Present Continuous

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Present Continuous

Planning:

- goal

- recap grammar

- quiz

- reading matters (stepping stones)

- homework

I know what the present continuous is and I know how to apply it correctly

I can read and interpret a short poem and understand some literary terms.

Present Continuous

This is how you make a present continuous:

• am/is/are + verb + ing
  

You use the present continuous:

• When you are doing something right now.   
• Things that are happening now. Actively                                         (now, right now, at the moment)

She ......... the guitar now.
( to play)

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

I ........... to school right now.
( to walk)

1. walk
2. walked
3. am walking
4. have walked

I ....... at the moment.
( to study)

1. study
2. am studying
3. studied
4. are studying

He ....... at the moment.
(to sleep)

1. sleep
2. sleeps
3. are sleeping
4. is sleeping

Debby ...... dinner now.
(to prepare)

1. prepares
2. has prepared
3. is preparing
4. are preparing

Our father ...... us many compliments at this moment.
(to give)

1. gives
2. gave
3. is giveing
4. is giving

The barber ....... his hair.
(to cut)

1. is cutting
2. cuts
3. is cuting
4. are cutting

Ik weet wat de present continuous is en ik weet hoe ik het moet gebruiken

1. ja
2. nee
3. een beetje

Maak een zin in de present continuous

Exercises

In class:

Reading Matters chapter 4

Chapter 4

Reading Matters: Poem: The people upstairs

Exercise 57 and 58