16. Structure
The Present Continuous Tense
Subject verb to be verb 1
I aming eating.
You are playing.
We are shopping.
They are singing.
He is talking.
She is reading.
It is sitting.
17. The Present Continuous Tense
Subject verb to be verb 1
ing
At the time of speaking
We use the Present Continuous
when we talk about something
happening at the time of speaking.
Examples:
The boy is writing on the board now. The teacher is looking at
the boy at the moment.
18. Example:
What are you doing?
• I am making a gift box.
• I am eating chocolate.
19. Example:
What are we going to
prepare for him, Emily?
He's going to go
down the chimney.
20. Conversation
what do you want from
Santa this year ?
Man Emily Micky
21. Well, Christmas is almost
here. So, what do you want
from Santa this year?
Man
A toy car and walkie-talkies.
Micky
22. Really? Well, and what about
you, Emily? What do you want for
Christmas?
Man
If I can't have a Barbie radio, um,
I would have some fragile dolls.
And if I can't have some fragile
dolls, it doesn't really matter what I
get.
Emily
23. Wow. Well, I'm excited, and
Santa is coming. And how
is Santa going to get inside
the house, Micky?
Man
Um, go down the chimney..
Micky
24. Okay, so he's going to go down the
chimney, and should we prepare
anything for Santa?
Man
Yeah!
Micky
25. What are we going to prepare for
him, Emily?
Man
Um. We could prepare some cookies
for him and some hot
chocolate, and, um, we could give
Rudolph some, um, hot chocolate in a
bowl and a cookie.
And we could give some of the
reindeer some cookies and some hot
Emily
chocolate in a bowl.
26. Well, what do you think?
They, Um, reindeer probably don't
eat cookies, but what else could we
give them, Micky?
Man
Um, apples.
Micky