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ANIMALS AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

AFRICAN ANIMALS

Lion

Tiger

Ostrich

OxMonkey

Crocodile

Elephant

Giraffe

Exercise 1:What is its name?It´s an elephant

It´s a giraffe

It´s a lion

It´s a crocodile

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEThe positive form of the present continuousRemember to use the Subject (this can be a subject pronoun or a noun plus (+) the verb to be in the present tense (am/is/are) and complement (optional).The following is the table of the positive form of the present continuous / progressive.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEThe negative form of the present continuous

The negative form is used by adding “not” after the verb to be in the present tense form. You may use contractions.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEThe question form of the present continuous.We have to put the verb to be + the subject + -ing form + the complement.Remember that we can use the Question words before the structure:Examples:- What are you doing? Answer: I am studying English with my virtual teacher.•Where is Pedro going? Answer: He is going to the shopping mall.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

•Exercise 2:What is the correct verb?EatingSleepingRunning

DrinkingEating

Writing

Eating

Sleeping

Driving

PRESENT CONTINUOUS SPELLINGPresent Progressive - SpellingBe careful with some words when adding -ing to the infinitive.1) consonant after a short, stressed vowel at the end of the wordDouble the consonant.sit – he is sittingput - he is puttingIf the consonant is not stressed, we do not double it:benefit - benefiting (Here we stress the first 'e', not the 'i'.)In British English we double one -l at the end of the word:travel - travelling

PRESENT CONTINUOUS SPELLING

2) one -e at the end of the wordLeave out the -e.write – he is writingtake – he is takingBUT:double –e: add -ing see – he is seeing

3) verbs ending in -ieChange 'ie' to 'y'.lie - he is lying

PRESENT CONTINUOUS SPELLING

4) verbs ending in -cChange 'c' to 'ck'.picnic - he is picnicking Verbs:

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

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