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Area English Grade Eighth

Workshop 8 Date August 3rd – 14th

Unit Geography
Understanding goal Students will understand that present continuous is used to describe
images, pictures and actions that are occurring now.
Performance of understanding Students use correctly the present continuous negative and interrogative
structure to describe actions that are occurring now.
Time 100 minutes

PRESENT CONTINUOUS- NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

Exploration:
1. Write two (2) sentences about, what are you doing at the moment?
Example:
I am watching TV at the moment.
a. _I am doing tasks at the moment
b. I am using the computer at the moment
2. Write two (2) sentences about, what is your family doing at the moment?
Example:
My mom is reading a magazine
Grandma: My mom is walking the dog right now
Dad: I don’t know where my dad is

Clarification:
1. Look at your English book, Everything 2b, students’ book page 15 (Picture 1) and solve exercise 4,
points 1, 2 and 3.
2. In your English notebook, put the words in the correct order to form negative and interrogative
sentences in present continuous.
Example:
is / My / not / sleeping. / dad My dad is not sleeping.
You / preparing / are / the / dinner / ? / Are you preparing the dinner?
a. is / singing / beautiful / Jack / a / not / song
Jack is not singing beautiful a song
b. are / my / parents / reading /?/ a book
My parents are reading a book?
c. not / listening to / am / music / I
I am not listening to music
d. are / high / climbing / you / not / mountain /a
You are not climbing high a mountain
e. making / we / a / are / dress / ? /

we are making a dress?

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar explanation of present continuous- affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences
2. Grammar reference Everything 2a page 18
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Explanation chart:
Look at the structure of the negative sentences.
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + NOT + MAIN VERB + ING + COMPLEMENT
Example:
- I am not speaking English in this moment.
- He is not washing his hands right now.
Negative Structure
SUBJECT VERB TO NOT MAIN VERB WITH ING COMPLEMENT
BE
I am not speaking French
He / She / It is not Washing his hands
You / We / They are not cleaning the room

Look at the structure of the interrogative sentences.

VERB TO BE + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB + ING + COMPLEMENT + QUESTION MARK (?)
Example:
- Am I speaking French in this moment?
- Is he washing his hand right now?

Interrogative Structure
VERB TO BE SUBJECT MAIN VERB COMPLEMEN QUESTION
(AM - IS - ARE) WITH ING T MARK
Am I speaking French ?
Is She, He, It washing his hands ?
Are We, You, They cleaning the bathroom ?

Application:
1. In your English notebook, complete the table changing the given sentences into affirmative, negative or
interrogative according to the case.
AFFIRMATIVE
Example:
Tatiana is calling his
boyfriend.
I am dancing at the party.
Are they working now
You are jogging in the park
He is writing a letter to his
mother.
I am charging my cellphone
NEGATIVE
Tatiana isn’t calling his
boyfriend.
I am not dancing at the party
They are not working now
You aren’t jogging in the park.
He is not writing a letter to his
mother
I am not charging my
cellphone
INTERROGATIVE
Is Tatiana calling his
boyfriend?
Am dancing at the party?
Are they working now?
Are you jogging in the park?
He is writing a letter to his
mother?
Am I charging my cellphone?

2. Read the following paragraph, highlight unless five (5) present continuous sentences (affirmative) and
circle the friendly words.

3. Create an original title for it.

dilemmas caused by caurentena

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar explanation of present continuous- affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences
2. Grammar reference Everything 2a page 18
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4.

5. Now the children are not all at the school. Amy is sewing, she is practicing. She is sitting on
a bench. Suddenly, Timmy arrives and ask her: “Is mom sitting here?”
6. As mom is not there, he takes the place while he is studying online. He wishes he could play
with the other children, instead he is learning about science.
7. John and Susan are not taking classes from their school. They are playing outside. They are
picking flowers for their mom. John is carrying his hat. Susan is wearing a bonnet. At this
moment, Sarah, her neighbor, is walking by the door, but she is seeing them, she is helping
someone as she is carrying textbooks and a doll.
Retrieved from: https://www.really-learn-english.com/support-files/present-progressive-story-3.pdf and modified.
Red: friendly words
Blue: affirmative sentences
8. Rewrite the sentences you chose as negative and interrogative sentences.
Example:
She is seeing them. - She is not seeing them - Is she seeing them?
She is sitting on a bench- Is mom sitting here?
Criteria of assessment:
Criteria ✔/X How can it be improved?
Students use correctly the negative structure of
present continuous tense.
Students use correctly the interrogative structure
of the present continuous tense.
Students identify the present continuous
sentences (affirmative structure) in a text.
Students organize the application evidences and
present them clearly (made in the notebook or in
a Word document).
The students deliver the workshop on time
according to the teacher’s instructions.

PICTURES
PICTURE 1

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar explanation of present continuous- affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences
2. Grammar reference Everything 2a page 18
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Retrieved from: Everything 2b, workbook, page 15.

What can I do if I don’t understand? / (Y si no entiendo, ¿qué puedo hacer?)

1. Identify the friendly words. (Words in English that look similar to Spanish)
2. Highlight the unknown words. (New words in English)
3. Use the dictionary to understand the unknown words and write these new words in your English
notebooks.
4. Ask to one of your family members for help to understand the information in the workshop.-
5. Contact your English teacher. Each school has established how.
Vocabulary:
IS / ARE / AM : está / …..ING: ando, endo- / SLEEPING: durmiendo

Designed by: Revised by: Approved by:

Yazmin Zambrano Mariangelica Chavez Judith Alvarez

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar explanation of present continuous- affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences
2. Grammar reference Everything 2a page 18