The document discusses the present progressive tense in English, which is used to describe actions that are in progress or happening now. It provides examples of verbs in the -ing form in the present progressive, discusses time expressions that can be used with the tense, provides questions and negative forms, and discusses some verbs that cannot be used in the present progressive because they describe a state of being rather than an action. It also notes some verbs that can be used either statively or actively.

1. The
Present Progressive
Tense
To be + -ing

2. The Present Progressive
describes actions that
are happening now,
are in progress at the moment
of speaking,
are unfinished,
are not completed. They could
be temporary actions.

3. Spelling rules:
 Work working
 Write writing
 Tie tying
 Run running
 Listen listening
 Permit permitting
 Allow allowing
 Fix fixing

4. Give the –ing form of these
verbs
Come grow
look study
die ski
mix whisper
prefer

5. Temporary situations
happening at the moment of
speaking
 They are singing.

6. Temporary actions over a
longer period of time.
 They are enjoying
themselves these
days.
 They are relaxing
this summer.
 They are spending
a lot of time
together these
days.

7. What is he doing?

8. What is she doing?

9. What are they doing?

10. Time expressions
these days
now, right now
today, tonight
this week, this semester
this month, this year

11. I’m taking
you’re taking
he’s taking
we’re taking
they’re taking
I’m not talking
you’re not talking
you aren’t talking

12. Questions
Are you studying English this
semester?
Are they enjoying themselves
at the party?
Who is coming with me?
What are you doing?

13. What are you doing now?
What are you studying this
semester?
Are you taking a class with Mr.
Duffis?
Are you dieting this week?
Are you eating a lot these
days?
Where are you going on
vacation this summer?

14. Verbs with stative meaning
describe states not actions:
feel, forget, know, remember, think,
understand, need, want, love, have, hear,
see, smell, taste, be, cost, look, seem,
sound, weigh, hate, prefer, like, etc.

15. Verbs that express a state of
being cannot be used in the
progressive tense. They
describe a state or quality that
we do not expect to change.

16. Martha is being rude today.
Martha is a nice person.
The soup tastes delicious.
Mother is tasting the soup.
I think BCC is a wonderful
school. I am thinking seriously
about going there.

17. Many verbs can have both a
stative or an active use: smell,
think, have, taste, look, see.
He has a beautiful house. He
is having dinner
with his family.

18. Common expressions with
have describe an experience:
have fun
have problems
have a good time
have dinner
have trouble with
have difficulty with

19. Use the correct verb form
1. How much ______ the baby ______(weigh)
now?
2. She _______ (look) like her father.
3. Listen! ______ she ________(cry)?
4. I _________ (not hear) anything.
5. She _________ (not sleep) right now.
6. The Smiths already _______ (have) two boys.

20. The end!