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Present Continuous: I Am Cooking Now.: Sentence Practice

This document provides a lesson on using the present continuous tense in English. It explains that the present continuous tense is used to describe actions that are happening now or will happen soon, while the simple present tense is used for habitual or general actions. It gives examples of how to form the present continuous by using "be" plus the verb with "-ing" and provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the present continuous tense in sentences.

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Present Continuous: I Am Cooking Now.: Sentence Practice

This document provides a lesson on using the present continuous tense in English. It explains that the present continuous tense is used to describe actions that are happening now or will happen soon, while the simple present tense is used for habitual or general actions. It gives examples of how to form the present continuous by using "be" plus the verb with "-ing" and provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the present continuous tense in sentences.

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Present Continuous: I am cooking

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By the end of this lesson, you will be able to talk about things that happen
regularly and things that are happening at the moment.

Exercise 1
Sentence Practice
 I cook dinner every day.
 I am cooking dinner right now.
 We talk on the phone sometimes.
 We are talking on the phone now.
 He writes to his mother every month.
 He is writing a letter now.

Grammar Focus
Why use the Present Continuous Tense
In English, we use the simple present tense to talk about things that are always
or generally true: He cooks every day.

To say that something is happening right now, we use the  present


continuous tense:

 I  walk  to school everyday. → I am walking to school right


now.
 He  sleeps  10 hours a day. → He is sleeping now. Be quiet!

We also use the present continuous to talk about something that


has not happened yet, but will happen soon:

 The boys are playing soccer today. (= the boys will play


soccer today)
 Class is starting in five minutes! (= class will start in five
minutes)

How to form the Present Continuous Tense


Put the helping verb 'be' before the verb in -ing form:  'be' + verb-ing.

When adding -ing to a verb, there are some general spelling rules:

1. If a verb ends in an -e which is not pronounced (as in 'make'), you


should drop the -e, and add -ing:

 make + ing: I am making dinner. (not 'makeing')


However, if a verb ends in -ee, -oe, or -ye, just add -ing:

 see + ing: Are you seeing what I see?


 dye + ing: Are you dyeing your hair?

2. If a verb has more than one syllable and ends with one vowel + one
consonant (as in 'begin'), and has the stress at the end of the word,
then double the final consonant:

 begin + ing: Hurry up, the class is beginning! (not 'begining')

3. If a verb has one syllable, ends with one vowel + one consonant (as
in 'sit'), then double the final consonant:

 sit + ing: He's sitting on the floor. (not 'siting')


 put + ing: They're putting the clothes in the laundry machine.

Exercise 2
Sentence Practice
Something that is happening now
 I am listening to music right now.
 You are washing the dishes.
 He is watching TV now.
 He is drinking green tea.

Something that will happen soon


 I'm leaving in ten minutes.
 They're arriving at 2 o'clock.
 Another teacher is visiting our class today. Please behave.

Exercise 3
Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blanks with the verb in the present progressive form.

1. I (study)  right now.
2. He (drink)  coffee.
3. They (go)  to a picnic.
4. She (read)  the book, Pride and Prejudice.
5. It (rain) .
6. We (run) .
Exercise 4
Sentence Building
Your mother calls you while you are busy. Tell her why you are busy by changing
the following sentences into the present continuous tense.
I clean my room now. → "I am cleaning my room now."

1. I do the dishes now.


2. I walk to the bus stop now.
3. I go to a party.
4. I exercise.
5. I sleep.
6. I work now.

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