grammar unit 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Present Continuous

Present Continuous

When you are doing something right now:

- I am learning English

- You are listening to a story

- He is watching a TV show

Present Continuous

Always use a form of 'to be' and verb + ing

I am walking

You are listening

He/she/it is talking

We are gaming

You are playing

They are reading

present continuous

? zinnen:

Is he walking?

Are we talking? 

- (not) zinnen:

He is not walking (isn't)

We are not talking (aren't)

Present Continuous

Look for signalwords:

Right now

As we speak

Currently

At the moment

Present Simple

Present Simple

Wanneer iets regelmatig gebeurt.

I see my parents every day.

His uncle lives in New York City.

They don't visit their friends a lot.

Present simple

signaalwoorden:

always

every week/year/day

sometimes

often

usually

never

present simple

I / You / We / They - hele ww.

I walk

He / She / It - ww. +s

He walks

present simple

? zinnen

Do you live in the city?

Does he live in the city?

- (not) zinnen

You don't live in the city.

He doesn't live in the city.

We ... the dishes right now

1. are doing
2. doing
3. are do
4. do

Look! They ... him his present

1. are give
2. giving
3. are giving
4. give

I ... a book for school right now

1. am read
2. am reading
3. reads
4. reading

She always ... her bag all by herself as we speak

1. carries
2. is carries
3. is carrying
4. carrying

He ... in the Alps every year.

1. is skies
2. is skiing
3. skiing
4. skies

Tommy ... a lovely sweater for his daughter

1. is knits
2. knitting
3. is knitting
4. knits

Comparisons

Is a 7-day pass ......
(cheap) than a single ticket?

The Staten Island ferry is a lot ........ (small) than it looked in the video.

New York has one of the ........
(big) railway stations in the world.

I think cycling is the .........
(dangerous) way to travel in big cities.

What is going on? The subway is
....... (busy) than usual.

What is the ...... (bad) way
to get around New York?

Travelling by train is nice.
(vergrotende trap - than travelling by bus)
Travelling by train is ....... than travelling by bus.

Travelling by train is nice.
(overtreffende trap - way to travel)
Travelling by train is ........ way to travel.

vragen?