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The present
continuous


The present continuous tense
What do I do to the verb?
 Example
Sleep
Sleeping
add ing
 Sarah is sleeping.
 We use this to talk about what is
happening right now.
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Correct or Incorrect?
correta ou incorreta?
 Are

these sentences correct or
incorrect?
 If they are correct give them a tick. If
they are wrong give them a cross.


Correct or incorrect?
She

am sleeping.
Incorrect

She is sleeping.


Correct or incorrect?
He

is visiting his friend.
Correct


Correct or incorrect?
I

eating my lunch.
Incorrect
I am eating my lunch.


Correct or incorrect?
We

is sitting in class.
Incorrect
We are sitting in class.


Correct or incorrect?
She

is laughing.

Correct


Correct or incorrect?
He

is brushing his
teeth.
Correct


Correct or incorrect?
I

am liking your dress.
Incorrect
I like your dress.


Correct or incorrect?
I

am hating T.V.
Incorrect
I hate TV.


Talking about the future
 We

can also use the present
continuous to talk about what is
going to happen in the near futuretonight, tomorrow, next week.
 I am playing tennis tomorrow.
 She is painting her kitchen tonight.


Examples
I

am cooking pasta tomorrow.
 She is washing her car tonight.
 She is visiting her grandma next
week.
 We must say when we are going to
do something- tonight,
tomorrow…….


Remember
I

am
 She is
 He is
 You are
 We are
 They are

Activity


Activity


Turn these verbs into future sentences

Verbs

Future tense

Example
(wash)

I am washing my clothes
tomorrow.

(cook)
(play)
(visit)
(go)
(drive)
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Don’t write the same thing over and over. Use different people. I, he, she, we, they
and different times- tomorrow, tonight, next week.


Activity





Turn these verbs into future verbs

Verb

Future tense

(wash)

I am washing______________tomorrow.

(cook)

I am cooking___________tomorrow.

(play)

I am playing____________tomorrow.

(visit)

I am visiting ____________tomorrow.

(go)

I am going to___________tomorrow.

(paint)

I am painting ___________tomorrow.

Finished? Now try and write your own sentences in your books.


Activity



Verb

Turn these verbs into future verbs
Future verb

(wash)
(cook)
(play)
(visit)
(go)
(paint)



Finished? Now try and write your own sentences in your books.


Talking about the future

What are you doing tonight?
 I am visiting my grandma.
 Take it in turns to ask each other
what you are doing tonight.
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