PRESENT

PROGRESSIVE

TENSESTUDENT

:Gordillo Valderrama, Kelly

Anshaly

TOPICS

• INTRODUCTION• HOMEWORK• PROCESS• EVALUATION• CONCLUSION • BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

The present progressive is formed by combining the verb "to be" with the present participle. (The present participle is merely the "-ing" form of a verb.)Present progressive can be used to describe what is happening now, or what will happen in the future.The present progressive tense indicates continuing action, something going on now. T

HOMEWORK

Look at the pictures of Sam´s family. What are they doing? Answer using the verbs given.  

    

  Dad and Mom are _________________________TV. Paul _____________________________ on the beach. Jin __________________________________ in the sea. Paul and Sarah ____________________________ reggae at the disc. Jim and Sarah ___________________________ old houses in the city.

USEFUL VERBS-Watching TV- visiting- lying down- dancing-Surfing

PROCESS

Actions happening at the moment of speaking:

Peter is reading a book now.Fixed plan in the near future:She is going to Basel on Saturday.Temporary actions:His father is working in Rome this month.Actions happening around the moment

of speaking (longer actions)My friend is preparing for his exams.TrendsMore and more people are using their computers to listen to music.Repeated actions which are irritating

to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)

Andrew is always coming late.

EVALUATION

Complete the sentences about the activities they are doing. Use the word bank. Look at the example.a) ________________ is the girl ____________ red tennis shoes and

sunglasses.b) Nelson is the man ____________________ the lines of the basketball

court.c) Peter is the boy ____________________ with a kite string in his right

hand.d) Tom and Sally are the children _______________________ a tree near

the soccer yard.e) Johanna is the girl in a blue skirt_________________________ the rope.f) Steve is the boy with a blue cap _______________________ a tree.

Wear- run- plant- paint- jump- climb

word bank

CONCLUSION

Subject+ verb to be  + infinitive + -ing + complement

Affirmative sentences: Subject+ verb tobe  + infinitive verb+ -ing + complement

Negative sentences: Subject+ verb tobe+ not  + infinitive verb + -ing + complement

Questions: verb to be  + Subject+  infinitive verb+ -ing + complement

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/pres_pro.htm

BIBLIOGRAPHY