The document provides examples of artworks and describes what the subjects are doing using the present continuous tense. It explains the structure of the present continuous as "verb to be + verb -ing" and then analyzes several famous paintings, asking "What are they/he/she doing?" and providing descriptions like "She is frying eggs," "They are working in the field," and "He is smoking a pipe." The purpose is to illustrate how to describe present, ongoing actions using the present continuous tense.

1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
The action is happening
at the time of speaking
Present
Van Gogh is painting
(in this moment)
The Painter of Sunflowers: Portrait of Vincent
van Gogh, Paul Gauguin (1888).
Oil on jute - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

3. • Structure:
– Verb to be +verb -ing
• Ex: eat----------------------eating
I am eating
She is eating
He is eating
We are eating
Etc…
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

4. What is the old woman doing?
She is frying eggs.
Old woman frying eggs,
Velázquez (1618)
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh.

5. What are they doing?
They are working in the field.
The Red Vineyard, Van Gogh (November 1888)
Oil on cavas - Pushkin Museum, Moscow. Sold to Anna Boch, 1890

6. What is Mona Lisa doing?
She is smiling.
Mona Lisa or La Gioconda, Leonardo Da Vinci
(1503–05/07)
Louvre, Paris, France

7. What is she doing?
She is thinking.
L'Arlésienne: Madame Ginoux with Books,
Van Gogh (November 1888).
Oil on canvas - Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York

8. The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci
(1498) Convent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie,
Milan, Italy
What are they doing?
They are eating/speaking.

9. What is he doing?
He is crying.
Sorrowing Old Man ('At Eternity's Gate'),
Van Gogh (1890).
Oil on canvas - Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

10. What are the prisoners doing?
They are walking.
The Round of the Prisoners (after Doré),
Van Gogh (1890).
Oil on canvas - Pushkin Museum, Moscow

11. What is Van Gogh doing?
He is smoking a pipe.
Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe,
Van Gogh (1889),
Oil on canvas - private collection

12. What are the crows doing?
They are flying.
Wheatfield with Crows, Van Gogh (1890).
Oil on canvas - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

13. What are they doing?
They are eating potatoes.
The Potato Eaters, Van Gogh (1885).
Oil on canvas - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

14. What are the peasants doing?
They are sleeping.
Sleeping Peasants, Pablo Picasso (1919),
Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper - Museum of Modern Art

15. What is the old guitarist doing?
He is playing the guitar.
The Old Guitarist, Picasso (1903)
Oil on panel - Chicago Art Institute

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