present continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Grammar!

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT CONTINOUS

Lesson goals

by the end of this lesson

• I'll know what the Present Continous is
  
• I can make sentences with Present Continuous
• I know when to use the Present Continuous
  

Present Continous

I am working

to be + verb+ing

am/are/is

Actions that are happening at this moment

Something is happening now

Examples

+ They're making a video and trying diffrenent webcams.

- One group of teenagers isn't doing any of those things.

? What are you doing?

Temporary situations

Examples

+ At the moment, Tubers UK are teaching teenagers only in Exeter.

- My sister's studying computer science at university.

? So what are they learning at Tubers UK?

Present continuous signal words

Some common signal words with present continuous are time words like “now”, “at the moment”, “this week” and “for the time being” and the words “Look!” and “Listen!”

(I / study at the moment)

I am studying at the moment

(you / play badminton at the moment)

(we / watch TV)

(he / not / wait for the bus)

(they / read)

(we / study French)

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Write your own sentence in the present continuous about something that you are doing now, or that is happening now