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Present Continuous (Progressive) .: Positive Sentences

The document provides information about the present continuous tense in English. It discusses how to form the present continuous with the verbs "be" and the verb plus "-ing", exceptions to adding "-ing", and examples of its use for actions happening now. It also lists English vowels and consonants and spelling rules for adding "-ing", and provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the present continuous tense.

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Present Continuous (Progressive) .: Positive Sentences

The document provides information about the present continuous tense in English. It discusses how to form the present continuous with the verbs "be" and the verb plus "-ing", exceptions to adding "-ing", and examples of its use for actions happening now. It also lists English vowels and consonants and spelling rules for adding "-ing", and provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the present continuous tense.

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Present Continuous (Progressive).

Positive Sentences

I am / 'm He
She is / 's
It

studying.

You
We are / 're
They

Negative Sentences

I am not / 'm not He


is not / isn't / 's
She
not
It

studying.

You are
We not / aren't / 're
They not
Use
We use the Present Continuous to talk about actions happening now:

The phone's ringing!

Mark is speaking to his mom on the phone.


We are listening to the teacher.

They aren't watching a movie.


Have + things / family members is not an action. Do not use the Present Continuous for
this meaning:
 I am having two brothers.

o I have two brothers.

 I am having a new car.

o I have a new car.

Spelling: Vowels & Consonants

English Vowels
 a

 o
 e

 u
 i

English Consonants
 b
 k  p
 g  t
 c
 l  q
 h  v
 d
 m  r
 j  n  w
 f s

 x y  z

Spelling: Rule #1
verb + ing

 snow → snowing

 ring → ringing

 watch → watching

Spelling: Rule #2
If a verb ends in e...

 make → making

 close → closing

 write → writing

Spelling: Rule #3
Double the consonant and add ing if the verb ends with one stressed vowel and a
consonant:

 run → running

 stop → stopping

 swim → swimming

If the vowel is not stressed, or there is more than one vowel, do not double the
consonant:

 open → opening

 meet → meeting
1. Write the Present Continuous form of the verbs:
I am playing You I
are playing You
He / She / It is playing He / She / It
We are playing We
They are playing They

I I
You You
He / She / It He / She / It
We We
They They
2. For each photo, choose the correct Present Continuous sentence:
 He is sleep.
a.  He sleeping.
 He’s sleeping.

 They is eating.
b.  They are eating.
 They eating.

 She is listen to music.


c.  She’s listening to music.
 She listening to music.

 They’re writing.
d.  They are write.
 They writing.
 It is flying.
e.  It are flying.
 It flying.

 She is play.
f.  She playing.
 She is playing.

 He’s watching TV.


g.  He are watching TV.
 He are watch TV.

 She swimming.
h.  She is swim.
 She is swimming.
 It are closing.
i.  It is closing.
 It closing.

 I’m running.
j.  I is running.
 I are running.

3. Write the following in the Present Continuous:

a. I / swim. b. We / eat.
I am swimming.
c. She / study. d. They / not / listen.

e. It / not / rain. f. The bird / fly.


g. I / not / do / my homework. h. Jane / close / the door.

i. The phone / ring. j. Steve / work.


k. We / watch / TV. l. The teacher / talk.

4. Complete the sentences. Use each verb in the table once:

swim ring drive visit play


sleep snow speak go work

“Where is Mike?”
a.
“He is speaking to the teacher.”
“Is your sister here?”
b.
“No she isn’t. She at the
beach with her friend.”

“You too fast.”


c.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll slow down.”

“Bye, Mom. I to school


now.”
d.
“Bye!”

“How’s the weather in Montreal?”


e.
“It here.”
“Your phone
f.
.

” “Thanks. Hello?”

“Why is your wife in Japan?”


g.
“She her family. She’s
Japanese.”

“Why isn’t Suzanne here?”


h.
“She at home. She’s a bad
student.”

“How’s your father?”


i.
“He’s good but quite busy.
He a lot.
“The children
j.
.

” “They’re so happy!”

5. Correct the sentences. Follow the example:

a. He is eating. b. They are riding their skateboards.


He isn’t eating. He’s sleeping.
c. The man is driving a car. d. I am speaking.

e. We are watching TV. f. The student is coming to school.

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