Week 2 Grammar

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am standing in front of my students.We are listening to Ms. Piper in class.My daughter is talking on the phone right now. I am driving home and listening to the radio.My wife is making dinner at home. I am going to work tomorrow morning.She is playing soccer with friends tomorrow at the

park.We are visiting our family in California in the summer.My sister is teaching me piano.

WHAT IS PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

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

I am cutting fruit.You are cutting

fruit.He is cutting

fruit.She is cutting

fruit.We are cutting

fruit.They are cutting

fruit.

BE VERB + V-ING

We make Present Continuous by adding “ing” to the base verb. But what are the rules?

Base Verb + ing Work -> Working Speak -> Speaking Sleep -> Sleeping Walk -> Walking Paint -> Painting Clean -> Cleaning

If the word ends in vowel + consonant + e, omit the e Write -> writing Come -> coming Make -> Making Take -> taking

VERB + ING

If the base verb ends in consonant + stressed vowel + consonant, double the last letter Stop -> stopping (last syllable of the verb is stressed) Run -> running Begin -> beginning (last syllable of the verb is stressed) Sit -> sitting Open -> opening (last syllable of the verb is NOT stressed

so the rule doesn’t apply) If the base verb ends in ie, change the ie to y

Die -> dying Lie -> lying

EXCEPTIONS

_______ they coming over for dinner?Max _____ not sleeping on our couch.My mother-in-law ______ staying at our house this

week. I ____ _______ (eat) my dinner right now.My sister _____ __________ (learn) Spanish. I ___ _________(work) at the hair salon this week.They ____ _________(open) a new Mexican restaurant

at Northgate Mall.Nelson ___ ________(lie) in his bed.My wife ____ ___________(take) a shower.My classmates ____ _____________(speak) English to

one another in class.

PRACTICE