{"id":1032,"date":"2018-09-17T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2018-10-28T16:12:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T15:12:28","slug":"present-continuous-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/?p=1032","title":{"rendered":"Present continuous tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/In-the-garden1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1037\" title=\"In the garden\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/In-the-garden1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>WHAT ARE THEY DOING?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We use <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">the present continuous<\/span><\/strong> to talk about about <strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">current actions<\/span><\/strong>, about what your are doing <span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>right now, at the moment.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Look at the picture &#8211; what are the ducks doing? What is Mr. Green doing?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/image.slidesharecdn.com\/ova-151027010131-lva1-app6891\/95\/present-continuous-1-638.jpg?cb=1445907747\" alt=\"WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS? \" width=\"469\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The present continuous is very easy, you just need the verb <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>to be<\/strong><\/span> and the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">-ing form<\/span><\/strong>. Let&#8217;s practice!<br \/>\nWe use the present continuous to <strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">describe pictures, scenes etc. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>The birds <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">are singing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>The cat <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is climbing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Paul <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is watering<\/span> flowers.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Grandfather <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is sleeping.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Grandmother <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is drinking<\/span> tea.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Mrs Green <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is listening <\/span>to the radio.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Mr Green <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is reading<\/span> a newspaper.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Simon <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is leaning<\/span> on the table.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Mike <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is cleaning<\/span> the window.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>The girls <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">are playing<\/span> with dolls.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>The ducks <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">are swimming<\/span> in the pool.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">See? Everything<\/span><em> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is happening<\/span> <\/em><span style=\"color: #000000\">right in front of your eyes\u00a0\u2212 you can see Paul, the girls &#8230;, you can &#8220;hear&#8221; the birds, the radio &#8230;, e. g. <\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">Look! <\/span><\/strong>Grandfather <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">is sleeping<\/span>. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">Listen!<\/span><\/strong> The birds <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">are singing.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isabelperez.com\/happy\/tenses\/exercises\/pres_cont_quest1.htm\">this exercise.<br \/>\n<\/a>This one is <a href=\"http:\/\/web2.uvcs.uvic.ca\/elc\/studyzone\/330\/grammar\/pcont1.htm\">not difficult.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Now do the following exercises:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english-4u.de\/pres_prog_ex1.htm\">exercise 1<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> (* progressive = continuous)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english-4u.de\/pres_prog_ex2.htm\">exercise 2<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclecticenglish.com\/grammar\/PresentContinuous1F.html\">exercise 3<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isabelperez.com\/happy\/tenses\/exercises\/present_cont_1.htm\">exercise 4<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isabelperez.com\/happy\/tenses\/exercises\/present_cont_2.htm\">exercise 5<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isabelperez.com\/happy\/tenses\/exercises\/pres_cont_quest1.htm\">exercise 5<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ego4u.com\/en\/cram-up\/grammar\/present-progressive\/form\/exercises?form04\">exercise 6<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; WHAT ARE THEY DOING? We use the present continuous to talk about about current actions, about what your are doing right now, at the moment. 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