Verbs in present continuous
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What is your classmate next to you doing?
Students answer
She + play + piano.
Is she playing the piano?
They are playing a game
They aren`t playing a game
What are the 3 forms of the verb "to be" in the present continuous?
am, is, are
Eat
Study
Eating
Studying
Her brothers ________(study) german
Her brothers are studying german
Toño + feel + better.
Is Toño feeling better?
She is calling her mother.
She isn´t calling her mother.
What's the structure of Present Continuous?
Subject + Verb to be (am, is, are) + verb with ing.
Run
visit
travel
Running
Visiting
Traveling
cooking / boyfriend / is / My / ratatouille
My boyfriend is cooking ratatouille
The kids + play + video games
Are the kids playing video games?
I am working on the project
I am not working on the project
What are the verbs that you can't change?
Stative verbs
Write
Catch
Learn
use
Writing
Catching
Learning
Using
My mother and I ________ (look for) a house, we __________ (live) in a dangerous neighborhood.
Regretably, We ___________(not/have) a lot of money
My mother and I are looking for a house, we are living in a dangerous neighborhood.
Regretably, We are not having a lot of money
She + drink + coffee
Is she drinking coffee?
He is getting ready for the party
He isn`t getting ready for the party
You can use the present continuous to talk about action that is happening...
NOW, future arragement
Swim
rest
Lie
transmit
Believe
Swimming
resting
Lying
transmitting
Believe
A: Why ______ stephany_______ (make up)?
B: She __________(have) a meeting with her crush at night.
A: Oh! Really, I __________ (start) to go out with her crush too
A: Why is stephany making up?
B: She is having a meeting with her crush at night.
A: Oh! Really, I am starting to go out with her crush too
It + rain
Is it raining?
It´s raining very hard in Valparaiso.
It isn`t raining very hard in Valparaíso
Say 5 stative verbs
(say 5)