The document provides information and examples about using the present continuous tense in English. It discusses how the present continuous is used to describe actions happening now or around the present time. It provides spelling rules for forming verbs with "-ing" and examples of positive and negative sentences in the present continuous. Questions forms and exercises for practice using the tense are also included.

1. PRESENT CONTINOUS

2. Language in context
 Man: Where are you?
 Woman: I’m at work.
 Man: what are you doing?
 Woman: I am writing a letter to my friend. I am telling him about my life and my new job.
 Man: Are you using the computer?
 Woman: No, I am not using the computer because I like to hand write letters. My hand is getting
tired though

3. Uses
 The Present Continuous is used for actions happening right now.
 2. The Present Continuous is also used for processes happening around the present time.
 3. The Present Continuous is also used for description of pictures.

4. Look at these examples sentences and
questions
 We are studying English. • You are using a computer. • It is raining today. • I am working in Paris
this month. • The world is turning.
 • I am not studying. • You are not studying. • She is not studying. • He is not studying. • It is not
studying.
 • Are you listening to music? • Are they coming to the party right now? • Is he working hard? • Is
she typing fast on the computer? • Are we preparing the lunch? • What are you doing? • Where is
she working? • Why are they working here?
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5. Spelling rules to form verbs with -ing
 To make the -ing form, also known as the present participle, we usually add -ing to the verb. For
example: - study - studying - eat - eating - jump – jumping
 2. For verbs ending in -e, we leave out the -e and add -ing. For example: - write - writing: NOT
writeing - skate - skating: NOT skateing.
 3. For verbs ending in a vowel and a consonant, we usually double the last consonant and add -ing.
For example: - run - running: NOT runing - cut - cutting: NOT cuting
 4. For verbs ending in -ie we change the -ie to -y and add -ing. For example: - lie - lying: NOT lieing

7.  For ”Wh” questions, just put the question word at the beginning:
 Wh Questions
 Why am I eating chocolate?
 What are you studying now?
 What is she doing?
 Why is it barking?
 Who are we looking for?
 How are they travelling?

8. Make the Present Continuous: Positive and Negative
 1. I/study at the moment
 2. I/not/sleep
 3. You/play tennis
 4. We/watch TV
 5. She/not/work in Spain
 6. He/not/wait for the bus

9. Make the Present Continuous: Positive and Negative
 7. We/not/go to the cinema right now
 8. We/study French
 9. They/live in London
 10. He/walk to school now
 11. They/read a book
 12. You/not/type on the computer
 13. She/eat chocolate

10. Make the Present Continuous: Positive and Negative
 14. I/not/live in Paris
 15. They/not/leave now
 16. He/work in a restaurant now
 17. I/not teach math right now
 18. She/not drink tea now
 19. She/play the guitar
 20. We/cook delicious food

11. Make the Present Continuous: Yes/No and
Wh-questions
 1. you/smoke?
 2. he/play/tennis?
 3. you/go/shopping?
 4. you/drink wine?
 5. she/work/in an office at the moment?
 6. they/study/Portuguese?
 7. you/listen to/rock music?
 8. you/read now?
 9. she/live/in London?

12. Make the Present Continuous: Yes/No and
Wh-questions
2. why/they/study?
3. who/he/wait for?
4. what/you/drink now?
5. what/I/think?
6. what/Pedro/learn?
7. where/you/play baseball?
8. where/she/stay now?
9. what/you/do?
10. how/she/feel right now?

13. Complete the conversation. Then, practice it
with your classmate
 Rosanna: Hi, John. Nice to see you. What ______________ (do) these days? John: Hi, Rosanna. I
__________________ (work) in a hotel near the beach. I ___________ (enjoy) it a lot because it's so
interesting. And you? _____________ (still study) French at college? Rosanna: Yes, but I _____________
(no/learn) much because we have to work and I don’t have time. However, one good thing is that I
________ (write) to a French boy who lives in Marseilles. It helps with my French. ____________ (go) to
work now? John: No, I _____________ (go) to the supermarket to do some shopping. Do you want to
come with me? Rosanna: I can't, sorry. I ____________ (go) to a cafe to meet my friend Melissa. She
___________ (help) me with my thesis. I will phone you tomorrow. John: OK, speak to you tomorrow.
Bye.