Present Simple and Present Continuous - WG1X - 27 september

Present Simple
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Present Continuous
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Present Simple
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Present Continuous

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Aims of Today's Lesson
By the end of class you can give examples/can explain:
  • How to form the present continuous.
  • The difference between the present simple and the present continuous.
  •  How to use the present continuous in a sentence.
  •  Point out the present continuous in a sentence

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Today's Lesson
  •  Discuss the homework assignment: peer reviews of each other's work.
  • Explanation of the difference between the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.
  • Practice the Present Continuous: negatives and questions.
  • Mime game: Present Continuous.

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Present Simple

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What is the Present Continuous
How do we make the Present Continuous?

Slide 5 - Open question

Present Continuous
What do we use the Present Continuous for?

The Present Continuous is used to show that an action is happening:
  • Now
  • Often
  • May continue in the future

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Present Continuous
What is the Present Continuous?

The Present Continuous always uses:
  • 2 verbs in the present tense (what is a tense?)   
  • A form of to be in the present tense (am, is, are)
  • A second verb that always ends in -ing
Example:
The hairdresser is cutting my hair in the library

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The verb to be can change in the Present Continuous

The hairdresser is cutting my hair in the library

The hairdressers .............. cutting my hair in the library.

I ................. cutting the hairdresser's hair in the library.

How come that to be changes in these examples?

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To be is a weird verb; the reason it changes depends on the subject

I                      am

He/she/it      is

You                are

We                 are

They              are

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Present Continuous
What is the Present Continuous in the negative?

The Present Continuous in the negative always uses:
  • a form of not
  • 2 verbs in the Present Tense
  • A form of to be in the Present Tense (am, is are)
  • A second verb in the present tense that always ends in -ing

Example:
The hairdresser is not/isn't cutting my hair in the library.

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Present Continuous
What is the Present Continuous in a question?

The Present Continuous in the question always uses:
  • 2 verbs in the Present Tense
  • A form of to be in the Present Tense (am, is are)
  • A second verb in the present tense that always ends in -ing

Example:
           Is the hairdresser cutting my hair in the library?

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Present Continuous
What happens with the verbs of the Present Continuous in a question?

Am I walking to the haunted mansion?

Are we dancing in Disneyland?

Is the unicorn singing in the rain?


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Present Continuous
What happens with the verbs of the Present Continuous in a question?



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Recap: Present Continuous
What does the Present Continuous express?


How do we make the Present Continuous?


Give an example of the Present Continuous:

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Present Continuous
  • I chase an elephant in my pajamas.
  • Shelby farts on my dog.
  • The group yells at a snowman in an elevator.
  • I cry with a llama in the desert.
  • We have lunch with an iPad.
  • John eats sand with a spoon.
Turn into the Present Continuous

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Present Continuous
  • I chase an elephant in my pajamas.
  • Shelby farts on my dog.
  • The group yells at a snowman in an elevator.
  • I cry with a llama in the desert.
  • We have lunch with an iPad.
  • John eats sand with a spoon.
Turn into the Present Continuous negative

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Mime Game

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Post-its and Homework
  • Write on the Post-it what you learned this lesson

  • Bring your Headway Workbook to class on Tuesday.

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Present Continuous
  • I chase an elephant in my pajamas.
  • Shelby farts on my dog.
  • The group yells at a snowman in an elevator.
  • I cry with a llama in the desert.
  • We have lunch with an iPad.
  • John eats sand with a spoon.
Turn into Present Continuous questions

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