Present Continuous

Present ContinuousPresent Continuous

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What is the present What is the present continuous?continuous?

The present continuous tens The present continuous tens isis commonly used in English commonly used in English for actions happening right for actions happening right

now.now.

Also called the present progressive tenspresent progressive tens

The Present Progressive is used for actions that have begun but not finished.

It can also be used to talk about future arrangements.

Present Continuous Tense

past present future

Subject + Subject + bebe + + vreb(ing).vreb(ing).

Positive sentencePositive sentence

ExamplesExamples: :

• I am cooking. • You are working.• He is driving. • She is sleeping. • It is raining. • We are reading. • They are writing.

Negative sentenceNegative sentence

Subject + Subject + bebe + + notnot + + verb(ing)verb(ing)

ExamplesExamples: : I am not cooking. You are not working. He is not driving.She is not sleeping. It is not raining. We are not reading. They are not writing.

Forming a questionForming a question

• Yes/no questionYes/no question

BeBe + subject + + subject + verb(ing) ?verb(ing) ?

• WH- questionWH- question

WhWh + + bebe + subject+ + subject+ verb (ing) ?verb (ing) ?

ExamplesExamples:

• Yes/no questionYes/no question : :• Am I cooking? • Are you crying? • Is he going? • Is she arriving? • Is it sleeping? • Are we leaving? • Are they fighting?

• WH- questionWH- question : :• What am I cooking? • Why are you crying? • Where is he going? • When is she arriving? • Why is it sleeping? • When are we leaving?• Why are they fighting?

• She is reading a She is reading a book .book .

• Is she reading a Is she reading a book?book?

yes, she is.yes, she is.

• What is he doing?What is he doing?

• He He isis eat eatinging..

•She is jumping

•They are cooking

•He is crying

• The boy The boy is is smilsmilinging

We are finishing the lesson.

The EndThe End

The purpose of the activity students memorize and use the formula of the present continuous. movements, fluency and concentration Questions in the present continuous. For practice with the present progressive, describe a scene with a lot of

action. to describe present time actions. For practice with the present progressive, describe a scene with a lot of

action. teach the present continuous for the actions that take place at the moment of

speaking

The purpose of the activity To introduce and practice ways to:

* Talk about what you are doing in the present* Talking about the future and* Making arrangements In this lesson you will be using just one tense: The Present Continuous

Your learners may already have done some work on this - you will know your class and how much new vocabulary you want to introduce to / elicit from your learners. It may be that your learners have already been introduced to this tense. They will need a lot of practice and this lesson provides just that.

How you could incorporate the activity in your lesson

By integrating PowerPoint activity into your classroom teaching, you can more effectively reach your students and provide them with visual stimuli to enhance their learning experience.

Prepare your classroom for a PowerPoint presentation. Use a digital projector to project your PowerPoint presentation.

Create a PowerPoint presentation to correspond with your class lecture. List the topics that you want to cover in your lecture on a sheet of paper. Jot down some key points about each topic that you intend to cover. In your presentation, create a slide devoted to each topic, placing a bulleted list of the key points that you jotted down in your hand-written notes.

Include important vocabulary on your slides so students become accustomed to seeing the vocabulary used. Do not over clutter your slides, but instead create lists with limited words so that students are not overwhelmed. Your PowerPoint should not contain all of the information that you intend to convey, but instead act as a supplement to your lecture. You can further enhance your PowerPoint by integrating video into the presentation or placing hyperlinks that allow you to rapidly access information on the Internet or elsewhere on your computer.

Why you believe the activity would be beneficial

• Grammar is something that doesn’t contain a lot of fun so students feel disappointed when they learn grammar of any language since it is rigid and some rules have no equivalent their mother tongue language. When we use activity to present some rules we actually make it look like real-life situations, interesting and suspenseful. The most interesting thing about activity is that it includes a surprise element at the end of the performance.

Why you believe the activity would be beneficial

• All activities give situations which require practice and greater usage of English.

• Experimentation with language in more relaxed setting than rigid class instruction.

• All activities are intended to be student-centered rather than teacher-centered.

• (Communication, fluency, pronunciation)