THE_PRESENT_CONTINUOUS_TENSE.ppt
- 2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS DEFINITION: We use the present continuous when often the action is happening at the time of speaking. Please be quiet. I´m working. Let´s go out now. It isn´t raining any more. I´m tired. I´m going to bed now. Good night! ´´Where´s Margaret?´´ ´´She´s having a bath.´´
- 4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS But the action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking. We use the present continuous when we talk about things happening in a period around now (for example, today / this week / this evening etc.): ´´You´re working hard today.´´ ´´Is Susan working this week?´´ ´´No, she´s on holiday.´´ We use the present continuous when we talk about changes happening around now, but maybe not at the moment of speaking, things are temporary: The population of the world is rising very fast. Is your English getting better?
- 5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS AFFIRMATIVE We make the Present Continuous with: Subject + be +(not) + verb + ing gerund POSITIVE I´m working at the moment. You/We/They´re looking for a job. He/She/It´s waiting for you.
- 7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS NEGATIVE NEGATIVE I´m not driving very fast. You/We/They aren´t watching TV. He/She/It isn´t working now. The children aren´t playing in the garden now. You can turn the television off. I´m not watching it.
- 11. PRESENT CONTINUOUS INTERROGATIVE QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB PRESENT CONTINUOUS WHERE AM I GOING? WHY IS SHE WATCHING TV?
- 12. Rules for spelling the gerund (verb+ing) SPELLING RULES: 1. Verbs that end in –e drop it: -e eing Make making write writing Come coming dance dancing 2. Verbs that end in –ie change it: -ie ying Die dying tie tying Lie lying 3. Verbs that end in a vowel + a consonant double this consonant: p pp Stop stopping sit sitting Swim swimming run running
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- 19. PRESENT CONTINUOUS We use continuous tenses only for actions and happenings. Some verbs are not action verbs, but they describe states (the physical/mental condition of sb.) The following verbs are not normally used in continuous tenses, but in simple tenses: Like, love, hate, want, need, prefer, know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember, belong, contain, consist, depend, seem
- 21. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Examples: I´m hungry. I want something to eat. (not ´I´m wanting´) Do you understand what I mean? Ann doesn´t seem very happy at the moment.