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HAND-OUT Discipline: English as a foreign language Lexical theme: My close friend (Appearance) Pre-intermediate Grammatical theme: Present Continuous Practical lesson 4 Assistant-Professor A. K. Tassyrova |
Warming-up: Give the equivalent of the proverb in Kazakh/ Russian. The best mirror is an old friend.
GRAMMAR: Present Continuous
Positive | Negative | Question |
I am eating | I’m not eating | Am I eating? |
You are eating | You’re not eating | Are you eating? |
He/she/ it is eating | He/she/it isn’t eating | Is he/she/it eating? |
We are eating | We’re not eating | Are we eating? |
You are eating | You’re not eating | Are you eating? |
They are eating | They’re not eating | Are they eating? |
We form the Present Continuous like this:be+ing form. Eg. I am eating We use Present Continuous: · to talk about actions and situations in progress now: The bus is coming · to talk about actions and situations in progress around now but not exactly at the moment we speak: What are you doing this days? – I’m learning Spanish. · We don’t usually use Present Continuous to talk about opinions or thoughts: I like tennis (NOT I’m liking tennis) We don’t usually use this verbs in Present Continuous tense: like know hate love understand believe mean remember want |
Here are the common Present Continuous questions. They all mean ‘How are you?’: How is it going? How are you getting on? How are you doing? |