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Q1 - LESSON 2 Student’s name: ………………………………………………... Class: 6B

PHIẾU LÝ THUYẾT NGỮ PHÁP

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(LƯU HÀNH NỘI BỘ)

USAGE
● Unfinished actions now (actions happening now, at the moment of speaking)
He is reading a book right now.

● Temporary situations (actions happening around now, but not at the actual moment of
speaking)
She is practising for a concert these days. (She's not practising right now: she's resting.)

● Annoying habits (with ‘always’ for actions happening too often and about which we wish to
express our annoyance or criticism)
‘You’re always interrupting me!’ (annoyance)

● Definite future plans (fixed arrangements in the near future)

He is flying to Milan in an hour. (It's been arranged.)

FORM
(+) S + am/is/are + V-ing… (-) S + am/is/are not + V-ing… (?) Am/is/are + S + V-ing…?

Statement Negative Question

I am (’m) playing… I am not (’m not) playing… Am I playing...?
He/she/it is(’s) playing… He/she/it is not (isn’t/’s not) Is he/she/it playing...?
You/we/they are (’re) playing… Are you/we/they playing…?
playing… You/we/they are not (aren’t /’re
not) playing…
HELPFUL HINTS
The present continuous is often used with the following words and phrases:
• now • right now • at the moment
• today • this week/month/year • etc.

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 -ING SPELLING RULES
Usually we just add -ing to the base verb.
E.g: play → playing, see → seeing, work → working
VERB ENDING SPELLING RULE EXAMPLES

Consonant + e Drop the -e and add -ing dance → dancing

move → moving

Vowel + e Add -ing see → seeing

agree → agreeing

consonant + (stressed) Double the last letter and add begin → beginning
vowel + consonant (CVC) -ing run → running
get → getting
BUT: open → opening
visit → visiting

-ie Change ie → y and add -ing lie → lying

die → dying

(British English) -l Double the -l and add -ing travel → travelling

cancel → cancelling