Lesson 7- Present Continuous - Positive

Remember It

The verb to be

Check you know the forms of this important little verb Read this

Vowels and Consonants

Check you know your alphabet Read this

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Learn It

Present continuous form=am/is/are + verb + ing (something is happening NOW)

You can use the short forms.

Am/Is/Are doing
"What am I doing?"			"I'm standing.
"What is he doing?"			"He's sitting.
"What is she doing?"			"She's walking.
"What is it doing?"			"It's running.
"What are they doing?"			"They're playing."
"What are we doing?"			"We're surfing the Internet.

More with Picture It

Try to guess what Mr Bean is doing (requires Macromedia Shockwave Player.)

Click on Mr Bean

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Spelling Tip:

Words ending in two consonants - add ing	To walk	walk + ing		walking
Words ending in two vowels + consonant.	To sleep	sleep + ing		sleeping
Words ending in vowel + g	To jog	jog + ging		jogging
Words ending in vowel + m	To swim	swim + ming		swimming
Words ending in vowel + n	To run	run + ning		running
Words ending in vowel + p	To shop	shop + ping		shopping
Words ending in vowel + t	To put	put + ting		putting
Words ending in ie	To die	d + ying		dying
Words ending in e	To phone	phon + ing		phoning

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Pronunciation - Short forms

Click on each word to hear the sound (requires Real Player Basic .)

	I am	I'm	I am not	I'm not
	He is	He's	He is not	He's not	He isn't
	She is	She's	She is not	She's not	She isn't
	It is	It's	It is not	It's not	It isn't
	You are	You're	You are not	You are'nt	You're not
	We are	We're	We are not	We aren't	We're not
	They are	They're	They are not	They are'nt	They're not