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Present continuous tense

I am / We are / They are swim ming .

He / She / It is danc ing .

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In this lesson, you will learn to use the present continuous tense to about what people and animals are doing.

What are you doing?

Do you remember how to use the present continuous tense to talk about actions?

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What are you do ing ?

I am read ing .

What are you do ing ?

We are play ing .

I + am + …ing

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We + are + …ing

We add ing to verbs.

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He is …ing.

How do we talk about other people then?

He is eat ing .

He + is + …ing

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He is …ing.

We use He is … to talk about what a boy is doing.

A :

B :

What is he do ing ?

He

is

he

run ning .

is

Sometimes we need to double the last letter before we add ing .

When do we do this?

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He is …ing.

When the letter before the last letter is a short vowel, we double the last letter and add ing .

a, e, i, o, u

p

skip

+ ing

 skip ping

run

n

+ ing

 run ning

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She is …ing.

What can we say when we want to talk about a girl’s action?

A :

B :

What is she do ing ?

She is danc ing .

Sometimes we delete the e at the end before we add ing .

When do we do this?

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She is …ing.

When the last letter of the word is e , we take it away and add ing .

dance

+ ing

 danc ing

skate

+ ing

 skat ing

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They are …ing.

Now we know we can use He / She is … to talk about another person’s action.

They are

They are rid ing a bicycle.

She is rid ing a bicycle.

We use They + are + … ing to talk about what two or more people are doing.

What if there is more than one girl riding a bicycle?

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They are …ing.

Here is another example.

A :

B :

What are they do ing ?

They are hik ing .

What if I want to talk about what an animal is doing?

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It is …ing.

We can use it to ask and talk about animals.

A :

B :

What is it do ing ?

It is run ning .

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Review

I am writ ing .

He is talk ing .

She is laugh ing .

It is swim ming .

They are play ing .

We are sing ing .

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Quick check

1. Fill in the blank.

(ride)

He is _______ a bicycle .

riding

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Quick check

2. Fill in the blanks.

(swim)

A : What ____ he doing?

B : __________________

is

He is swimming.

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Quick check

3. Fill in the blanks.

(run)

A : What ____________doing?

B : ___________________

are they

They are running.

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Quick check

4. Fill in the blanks.

(skip)

A : What ______________?

B : _________________

is she doing

She is skipping.

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Well done!

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