Present Continuous

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Present Continuous
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What?

• In English we have two present tenses
• The simple present.
• The present continuous.

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How?

• To be verb(ing)
• I go. gt I am going.
• You say. gt You are saying.
• He thinks. gt He is thinking.
• We fight. gt We are fighting.

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Why?

• As you learned last week, the simple present
  shows 1. Repeated activities 2. Facts and
  generalizations.
• I brush my teeth.
• Cats like milk.
• The present continuous is different.

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Use 1 Things happening NOW

• Use the Present Continuous to express the idea
  that something is happening now, at this very
  moment. It can also be used to show that
  something is not happening now.
• You are learning English now.
• You are not swimming now.
• I am sitting.
• I am not standing.
• They are reading their books.

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Use 2 Near Future

• Sometimes, speakers use the Present Continuous to
  indicate that something will or will not happen
  in the near future.
• I am meeting some friends after work.
• I am not going to the party tonight.
• Is he visiting his parents next weekend.
• Isn't he coming with us tonight.

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Questions Present Continuous

• Reverse the subject and the verb to be.
• You are playing soccer.
• Are you playing soccer?
• He is studying for the test.
• Is he studying for the test?

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Passive Voice

• To be being past participle
• He is glaring at the teacher.
• The teacher is being glared at by him.
• She is drinking the coffee.
• The coffee is being drunk by her.

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Practice

• He walks.
• We run.
• She spells.
• I throw.
• They think.
• We jump.
• He adds.

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