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present continuous the present continuous is mainly used to express the idea that something is happening at the moment of speaking the present continuous also describes activities generally in progress not at the moment another use of the tense is to talk about temporary actions or future plans use 1 present actions 2 temporary actions 3 longer actions in progress 4 future personal arrangements and plans 5 tendencies and trends 6 irritation present actions most often we use the present continuous tense to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking examples he is eating a dinner mary is talking with her friends they are swimming in the pool affirmative i m sleeping you re sleeping he s sleeping she s sleeping it s sleeping we re sleeping you re sleeping they re sleeping negative i m not sleeping you aren t sleeping he isn t sleeping she isn t sleeping it isn t sleeping we aren t sleeping you aren t sleeping they aren t sleeping interrogative am i sleeping are you sleeping is he sleeping is she sleeping is it sleeping are we sleeping are you sleeping are they sleeping?

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p. 2

present continuous exercise 1 complete the chart below with the correct tense the verb in parents is given 1 what is she doing she read a book 2 what is she doing she have a drink 3 what are they doing they dance

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p. 3

4 what is he doing he write a letter 5 what is he doing he work 6 what are they doing they watch the eclipse.

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p. 5

exercise 1 present continuos 1 she is reading a book 2 she is having a drink 3 they are dancing 4 he is writing a letter 5 he is working 6 they are watching the eclipse.

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