The document discusses the present continuous tense in English, which is used to talk about actions happening now. It provides the basic form of the present continuous as "be + verb+ing" and examples of its use. It also outlines two spelling rules for verbs in the -ing form - dropping the final 'e' and doubling the last letter for short verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant. Examples are given to demonstrate asking what someone is doing using the present continuous tense.
The document discusses the present continuous tense in English, which is used to talk about actions happening now. It provides the basic form of the present continuous as "be + verb+ing" and examples of its use. It also outlines two spelling rules for verbs in the -ing form - dropping the final 'e' and doubling the last letter for short verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant. Examples are given to demonstrate asking what someone is doing using the present continuous tense.
The document discusses the present continuous tense in English, which is used to talk about actions happening now. It provides the basic form of the present continuous as "be + verb+ing" and examples of its use. It also outlines two spelling rules for verbs in the -ing form - dropping the final 'e' and doubling the last letter for short verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant. Examples are given to demonstrate asking what someone is doing using the present continuous tense.
The document discusses the present continuous tense in English, which is used to talk about actions happening now. It provides the basic form of the present continuous as "be + verb+ing" and examples of its use. It also outlines two spelling rules for verbs in the -ing form - dropping the final 'e' and doubling the last letter for short verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant. Examples are given to demonstrate asking what someone is doing using the present continuous tense.
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Unit 5 - Present continuous
Present continuous – we use it to talk about things/actions which
are happening NOW. FORM: am, is, are + verb – ing am not, isn’t, aren’t + verb – ing She is writing now/at the moment. We aren’t drawing. SPELLING RULES: R1 – write -> writing We cut the “-E” when we add –ING. R2 – cut -> cutting, swim -> swimming If the verb is short and it ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, we double the last letter.
Ex A/pag 12 What are they doing?
- Two girls are dancing. - One boy is pointing. - One boy is sitting on a chair. - One boy is drinking juice/ is singing. - One boy is touching his face/ is talking/listening. - One girl is taking some juice. 6. My things ex D/pg 17 A: Betty’s keyboard - What colour is the keyboard? The keyboard is silver. - When did she get it? She got it last Saturday. - Is it new or old? It is new. - Who gave it to her? Her aunt gave it to her. - Where is it now? Now, it is upstairs.
H: - learn the rules - OB: ex C/15 - ONB: ex D/17 - B:Betty’s violin
