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Preposition of time.

A preposition of time is a preposition that allows you to discuss a specific time


period such as a date on the calendar, one of the days of the week, or the actual
time something takes place.

To be more specific:

We use AT to discuss clock times.

Examples:

• I have a meeting at 9am.


• School starts at 8:30.
• We are going to leave at 4pm.

We use IN to discuss months, seasons, years

Examples:

• I visited Italy in July.


• Birds often migrate in spring and autumn.
• My grandmother was born in 1926.

We use ON to discuss certain days of the week

Examples:

• Many shops don't open on Sundays.


• I have visited my cousin on Monday.
• I will return it to you on Wednesday.
Present continuous.
The Present continuous is used to show that an ongoing action is happening
now, either at the moment of speech or now in a larger sense.
The present continuous is formed using (be in the present simple) am/is/are
+ the main verb + the –ing. (I’m talking, she is playing, we are dancing…)
If the main verb ends with an –e we drop the –e then we add –ing.
Examples:
• Leave=> leaving
• Make=> making
• Take=> taking
• Love=> loving
• Like=> liking
If the main verb ends with a consonant+ vowel+ consonant (CVC), we double
the last consonant.
Examples:
• Get=> getting
• Run=> running
• Stop=> stopping
• Sit=> sitting
• Swim=> swimming
• Begin=> beginning
Table of the present continuous (verb to do)

Affirmative Negative Question

I’m doing… I’m not doing… Am I doing..?


You are doing… You aren’t doing… Are you doing…?
He/she/it is doing… He/she/it isn’t doing… Is he/she/it doing…?
We are doing… We aren’t doing… Are we doing…?
You are doing… You aren’t doing… Are you doing…?
They are doing… They aren’t doing… Are they doing…?

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