Hello Students,
Your lesson for today is Blue Level Lesson Eight, the present continuous tense. This tense is often confused with the present tense.
Remember: the present tense is used to describe what you do every day.
...what you are doing right now.
...what you are doing in your life.
...what you are doing later on (the future)
- Right now I am working on an email to send out to my students.
- I'm working as a teacher at his point in my life.
- Later today I'm meeting some friends for lunch.
Do you understand the differences in the sentences above? If not, go to Lesson Eight.
To make the present continuous tense, use a form of the verb "be" that matches the subject. The main verb will have an "ing" ending. Sometimes you'll hear teachers say that the main verb is in the form of the present participle.
The formula looks like this:
S (be) + ______ing
For the helping verb, use "am," "is," or "are," depending on the subject.
Do you want to try an exercise? Okay!
Directions: Choose the correct form of the present continuous tense for each sentence or question. The verb is provided. Some verbs are negative.
Example: What _are_ you _doing__? (do)
1. How _____ they ________? (feel)
2. The refrigerator _____ _________. (run)
3. She ______ __________ today. (work -- negative)
4. The men _______ _________ in the street. (fight)
5. ______ I ________ with you? (go)
6. Everybody ______ _________ lunch right now. (eat)
7. This tree _______ _________ fruit. (produce--negative)
8. Members of the audience ______ ________. (laugh)
9. When _____ we ________? (leave)
10. They ______ ________ cooperative. (be -- negative)
How did you do? Check your answers below.
+ The word of the day is "hope."
+ If you haven't seen it yet, there's a new video for the word "well" as it is used to introduce sentences and questions.
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That's all for now.
Have a good day!
Your teacher,
Paul
PEACE!
Answers: 1. are...feeling; 2. is running; 3. isn't working;
4. are fighting; 5. Am...going; 6. is eating; 7. isn't producing; 8. are laughing; 9. are...leaving; 10. aren't being
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