SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
A.
Illustration
My
name is Sarah. I am in New York. I am
having a very good time in New York. It’s Sunday and it’s sunny and warm.
Now it’s ten in the morning and we are in Park. I am sitting under a big tree, I am
listening to my phone… and I am
writing to you, of course. My Twin Rusian cousins Rosemary and Bruni are here with us, They are reading a comic. They're very
pretty. They’re tall and slim and They have got long wavy brown hair. Their parents
are in Toronto.
My father is
reading The New York Times, a newspaper. My mother is playing with my younger brother Jimmy
on the grass and they are eating corn. There are many people in the yard. Some women are jogging, two men are
walking their dogs, and two old man are
skating! And he can do that quiet well. We often come to this fantastic yard, in this wonderful city because we are
relaxing here. But sometimes we visit other interesting places: museums,
shops, galleries, etc…
The present continuous tense is most often used
for the following:
Ø
For
actions that happening now
Ø
For
future arrangements
1. For actions that happening now
When we want
to talk about an action that is happening now or at this time (and is
unfinished), we use the present continuous tense. We also use this tense to make clear the action is temporary.
Example,
Ø Sorry,
she can't come to the phone right now; she is having a bath.
Ø Look!
Someone is trying to break into your car.
Ø This
work is good! Your handwriting is getting better and better.
Ø I'm
wearing these old trousers to school this week, as we're doing a pottery course
and it's very messy work!
Ø Of
course she likes you. You're just being stupid!
Ø Where's
John? - He's playing soccer in the sports hall.
2.
For
future arrangements
We
usually use the present continuous tense for future events and have already
been arranged:
Example,
Ø I'm meeting my mother at the
airport tomorrow.
Ø Our grandmother is visiting
us at Christmas.
Ø Sorry, I can't stay after school
today; I'm playing tennis with Jun-Sik.
Ø My mother's going to the
dentist tomorrow.
Ø I'm not going home at
Christmas, so I can come to your party after all!
3. To
express annoyance at repeated actions
Usually the
simple present is used for repeating actions. For example, He always gets up
before 7 o'clock, but .. the present continuous is the correct choice when
the speakers want to express annoyance at a repeated action. (Note how often
the word "always" is used in such statements):
Example,
Ø You
are always interrupting me when I'm talking and I don't like it!
Ø She's
always tapping her pencil on the desk and it's getting on my nerves!
Ø My
ESL teacher's always giving detentions; how can anyone be so
mean?
Ø I'm
getting tired of you always coming late to class.
The pattern of
present continuous tense in affirmative;
Subject+ is/am/are+Ving+O/C
Example,
Ø
I’m
working overseas for the next two weeks
Ø
The climate is
changing rapidly
Ø
Jeff is
attending a new school next term
The pattern of
present continuous tense in negative;
Subject+ is/am/are+ Not+Ving+O/C
Example,
Ø
I’m not
working overseas for the next two weeks
Ø
The climate is
not changing rapidly
Ø
Jeff is not
attending a new school next term
The pattern of present continuous
tense in interrogative;
Is/am/are+ Subject+Ving+O/C?
Example,
Ø
Are you
working overseas for the next two weeks?
Ø
Is the
Climate changing rapidly?
Ø
Is Jeff attending
a new school next term?
4.
EXERCISE
1.
Make the words below into present
continuous phrase (positive, negative or a question).
a. (we/go to the cinema later)
______________________________
b. (they/work now)
_______________________________
c. (She/not/walk)
___________________________________
d. (he/learn new things)?
______________________________________
e. (when/he/start work)?
_______________________________________
f. (why/I/stay at home)? _______________________________________
g. (it/get dark)?
___________________________________________
h. (They/not/win)
__________________________________________
i.
(they/not/bring
a cake) ___________________________________________
j.
(the Cat/not/play with a ball) _______________________________________
2.
Now imagine that you are in a place
where there are many activities are occurring there! Talk about it!
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