Stret Life
1. Listen to the three conversations and answer the
questions.
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Conversation
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Who are they talking to?
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What do they say they are doing?
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Are they telling the truth or not
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1
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2
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3
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Listen and complete the sentences.
a) I---- for a bus.
b) I --- an important report for my boss.
c) I ---- home?
Grammar:present continuous.
1. We use the present continuous to talk about
actions happening now.
I'm using the computer at the moment. Ali isn't
here; he is working.
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We're staying in Montevideo this week. I am
reading a really interesting book.
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positive form
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I'm
He/she/it's
you/we/they're
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waiting.
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Negative form
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I'm not
he/she/it isn't
you/we/they aren't
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playing
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Question
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Am I
Is he/she/it
Are you/We/they
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working?
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Short answers
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Yes, I am.
Yes, he/she/it is.
Yes, you/we/they are.
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No, I'm not.
No, he/she/it isn't.
No, you/we/ they aren't.
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Look at the spelling rules for the-ing form.
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Verb
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Rule
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Examples
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Most verbs
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add-ing
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He's flying to South Africa
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Verbs ending with- e
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take away the -e
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They're living in Beijing.
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Verbs ending with consonannt+vowel+consont (one
syallables)
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double the final consonant(unless ends in w, x, y,)
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She's sitting here.
He's chatting to the old lady.
(wax-waxing, buying-buying, chew-chewing.
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3. Notice how we use the Present continuous with
question words.
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What
where
why
who
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am I
is she/he
are you/we/ they
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doing?
going?
eaiting?
talking to?
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Practice
1. Write the -ing forms for the following verbs.
eat get read play sit drive drink ride clean buy
2. Make true sentences for you. Then compare with a
partner.
a) I (sit) near the door.
b) I ( wer) trainers.
c) I (chew) gum.
d) I (hold) a pencil.
e) we (listen) to music.
f) I (wear) a jumper.
g) Our teacher (write) on the board.
h) We ( work) hard today.
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