Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

Tuesday 20 March 2018

Present Continuous

When we talk about something happening 'now', 'at the moment' or in pictures, we often use the Present Continuous. For example :


(?) Is he swimming at the moment? Yes, he is.
(-) No, he isn't. He isn't swimming.
(+) He is reading at the moment.

EG : He is walking now. She is eating at the moment.

We use the auxiliary verb 'to be' plus 'ing' on the main verb.

I am ... ing
You are ... ing
He is ... ing
She is ... ing
It is ... ing
We are ... ing
You are ... ing
They are ... ing

What are the people in the pictures below doing? Say your answers out loud or write them as a comment below.


Teachers: This is a worksheet to practice the Present Continuous, which I've found to be very useful for lower level students, both children and adults. I'm not sure if I have permission to reproduce the images, so if they're yours please let me know :)

You can download the PDF file here .

Image credits :

Boy reading : https://pixnio.com/people/children-kids/boy-pictured-here-was-photographed-while-he-was-reading-a-book-in-an-outdoors-setting

1st & 2nd Conditionals

Here's a video I made recently to help students practice 1st and 2nd Conditionals with If. 

EG. 1st Conditional : "If it rains tomorrow, I will buy an umbrella."

2nd Conditional : "If I were rich, I would buy a new house."

The more you practice making sentences in your head or speaking them out loud, or writing them down, the better your English will become :)



After watching the video, try to make some conditional sentences and write them in the comments below. If I, or maybe if other students/teachers, have time I / we'll check them for you :)