Wallstreet English

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 1

Good afternoon!

Please grab a pen and your notebook

Today

Grammar: Present Continuous

1. When do you use the present continuous?
2. How do you make the present continuous?
3. Your turn! Quiz
4. Looking back

Lesson goals

After this lesson, you can:

• Explain when to use the present continuous
• Use the present continuous in a sentence

When do you use the present continuous?

You use the present continuous tense to talk about actions that are happening right now.

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How do you make the present continuous?

Subject + verb to be + verb +ing 

Example:

• My sister is calling her mother
• I am kicking the ball
• The cat is eating the fish
• Ben and Tim are climbing a tree

Subject	verb to be
I	am
He / She / It	is
We / You / They	are

Ready to rumble?

Grab your pen and paper

5 multiple choice questions

Discuss the answers together

Choose the right present continuous tense

I .......... (listen) to music right now

1. am listening
2. are listening
3. is listening
4. am listen

Look! The dog .......... (play) with the ball.

1. is play
2. is playing
3. are play
4. are playing

Lisa and Anna .......... (drink) some tea.

1. am drinking
2. are drinking
3. is drinking
4. are drink

It .......... (freeze) in here.

1. is freezing
2. are freezing
3. am freezing
4. is freezeing

The sun .............. (shine)

1. is shining
2. are shining
3. was shining
4. is shineing

Looking back

Now you can...

explain when you use the present continuous

use the present continuous in a sentence     

Lets try !

Well done everyone!