English

Lecture#04
Unit#15 (Grammar Book)
The Present continuous tense
And
The past continuous tense
 Review
Page #105 • Present Continuous tense
• Past Continuous tense
• Present Continuous Tense.
Present continuous tense used to talk about
actions or behaviour that are in progress now
• Past Continuous Tense.
Past continuous tense refers to those actions that
were happening for a particular time in the past.
 Helping Verbs !
Present Cont. Past Cont.

is was
(he, she, it) (he, she, I, it)

are were
(we, they , you) (we, they , you)

I
(am)
 Form of
Verb
4 form of verb
TH

is used in both 4 form

th

tenses
Structure of sentence:
Present Continuous
Positive:
Subject + is/am/are + 4th form + object + .

He is playing football.
 Negative :
Subject + is/am/are +not + 4th form + object + .

They are not learning the lesson.

 Interrogative :
Is/am/are + subject + 4 form + object
th
+?

Are the players playing the cricket ?

 Past Continuous
Positive:
Subject + was/were + 4th form + object + .

They were writing a story.

 Negative :
Subject + was/were +not + 4th form + object + .

He was not speaking the truth.

 Interrogative :
Was/Were + subject + 4 form
th
+ object +?

Were they offering the prayer ?

Think and tell some sentences about
the picture in
Present Continuous Tense.
 Sara Maria

Fatima Farwa
Ali
Write a sentence for each picture given
below:

1. Past Continuous ( positive)

They were walking.

2.
Past Continuous ( interrogative)
Was the bird flying?

3. Present Continuous ( interrogative)

Is Ali playing football?
Written task !
Open
Exercise 31 of Pg.
107 of your
Grammar books.
 EXERCISE 31
Fill in the blanks with “is”, “are”, “was”, “were”.

is knocking at the door? Please answer it.

1. Who____

are
2. They _____sweeping the rooms and will be done soon.

was dashing across the road when a car appeared.

3. The stray cat _____

was sleeping soundly when the alarm clock rang suddenly.

4. I ______

are resting. They are tired.

5. The workers _____

were working in the field, they saw poisonous snake.

6. While they _______

is dog barking? Is there a stranger at the door?

7. Why __the 107
 is approaching the airport now.
8. The plane ___

was washing his taxi.

9. The driver found a wallet while he _____

are training hard for the basketball match.

10. The players ____

is talking in the room? Is it Jane?

11. Who __

was walking home when a dog suddenly rushed at me.

12. I _____

is no longer raining.
13. You can leave now, it __

was day-dreaming when the teacher called him.

14. Jacky _____

was still moving.

15. The robber jumped off the train while it _____
 EXERCISE 32
Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box. Use each once only.
is talking was crying is falling
was returning is singing was writing
are sleeping were cheering are enjoying
were painting are reading were doing
were cheering
1. The spectators ____________ very loudly during the match last night.
is talking to the students in the hall now.
2. The principal ________
3. Move away. The tree_______
is falling.
were doingour work when a stranger walked in.
4. We __________
5. Amy _________
was cryingwhen we saw her at the bus stop.
6. Who ________
is singingon the stage? Her voice is so sweet.
are reading Please do not disturb them.
7. The students __________.
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 was returninghome when she was robbed.
8. Mrs. Smith ____________
9. I was writinga letter in my room when the lights went out suddenly.
__________
are sleeping Please talk softly .
10. My parents ___________.
are enjoyingthemselves very much.
11. The children looked happy. I think they ___________
were paintingthe wall when it suddenly collapsed.
12. They ____________
.
Task to do!

Learn and Practice helping verb

table of present and past tense on
rough register.