powerpoint presentation about present continuous

1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1º ESO B. UNIT 4.

2. VIDEO
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGkxRXamy7Y

4. Mark studies English every day. Mark is studying the present
continuous at the moment.
We usually go to Europe in the
summer.
Right now, we’re going to the
supermarket.
They always talk to their boss in
the morning.
They’re talking to him now.
Does it usually rain in the winter? No, but it’s raining now. Take an
umbrella.
EXAM
PLES

5. Present continuous:
USE
• An activity that is happening now (action in progress).
- You are paying attention to me.
- I’m talking about tenses.
•An activity or tendency that is currently happening:
- Are you still working for the same company?
- More and more people are becoming vegetarian.
• An activity or situation that is still in process but not
necessarily in the moment of speaking. Temporary actions.
- They are learning to drive this year.
- She is staying at a hotel at the moment.
- He usually plays the drums, but he's playing bass guitar today.

6. Present continuous:
STRUCTURE
• Affirmative
• Negative
• Interrogative
Subject Verb
I AM WATCHING TV.
YOU, WE, THEY ARE WATCHING TV.
HE, SHE, IT IS WATCHING TV.
Subject Verb
I AM NOT / ‘M NOT WATCHING TV.
YOU, WE, THEY ARE NOT / AREN’T WATCHING TV.
HE, SHE, IT IS NOT / ISN’T WATCHING TV.
Auxiliary Verb Subject Verb (main)
AM I WATCHING TV?
ARE YOU, WE, THEY WATCHING TV?
IS HE, SHE, IT WATCHING TV?

7. Present continuous:
TIME EXPRESSIONS
-At the moment, this year, at present, now,
tonight…(present use)
- I’m talking now.
- Sarah is staying at her friend’s house at the moment.

8. Present continuous:
exercise
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form of the Present
continuous.
1. John _____________ (read) a book now.
2. What _____________ (you do) tonight?
3. Jack and Peter ___________ (work) late today.
4. Silvia ______________ (not listen) to music.
5. Maria ____________ (sit) next to Paul.
6. How many other students ______________ (you study) with?
7. The phone _____________ (not ring).
8. Paul _____________ (take) the bus at the moment.
9. We _____________ (begin) a new course today.

9. Present simple or continuous?
1. John ___________ to Mary now (talk).
2. We ______________ television every night. (watch)
3. The children usually ________ to bed at nine o'clock. (go)
4. ______ ______a book at the moment?. (Richard read)
5. They ____________ to the theatre very often. (not go)
6. You ___________at the moment. (not study)
7. I _____________English, although I ____________at the
moment. (not speak) / (study)
8. I _________ in Valencia, though I _________ in Madrid at the
moment. (live) / (stay)
9. Paul ___________ in a hotel at the moment, although he
____________ his own apartment. (stay) / (have)
10. She __________ from Chile, though she _____________ in New
York just now. (come) / (live)

10. ACTIVITIES

12. LIVEWORKSHEETS
• https://www.liveworksheets.com/es/w/en/english-second-
language-esl/178500

13. https://www.baamboozle.com/game/884739

14. https://wordwall.net/es/resource/22330753/present-continuous-what-are-they-doing
GAMES
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
PICTIONARY:
HE IS MAKING A PIZZA HE IS CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN
HE IS PAINTING HIS HOUSE SHE IS DOING YOGA
HE IS WAITING FOR A BUS SHE IS LISTENING TO MUSIC
SHE IS TAKING PHOTOS THEY ARE PLAYING BADMINGTON
SHE IS RIDING A MOTORBIKE THEY ARE DRINKING WATER
THEY ARE DANCING SHE IS SENDING AN EMAIL
THEY ARE RUNNING THEY ARE HAVING DINNER

15. PRESENT CONTINUOUS MIME CARDS

16. https://www.eslkidsgames.com/esl-board-games-interactive/present-continuous
How to Play the Board Game:
Students take turns rolling the dice and moving their piece along the board. When a student lands on a
square they need to say what is happening in the picture using the present continuous. For example if
they land on the first space, the person on the bike, the student would have to say “The man/woman is
riding a bicycle” .

17. SPEAKING
https://eslflow.com/7-picture-based-present-continuous-tense-worksheets.html?utm_content=cmp-true