English I Summer Course Present Continuous

Use the Present Continuous with normal verbs to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment.

To make a statement in the present continuous we need the present of verb to be (AM/IS/ARE) + the -ing form of the verb we want to use

          I AM READING a book
          She IS DRIVING a red car
          They ARE HAVING a shower

To make negative sentences we just add NOT after verb to be.

          I am not reading a book
          She is not driving a red car
          They are not having a shower

To make questions we just place the verb to be before the subject.

          Are you reading a book?
          Why is she driving a red car?
          Are they having a shower?

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English exercise for Tuesday January 29, 2013 o

n your notebook please:

1. 1.      Everyday Sally_____ _(drive) her kids to the football practice.
2. 2.      Shhhhh! BE quiet John ___________(sleep).
3. 3.      Don´t forget to take your umbrella it ________(rain).
4. 4.      I hate living in Seattle, it ___________(always/rain).
5. 5.      I´m sorry I can´t hear what you___________(say) because there is so much noise here.
6. 6.      Jim: do you want to go out for dinner tonight?       Denisse:   Oh, I´m sorry, I can´t. I (go)__________ to a movie tonight with some friends.
7. 7.      Where´s Alan?   He___________(play) basketball at the schoolyard.
8. 8.      We______(read) a lot of Cervantes books.
9. 9.      The water for the tea_______(boil). Look!
10. 10.  The moon (go)_________around the Earth.