SPORTS

UNIT 5

UNIT GOALS

TALK ABOUT ACTIVITIES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

COMPARE EVERYDAY AND PRESENT-TIME ACTIVITIES

DISCUSS ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

FORM

[am/is/are + present participle]

Examples:

You are watching TV.

Are you watching TV?

You are not watching TV.

MORE EXAMPLES

Examples:

You are learning English now.

You are not swimming now.

Are you sleeping?

I am sitting.

I am not standing.

Is he sitting or standing?

They are reading their books.

They are not watching television.

What are you doing?

Why aren't you doing your homework?

For more examples click on:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html

FOR MORE PRACTICE CLICK ON:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm

STATIVE VERBSStative verbs are verbs for FEELINGS, SENSES, EMOTIONS, AND MENTAL STATES

They do NOT describe actions that take place, but states!!!

I LIKE dancing, I hate smoking……

Download the full list of stative verbs here:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/stative-verbs-list.pdf

Practice some more here:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs-exercise.html