The competition between grades 5 "A" and 5 "B" which is called "Who knows the Present Continuous Tense well?"

A competition between forms 5 “A” and 5 “B”

“Who knows the Present Continuous well?”

Kazaly district, kent Aiteke bi,

№226 gymnasium named after B. K. Mergenbayev

Done by: an English teacher F.Karazhan

The theme: Who knows the Present Continuous Tense well?

The aims: to revise grammar rules of the Present Continuous Tense, to develop learners’ knowledge, reading, writing and speaking skills on the theme, to teach them to work in groups and help each other.

Use of visual aids: an interactive whiteboard, different pictures, worksheets concerning the theme, coloured balloons, diplomas and gifts.

Teacher: Good day, dear teachers and participants! Welcome to our today’s competition “Who knows the Present Continuous well?” which is going to be conducted between forms 5 “A” and 5 “B”! I am glad to see all of you! Let’s start our competition! At first, I would like you to revise the grammar rules of this tense of the verb. What is the Present Continuous? When do we use it? Can you give me the Kazakh and Russian equivalents to it?

Pupils: Созылыңқы осы шақ. Настоящее длительное время.

Teacher: If you remember we have passed this subject. Can you find this subject in your textbooks and read the definition in Kazakh?

Pupils will find and read the definition in the textbook.

Teacher: I ask you to pay attention to the board.

The Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about an action going on at the time of speaking. When we talk about things that happen now – at this moment – we can use the Present Continuous tense.

How to form the Present Continuous tense

There are three parts to this tense:

1. Subject / Subject pronoun
2. Verb "to be"
3. Verb + ing

Use the verb "to be" as the auxiliary for questions and negatives (NOT do / does).

Here are the ways you can form affirmative, negative and questions in the Present Continuous:

Affirmative sentences

I am working
You are working
He / She / It is working
We are working
They are working

Negative sentences

I am not / I'm not working
You are not / You aren't working
He / She / It is not / He / She / It isn't working
We are not / We aren't working
They are not / They aren't working

Questions

Am I working?
Are you working?
Is he / Is she / Is it working?
Are we working?
Are they working?

Spelling rules

When the verb ends in a single vowel and consonant, double the consonant before adding -ing:
run = running
sit = sitting

When the verb ends in -e, delete the -e and add -ing:
make = making
write = writing

But if the verb ends -ee, don't delete the -e:
agree = agreeing

Some verbs that end -ie change to -y + ing
die = dying
tie = tying
lie = lying

The competition consists of 4 rounds.

1. Presentation of groups

2. Writing the -ing forms of the words.

3. What are they doing?

4. Make things speak.

Our honourable jury will put and count the number of the right answers. They have evaluation cards on their table. Every right answer gives one point to your group.

Well, we have revised the grammar rules of the Present Continuous Tenses and now we are ready to start our competition. As you see we have two groups.

1. Presentation of groups. The leaders of the groups will introduce themselves and their group.

2. Writing the -ing forms of the words.

Rain – raining

Work – working

Eat – eating

Read –reading

Write – writing

Clean – cleaning

Do – doing

Put – putting

Swim – swimming

Sit – sitting

Wait – waiting

Walk – walking

Come – coming

Play – playing

Speak – speaking

Climb – climbing

Sing – singing

Stop – stopping

Run – running

Skip – skipping

3. What are they doing? You should describe the actions.

Each group will be given 5 pictures.

4. Make the things speak. Participants will make up sentences and act out them using necessary things in the classroom.

1. I am playing with a ball.

2. She is writing a letter.

3. He is reading a book.

4. The girl is talking on the phone.

5. The boy is singing a song.

6. Asem is pouring tea.

7. Omar is drinking a cup of tea.

8. My classmate is writing the date on the blackboard.

9. We are dancing now.

10. My friend is eating an apple.

Our competition is over. I ask our honorable jury to give their total marks to each team and reward the teams.

Good bye, thank you for your participation!