MSc. MIRIAM SHEEN CUBA

he is walking •he is playing the guitar

She is cooking She is taking a bath

The present continuous is used to talk about actions in

progress.

Present continuous tense

She is wearing jeans

Subject+

be + verb-ING+ rest ofthe sentence..

They are playing golf

Now

Right now

At the moment

Expressions of time:

•Jog

•Run

•Swim

•Shop

•Get

•jogging

•running

•swimming

•shopping

•getting

Look at these rules

Dance

Make

Have

Ride

drive

•dancing

•making

•having

•riding

•driving

Look at these rules

Study

Carry

Hurry

•studying

•carrying

•hurrying

Look at these rules

Questions

Yes/ No

question

WH-

question

Am

Is

Are

subject Verb +ING Rest of the ? sentence

Yes-No questions : Structure

A. Is he playing soccer?B. Yes, he is

Yes/ No question

A. Are you dancing?B: No, we aren’t . We are singing

A: Is he playing the piano?

A: Is she swimming ?

B: Yes, she is

B: Yes,he is

A: are they dancing ?

B: Yes, they are

A: are they drinking juice?

B: Yes, they are

WH/ question

Wh-Am

Is

are

subject Verb +ING Rest of the ? sentence

A: What is he doing?

B: he is drawing a map

A: Where are you working?

B: I am working at El Cultural

A: What are they doing?

B: They are playing Volleyball

A: What is she doing?

B: She is riding a bike

B: He is reading a book

A: What is he doing?

Identify these questions:

1. Is this your book?

2. What time is it ?

3. Who is over there?

4. Are you an engineer?

5. Is it cold?

6. Where is El Cultural?

YES / NO question

WH- question

WH- question

YES / NO question

YES / NO question

WH- question

MAKE SENTENCES.

•John ………………. (SWIM)

•Mary …………… a letter. (WRITE)

•Gary…………… a shower. (HAVE)

•Jill ……………… up. (WASH)

•We …………….. (STUDY)

•The phone …………… (RING)

is swimming

is writing

is having

is washing

are studying

is ringing