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PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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Presentacin
El "Present Continuous" (Presente Continuo) lo utilizamos cuando queremos hablar de acciones que estn ocurriendo "ahora" o, en un tiempo cercano a "ahora" o, que no han terminado. Por ejemplo: Estoy comiendo (I'm eating) o, estoy leyendo un libro (I'm reading a book). En este ltimo caso, te refieres a una accin inacabada, no a que ests leyendo el libro en el momento en que hablas. Estructura: Sujeto + "to be" en presente + el verbo principal acabado en "ing".

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Listen and repeat!

ON THE TELEPHONE Tracy: Hello, can I speak to Alex. Alex: This is Alex, who is speaking? Tracy: Hi, this is Tracy. Alex: Hi Tracy. What are you doing? Tracy: Oh, I'm just watching TV. What are you doing? Alex: Well, I'm cooking dinner. Tracy: What are you cooking? Alex: I'm baking some potatoes, boiling some carrots and grilling a steak. Tracy: It sounds delicious. Alex: What are you doing for dinner tonight? Tracy: Well, I don't have any plans... Alex: Would you like to come over for dinner? Tracy: Oh, I'd love to. Thanks. Alex: Great. Mary and Jack are also coming. They are arriving at seven. Tracy: OK, I'll be there at seven, too. Alex: OK, see you then. Bye. Tracy: Bye. <<Regresa CONTENIDO TEMTICO

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The Present Continuous

What are they doing?

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The Present Continuous

Use the present continuous to talk about an action that is happening now (as you are speaking). - He is talking on the phone.

- They are exercising at the gym.

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The Present Progressive

Use a BE Verb (am, is, are) + a verb with ing. I am work ing. You are play ing. He is talk ing. She is read ing.
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It is eat ing. We are exercis ing. They are teach ing.

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The Present Progressive

Use contractions in speaking and informal writing. I m work ing. Youre play ing. Hes talk ing. Shes read ing. It s eat ing. We re exercis ing. They re teach ing.
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Negative Statements
For negative statements, you can use not.
I m not work ing. Youre not play ing. Hes not talk ing. Shes not read ing. It s not eat ing. We re not exercis ing. They re not teach ing.
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Negative Statements
For negative statements, you can also use contractions. I m not work ing. You re not play ing. arent

Hes not talk ing. Shes not read ing. It s not eat ing. We re not exercis ing. They re not teach ing.

isnt isnt isnt arent arent

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Spelling Progressive Verbs

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Silent -e
When the base form of the verb ends with a silent e (not pronounced), drop the e before adding ing.

write smile make freeze

writing smiling making freezing

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CVC
run
V

Double
running sitting

When a one-syllable verb ends with a consonant, vowel, consonant combination, double the last consonant.
C C

sit
C V C

stop
C V C

stopping
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Be Careful!
Dont double the consonant with other combinations.

sleep
C V C

sleeping helping learning

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help
C V C

learn
C V C

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Be Careful!
Dont double the letters x, w, or y.

row
C V C

rowing

fix
C V C

fixing
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Stress Rule
When a verb of two or more syllables ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant combination, double the consonant if the last syllable is stressed.

forget
C V C

forgetting

admit
C V C

admitting
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Change to -y
When a verb ends in ie, drop the e and change the i to y.

die lie tie

dying lying tying

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Just Add -ing

In all other cases, just add ing to the simple form of the verb.

study do see

studying doing seeing

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Now try these ones:

drive smile dance joke shake choose come
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Answers
driving smiling dancing joking shaking choosing coming

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and these
begin hop swim run create write fill

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Answers
beginning hopping swimming running creating writing filling
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WATCH TV WALK

PLAY VOLLEYBALL

DO HOMEWORK READ
SLEEP

LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS RUN

REPAIR THE CAR

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GO TO SCHOOL

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WHAT IS BEN DOING?

HE

IS PLAYING FOOTBALL.
WATCH TV RUN PLAY THE VIOLIN PLAY FOOTBALL PLAY VOLLEYBALL GO TO SCHOOL REPAIR THE CAR
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WHAT
DOING?

ARE

LUCY AND ROY

THEY
DO HOMEWORK WALK AND TALK PLAY VOLLEYBALL LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS

ARE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL .

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WHAT

IS

MR. WHITE

DOING?

HE

IS

RUNNING.

PLAY VOLLEYBALL LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV RUN PLAY THE VIOLIN
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WHAT DOING?

