Topic

the present continues works to talk about facts that are happening right now and have not finished. Also,the Present Continuous is mainly used to express the idea that something is happening at the moment of speaking. The Present Continuous also describes activities generally in progress.

for the use of the present continues tense is necessary to add "ING" after the main verb.

ALWAYS  when we are talkin in present continuous is MANDATORY  to use the verb to be; Let's remember how it works.




Now here are some examples:



I am studying English at the school.
You are reading this blog
He is playing soccer in the playgroud
She is swimming in a lake
It is being easy to understand
We are watching a movie
They are writing an essay.


Do you need another explanation?

let's watch this video to undertand better the topic.





Did you understand?

Well now practice a little bit with this song:





well done!




 REMEMBER THE GRAMMAR RULES.


The ING IS ALWAYS after the main verb

the verbs which the en is  CONSONANT  VOVEL CONSONANT  has to repeat the last consonat to form the present continues  example:

SWIM  = SWIMMING 
SIT    = SITTING
GET   = GETTING



LET'S PRACTICE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

please do click in the "comenzar" bottom to star to play

Present continuous

(this activity is not mine) but the teacher who did it designed a very good activity for you to practice.



More practice for you, remember practice makes perfect!

present continuous




Show your knowledge...

Please answer the following quiz.

please at the final of this quiz take an screenshot from the result and send it to me by e-mail asanabriag@ut.edu.co (this quiz is not made by me) that's  the reason why I need the image of the result.


Present Continuous


Home work


Please Record your voice saying sentences using the following verbs.

1.Work
2.play
3.swim
4.do
5.watch6.
7.walk
8.get
9.sit
10.learn
11.write

Send me the recording to my e.mail asanabriag.ut.edu.co  (you can use the recording tool that you want, but I recommend you to use "audacity or voki" [if you use "voki" copy the link and send it] but if you want to use another tool is up to you)
I am going to evaluate the following aspects in your recordings:

1. Pronunciation.
2. Fluency.
3.Use of the verb to be
4. Use of the ing (present continuous

warm up

Think about some things that you usually are doing in the following hours of the day.

                 6:00 am                       9:00 am                        12:00 pm


       


Now please think in the use of the ING after each one of the verbs!

Gretting

     



                                                      

In this verb you are going to learn one tense which works to talk about thing that are happening right now, and you will learn it by some interactive games.  Enjoy your time here.

Porpuse

LESSON PORPUSE

The purpose of this blog is to teach to young English learners the present continues tense through some educational online tools which help the student to learn in an easy and interactive way the topic which they need to learn.

The class is based on the conductivist approach which aim is to help the student through the teacher intructions to learn being the teacher the guide who has to promote the learning and the student has to follow the teachers parameters in order to acquire the knowledge and show the abilities learnt during the lesson.


GENERAL OBJECTIVE

At the final of the lesson the student is going to be in the capability to use the present continuous tense.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 

1. The student is going to understand the grammar  rules involved in the gerunds.
2. The student will make short sentences in present continuos tense.
3. The student will recognize the present continuos tense and its uses.