HOT ..HOT..Present Progressive Tense

Anh Thư is reading a comic book.

Quý Thiện is drinking water.

USE:
We use the Present Progressive Tense to talk about:
�Things that are happening at the moment of speaking.
? E.g.:
1- The students of class 6a5 are studying English at the moment.
2- Look! It is raining outside.

Things that are in the process of changing or developing this week, this month or this year.
E.g.:
1- Susan is writing another book this year.
2- He is taking more exercise these days.

FORM:


Affirmative: Subject + Be + Verb-ING +…

Gia Hưng is studying Literature.

Negative:
Subject + Be + NOT + Verb-ING +…








They are playing in the schoolyard.
They are not studying.

Interrogative:
Be+ Subject + Verb-ING + … ?








Are the students singing on the stage?





SPELLING OF -ING

-Verbs with 2 consonants add –ING.
*E.g.: Start  Starting
Fold  Folding











-Verbs ending in e  drop e, add –ING.
*E.g.: make making
write  writing




-Verbs ending ie  change ie into y, add –ING.

*E.g.: lie  lying
tie  tying



-Verbs ending in y  just add -ING.

*E.g.: Stay  Staying
Say  Saying

-Verbs ending with one vowel and one consonant .
1- One-syllable verbs:
1 vowel  2 consonants
E.g.: Sit  Sitting
2 vowels  1 consonant.
E.g.: Rain  Raining

2- Two-syllable verbs :
 1st syllable- stressed 1 consonant.
E.g.: Listen  listening
2nd syllable-stressed  2 consonants.
E.g.: Begin  beginning

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