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Present Continuous

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Present continuous

Affirmative form

Subject Verb to be Verb + ing Complement


I Am Working Right now
You Are Studying For your test
He Is Moping The floor
She Is Ironing The clothes
It Is Eating Now
We Are Sleeping In this bedroom
Negative Form

Subject Verb to be Verb + ing Complement


I Am not Living In Cairo at the
moment
You Are not – aren´t Paying Attention
He Is not – isn´t Doing The laundry anymore

She Is not – isn´t Having lunch With us


It Is not – isn´t Taking A shower right
now
We Are not – aren´t Working In that company
They Are not- aren´t Dusting The house
Question Form

Wh Word Verb to be Subject Verb + ing


Where Am I living?

Are You Doing the homework?

What Is He Eating?

Where Is She going?


What Is It doing?
Are We Cleaning today?
What Are They Studying?
Present simple vs Present
continuous
Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present
continuous):
1. The train always ________________(1: leave) on time.
2. "What's the matter? Why ________________(2: cry/you)?“
3. That's strange. They________________(3: not to watch) TV.
4. He________________(4: not to speak) very good English.
5. Please be quiet! I________________(5: do) my homework.
6. Where________________(6: live/they)?
7. Listen! John ________________ music! (7: play)
8. I never ________________(8: go) to the swimming pool.
Present simple vs Present
continuous
Harold Black's a famous pianist. He________________(9: give) two or three
concerts every week. He ________________(10: travel) a lot and this week
he's in New York. He________________(11: stay) at an expensive hotel.
He's at his hotel now. He________________(12: have) his breakfast in the
dining−room. He________________(13: drink) a cup of coffee and
he________________(14: read) a newspaper. Harold's always very busy.
He________________(15: play) the piano regularly. He________________(16:
practice) for four hours every day. He________________(17: go) to bed late
and he always ________________(18: get up) early.
But he sometimes________________(19: get) dressed too quickly, and this
morning he________________(20: wear) one blue sock and one red one!
Present simple vs Present
continuous
 1. Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
A. believe B. am believing

2. Look! Junko ________ into the water.


A. jumps B. is jumping

3. I ________ you're crazy!


A. think B. am thinking

4. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!


A. Hates B. is hating

5. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.


B. Go B. Am going
Present simple vs Present
continuous
 7. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
A. Have B. am having

 8. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.


A. Drives B. is driving

 9. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
A. studies B. is studying

 10. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.


A. Snows B. is snowing
Present simple vs. Present
continuous
 Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present
continuous)

 Next week, my friends and I _________ (go) camping in the woods. I


____________ (organize) the food, because I _____________ (like)
cooking. Dave ________________ (have) a big car with a trailer, so he
_____________ (plan) the transportation. Sam ______________ (bring) the
tent — he ___________ (go) camping every year, so he _________ (have)
a great tent and lots of other equipment. My wife _______ (think) we're
crazy. She (like) _______________ holidays in comfortable hotels, so she
______________ (take) a trip to Paris instead.
Present simple vs Present
continuous
Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in the
sentences below.

 Today she ’s spending/spends time with her grandmother.


 They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays.
 We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to come?
 No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a shower.
 I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the
morning.
 They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by
boat.
 Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!
 He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.

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