Present Progressive (continuous)
Past ----------- now ---------- future
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Present Progressive means something that happening now at this moment
The rule
If we have Verb to be we have to think of ing
Verb to be (is, am, are)
Pronoun (he, she, they …)
subject + verb to be + verb +ING
Noun (pronoun) + Verb to be = Verb+ing
Present continuous: Affirmative
I am writing <<= that happening right now
I am eating
you are eating
(He, She, it) is eating
(We, You, They) are eating
Interrogative... How we can make questions
We have to move the Verb to be to the beginning of the sentence
am I writing? << = Questions
Am I eating?
Is (He, She, it) eating?
Are (We, You, They) eating?
Negative… how we can make the sentence negative??
Simply we add not or thecontracted form
I am not writing <<= negative
I am not eating
(He, She, it) isn't eating
(We, You, They) aren’t eating
Signal words… it's the words that help us to find the correct answer
Now
At the moment
Look! , Listen
Test-Taking Strategies
The boys ____ to the gym everyday
a) going
b) go
c) goes
in this sentence we have everyday which make the sentence present simple so going not the correct answer here
and the boys are plural if it was singular we take goes
so the right answer is go
Sary is _____ to the radio right now
a) listening
b) listens
c) listen
present progressive (continuous) is something happening now
and we have right now in the sentence so the correct answer is listening
Mubarak and Huda usually_____ their parents
a) visits
b) visiting
c) visit
we have usually make the sentence present simple so Visiting not the correct answer
and Mubarak and Huda are plural and because of that Visit is the correct answer
Salim ___ a lexus car
a) drives
b) driving
c) drive
When we talk about 1 person we use the "S" so the correct answer is drives
Reem _____ to a new house
a) moving
b) is moving
c) move
we don’t have moves to choose since its 1 person and we need verb to be to make the sentence present continuous so the correct answer is " is moving "
Jamal _____ at 9.30pm
a) sleeping
b) sleep
c) sleeps
Jamal is 1 person so and this thing happen every day at 9.30pm
it's simple present and the correct answer is Sleeps
we _____ a new house
a) buy
b) are buying
c) buys
it's not a something we do every day so it's not simple present grammatically it's correct but the meaning is wrong so Buy not correct answer
and it's not buys because we do not we do not use "s" with we
so the correct answer is are buying
Maha _____ as a manager
a) working
b) works
c) work
It's a fact and 1 person and with 1 person we add the "s" so the correct answer is Works
I _____ drinking milkshakes
a) like
b) liking
c) likes
Liking something is a habit which means its simple present
So like is the correct answer
in the end watch this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Gw6MFRfLI
more details in this clip so watch it
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