Present Progressive

1. Present Progressive Grammar lesson for 8th Grades By: montahahawaitah January 2012

2. Use There are several ways to express a specific action in the present. One of these forms is called Present Progressive. When an action takes place at this moment we use the Present Progressive.

3. Watch the movie then say 5 verbs Watch

4. Time Expressions • الان • في هذه اللحظة • في الوقت الحاضر • حاليا • انظر! • استمع! • اليوم • الليلة • بعد الظهر now at this moment at present right now Look! Listen! * today * tonight * this afternoon-

5. Present Continuous Afirmative

6. Present Continuous Interrogative

7. Present Continuous Negative

8. What are they doing?

10. They are boxing

12. He is cooking

14. He is doing judo

16. She is playing the violing

18. They are dancing

20. He is driving

22. He is falling down

24. He´s playing golf

25. spelling

26. Present Progressive 1. When a verb ends with ( e ) you have to omit the e and add ing. write – writing dance- dancing smile – smiling make – making

27. Present Progressive 1. When a verb ends with CVC you have to double the last letter. sit – sitting put – putting run – running cut – cutting

28. הווה ממושךPresent Progressive 3. If a verb ends with w / x / y, you don’t double the last letter. fix – fixing blow – blowing mix – mixing fly – flying

29. הווה ממושךPresent Progressive 3. When a verb ends with ( ie), you omit the (ie )and add ing. lie – lying tie – tying die – dying

30. exercises

31. Exercise 1: Add am / is /are: 1. I ___ going to the Zoo now. 2. She ___ translating from English into Russian. 3. They ___ walking in the park now. 4. The cat ___ eating meat now. 5. Helen ___ talking on the phone now. 6. The children ___ running at the stadium. 7. It ___ raining now. 8. Her father ___ watching TV at this moment.

32. Exercise 2: Negate the sentences: 1. We are discussing a difficult problem now. 2. I am learning a funny poem now. 3. The pupils are having history lesson. 4. Lis is sweeping the floor now. 5. He is playing computer games.

33. Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentences . Use the present progressive: 1. I open the door. 2. The cat sleeps on the bed. 3. The boys write the letters. 4. We sing songs. 5. He plays chess. 6. Helen and Bess cook dinner. 7. Jane talks on the phone. 8. The children learn the rule.

34. Exercise 4: Put the words in the correct order. 1. Now, a literature lesson, we, having, are. 2. A child, sleeping, in the bedroom, now, is. 3. Isn’t, now, he, a story, reading. 4. Are, drinking, they, milk? 5. Volleyball, my friends, playing, in the garden, are.

35. What are they doing? The birds/ fly The kangaroo/ jump The girl/ sing Tom/ read The boy/ play football The hare/ play the drum The dogs/ run The fish/ swim He/ dance

36. Practice Online Exercises Wh – questions Wh- questions affirmative affirmative