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    Present Continous: USE 1. We Use The Present Continuous Tense To Talk About The Present

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    PRESENT CONTINOUS

    USE

    1. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the present:

    for something that is happening at the moment of speaking:

    Im just leaving work. Ill be home in an hour.


    Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

    for something which is happening before and after a given time:

    At eight oclock we are usually having breakfast.


    When I get home the children are doing their homework.

    for something which we think is temporary:

    Michael is at university. Hes studying history.


    Im working in London for the next two weeks.

    for something which is new and contrasts with a previous state:

    These days most people are using email instead of writing letters.
    What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays? What sort of
    music are they listening to?

    to show that something is changing, growing or developing:

    The children are growing quickly.


    The climate is changing rapidly.
    Your English is improving.

    for something which happens again and again:

    Its always raining in London.


    They are always arguing.
    George is great. Hes always laughing.

    Note: We normally use always with this use.

    2. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the future:

    The next use is for definite future arrangements (with a future time word). In this
    case we have already made a plan and we are pretty sure that the event will happen in
    the future.

    Mary is going to a new school next term.


    What are you doing next week?

    I'm meeting my father tomorrow.

    We're going to the beach at the weekend.


    I'm leaving at three.
    STRUCTURE

    1. Affirmative Sentences
    SUB + AUX VERB (to be) + VERB+ING.
    Examples:
    Im talking.
    Hes eating.
    Theyre learning.
    2. Negative Sentences
    SUB + AUX VERB (to be) + NOT + VERB+ING.
    Examples:
    Im not talking.
    Hes not [He isnt] eating.

    3. Interrogative Sentences
    AUX VERB (to be) + SUB + VERB+ING?
    Examples:
    Are you talking?
    Is he eating?
    Are they learning?

    ADVERB PLACEMENT

    The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only,
    never, ever, still, just, etc.

    Examples:

    You are still watching TV.


    Are you still watching TV?

    EXERCISES

    Put the verb in brackets in the correct form to make different form of the Present
    Continuous Tense.

    1. John (read) a book now.


    2. What (you do) tonight?
    3. Jack and Peter (work) late today.
    4. Silvia (not listen) to music.
    5. Maria (sit) next to Paul.
    6. How many other students (you study) with?
    7. The phone (not ring).

    2. Put the words in the correct order.

    1. (he / walk to school now)


    __________________________________________________________
    2. (they/work/now)
    __________________________________________________________
    3. (you/not/walk)
    __________________________________________________________
    4. (they/learn new things)
    __________________________________________________________
    5. (when/he/start work)
    __________________________________________________________
    6. (why/I/stay at home)
    __________________________________________________________
    7. (we/not/win)
    __________________________________________________________
    8. (they/not/bring a cake)
    __________________________________________________________
    9. (the/dog/not/play with a ball)
    __________________________________________________________
    10. (where/you/work)
    __________________________________________________________

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