ARE

MR. AND MRS. DAVIES

THEY

ARE

JOGGING AND TALKING.

READ SLEEP DO THE HOOVERING DO HOMEWORK JOG AND TALK PLAY VOLLEYBALL LISTEN TO THE RADIO

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WHAT

IS

MANDY

DOING?

SHE

IS

READING.

PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV READ RUN PLAY THE VIOLIN PLAY FOOTBALL

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WHAT

IS

RICK

DOING ?

HE

IS DOING HIS

HOMEWORK.

DO THE HOOVERING DO HOMEWORK GO TO SCHOOL WALK AND TALK PLAY VOLLEYBALL LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO

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WHAT IS

MR. BENSON

DOING ?

HE IS PLAYING

THE VIOLIN.

WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV READ RUN PLAY THE VIOLIN PLAY FOOTBALL REPAIR THE CAR

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WHAT

ARE

JANE AND MARY

DOING ?

THEY WALK AND TALK PLAY VOLLEYBALL LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV READ

ARE

LISTENING

TO MUSIC.

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WHAT IS MR. BLACK DOING?

PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV READ PLAY THE VIOLIN PLAY FOOTBALL REPAIR THE CAR

HE IS REPAIRING THE CAR.

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WHAT

IS

WENDY DOING ?

LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV READ RUN PLAY THE VIOLIN

SHE IS PLAYING THE PIANO.

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WHAT

ARE

LILLY, FRED AND LUCY DOING ?

PLAY VOLLEYBALL LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY THE PIANO WAIT FOR THE BUS WATCH TV READ PLAY THE VIOLIN

THEY ARE WAITING

FOR THE BUS.

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WHAT IS JUNE DOING ?

DO HOMEWORK GO TO SCHOOL SLEEP WALK AND TALK COOK RUN PLAY VOLLEYBALL

SHE IS SLEEPING.

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WHAT

IS DOING?

THE BIRD

IT

IS FLYING.

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JACK

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

ALICE AND BEN

PLUTO

MANDY

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Jack is playing football.

.. Mandy is. roller-blading.

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Ben and Alice . are .. watching TV.

Pluto .is. running. .

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ROY

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JOE

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

MRS. BELL

MR. FOSTER

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Mrs. Bell .is .talking . on the phone.

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MRS. BELL

. Joe .is. skiing.

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Roy .is. studying. .

. . Mr. Foster is .fishing.

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And what are you doing now?

Are you listening? Are you studying? Is your teacher talking? Is the bell ringing?

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Extent Activities
1. Write a composition using the present continuos 2. Select texts and underline the sentences in present progressive 3. Write sentences in present continuos from video 1 and 2 4. Metacognition questions:
What do I know about present continuous? Do I know what do I need to know? Do I know where I can go to get some information, knowledge? Did I understand what I just heard, read or saw? How will I know if I am learning at an appropriate rate? How can I spot an error if I make one? How should I revise my plan if it is not working to my expectations/satisfaction?

4. Develop a Power Point presentation with present continuous tense

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Bibliografa
1. Present Continuous or Simple Present? Mother Tongue Influence in EFL. Atlantis 14 (1992): 29-36. 2. Transfer in English as a Foreign Language: A Study on Tenses. Barcelona: PPU, 1992. 3. The Form of the English Present Continuous in the Interlanguage of Learners of English as a Foreign Language. Babel-AFIAL 2 (1993) 4. Celaya, Mara Luz, Melissa Moyer and Mara Teresa Turell. Language Contact Phenomena. In AEDEAN Select Papers in Language, Literature and Culture: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference. [U of Crdoba, 1993].

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Crditos
Vdeos
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ghT81ByhIH4 http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Gw6MFRfLI

Presentaciones Power Point

http://www.xtec.cat/~msegue/TXT/Present%20Continuous.ppt#260,6,PRESEN
http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/ritacarvalho/presentcontinuous.ppt#270,6,Diapositiva 6T CONTINUOUS

Paginas web- Evaluacin

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/tense/1.1.xml http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_auxiliaries.htm http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-2.html

Dilogo
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/blwhatdoing.htm

Audio
http://www.evoca.com/everyone_recording.jsp?rid=96246

Imgenes

www.nathaniel.ca/about/images/phone.jpg x-langsuyar-x.blogspot.com www.educima.com miguelferrarotger.blogspot.com