Unit III

English I – Debbie Vargas

What are you doing now?
Watch the video and be prepared to answer the question:

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Contents:

Present Continuos (+ - ?)
Simple Present: (+ - ?)
Verb Phrases
The Weather – Seasons of the year
Like (verb + ing)
The date, ordinal numbers

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Pay attention!
o You are reading an interesting book.

o I am studying English right now.

o My brother is drinking milk.

o They are walking to school now.

o Katherine is doing gymnastics.

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Pay attention!
o You are not reading an interesting book.

o I am not studying English right now.

o My Brother is not drinking milk.

o They are not walking to school now.

o Katherine is not doing gymnastics.

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Pay attention!

o Are you reading an interesting book?

o Am I studying English right now?

o Is my brother drinking milk?

o Are they walking to school now?

o Is Katherine doing gymnastics?

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Present Continuous Tense
• The Present Continuous verb tense, indicates that an action or situation
is happening now.

• Something you are going to do.

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Grammar Structure

(+) Subject + am/is/are + Verb (ing) + Complement

My friend is watching television at the moment.

(-) Subject + am/is/are (not) + Verb (ing)+ Complement

My friend is not watching television at the moment.

(?) am/is/are + Subject + Verb (ing)+ Complement + ?

Is my friend watching television at the moment? 👍
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Grammar Structure

(+) Subject + am/is/are + Verb (ing) + Complement

I’m speaking French.

My friend is watching television at the moment.
We are learning English now.

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Grammar Structure

(-) Subject + am/is/are (not) + Verb (ing)+ Complement

I’m not speaking French.

My friend is not watching television at the moment.
We aren’t learning English now.

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Grammar Structure

(?) am/is/are + Subject + Verb (ing)+ Complement + ?

Am I speaking French?
Is my friend watching television at the moment?
Are you learning English now?

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Write the – ing form of the verbs:

▹ Study: __________ ▹ Think: _________

▹ Live: __________ ▹ Drink: __________

▹ Eat: _________ ▹ Run: ________

▹ Sing: _________ ▹ Make: _________

▹ Do: _________ ▹ Speak: __________

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Reorder the sentences into the Present Continuous:

▹ 1.- having/Robert and I/a lesson now/are

▹ 2.- Alice/ her new business/is/starting

▹ 3.- am/in the classroom/I/studying

▹ 4.- you/living/in England at the moment/are

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 Reorder the sentences into the Present Continuous:

▹ 1.- having/not/Robert and I/a lesson now/are

▹ 2.- Alice/ her new business/is/starting/not

▹ 3.- am/in the classroom/not/I/studying

▹ 4.- not/you/living/in England at the moment/are

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 Reorder the sentences into the Present Continuous:

▹ 1.- having/?/Robert and I/a lesson now/are

▹ 2.- ?/Alice/her new business/is/starting

▹ 3.- am/in the classroom/I/studying/?

▹ 4.- you/living/?/in England at the moment/are

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Pay attention to the video!

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CONTRAST BETWEEN SIMPLE

PRESENT AND PRESENT
CONTINUOUS TENSES

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Contrast “Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses”:

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thanks!
ANY QUESTIONS?

You can find me at:

debbie.vargas@uacademia.cl

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