

• What can you tell me
  about this picture?
  
  
•  People are doing
  different things at the
  same time right now
  (in the picture)

Present continuous

• Present continuous is used to express things we are doing now or soon
  
  
• The "formula" is:
• Subject + to be + verb-ing
• To be: am, is, are

Examples present continuous

• I am helping him with his homework.
• You are driving to Manhattan as we speak.
• She is drinking coffee.
• They are playing cricket in that field.
• We are watching a movie in this Cineplex.
• Kim and Dave are reading various kinds of books.

Spelling exceptions

• Sometimes you have to make changes before -ing
  
  
• My friend is making dinner (make).
  I am living in Seattle (live).
• --> ends on an -e?
• Delete -e + add -ing
  
  

•  They are lying to me (lie).
  
• James is tying his shoelaces (tie).
• --> ends on - ie?
• Change -ie to -y +-ing
  
  
•  Lars is travelling across Denmark (travel).
• Ends on an -l (L)?
• Double it!

Spelling exceptions

• I am swimming (swim).
  
• Lydia is chatting with Mike (chat).
  
• Mike is dipping his fries in hot sauce (dip).
  
• It is beginning to make sense (begin).
• Sound change alarm!

•  Verbs that end on a consonant - vowel - consonant combo 
• (medeklinker - klinker - medeklinker)
• --> Double the last consonant!
• Not for verbs that end on     -w or  -x!
• E.g. snowing + fixing

You try!

Rewrite the sentences with present continuous

1. I – study – at the moment
   
2. you – play – badminton tonight
   
3. we – watch – TV
   
4. they – read - a comic
5. she – eat – chocolate
   
6. we – study – French

1.  I am studying at the moment.
   
2. You are playing badminton tonight.
   
3. We are watching TV.
   
4. They are reading a comic.
   
5. She is eating chocolate.
   
6. We are studying French.

ANQ

• Affirmative
•  We are recording a TikTok
• Negative 
•  We're not / We are not / aren't recording a TikTok
• Question
• Are we recording a TikTok?

Turn the following sentences into questions and negations.

1. I am studying at the moment.
2. You are playing badminton tonight.
3. We are watching TV.
4. They are reading.
5. She is eating chocolate.
6. We are studying French.
7. They are living in London.
8. He is working in a restaurant now.

Negations

1. I am not studying at the moment.
   
2. You aren’t playing badminton tonight.
   
3. We aren’t watching TV.
   
4. They aren’t reading.
   
5. She isn’t eating chocolate.
   
6. We aren’t studying French.
   
7. They aren’t living in London.
   
8. He isn’t working in a restaurant now.

Questions

1. Am I studying at the moment?
2. Are you playing badminton tonight?
3. Are we watching TV?
4. Are they reading?
5. Is she eating chocolate?
6. Are we studying French?
7. Are they living in London?
8. Is he working in a restaurant now?

DIY 1Q

Do exercises 5+6+7

In your book

Pages 110+111

Individually