Present Continuous

1. Look at the Picture. Ask and Answer.

• Aimee – read

• What is Aimee doing?

• She is reading book.

1. Eva – sit

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1. Mine – pick up flowers

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1. Ali – investigate the ladybird

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1. Patrick – go to work

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1. Ashley – fly the kite

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1. Henry – water the flowers

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1. Look at the Picture. Ask and Answer.

• Aimee – read

• What is Aimee doing?

• She is reading book.

1. Eva – sit

• ---------------------------------------- ?

• -----------------------------------------.

1. Mine – pick up flowers

• ---------------------------------------- ?

• -----------------------------------------.

1. Ali – investigate the ladybird

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1. Patrick – go to work

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1. Ashley – fly the kite

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1. Henry – water the flowers

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Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the present continuous tense then match the sentences and the pictures.

Put the correct verb in the gaps. Remember to add is or are and ing.

1) The lady in sunglasses _______ a magazine.

2) The policeman _______ an ice cream.

3) The baby in the pushchair __________

4) An old lady _______ a letter.

5) A traffic warden _______ a ticket on the blue car .

6) A man ______ a call in the telephone box.

7) A lady in a pink tracksuit ______ . She _______ her dog. Oops, where’s it going???

8) A man in a white overall _______ a ladder.

9) A boy on a skateboard _______ the road.

10) At the top right, the artist is in his room. He _______ a picture.

11) In the fish shop, people ______ up.

12) A lady ________ out of her window. She ________ to the man on the roof who ________

the aerial.

Give jog point stand serve cry queue fix paint post wear wear chase lean read scream cut hold eat stop talk cross make walk put look fall paint climb text

Suggestions for further use of the picture:

1) SPLAT! Put the picture on screen. Split the class into two groups. One member from each team comes up. The teacher gives a sentence e.g. ‘He is feeling very angry because he’s getting a ticket.’ The first student to touch the right character gets a point. You can develop this game to have the students make the sentences.

2) QUESTIONS. Ask the students to write questions for each other about the picture and after a while, take the picture away, so it’s a memory game.

3) BEAT THE CLOCK Put a student in the hotseat. The rest of the class must ask questions about the picture, but the student in the hotseat cannot answer yes or no. E,g, Is the policeman eating a packet of crisps? He is eating an ice cream etc... Brilliant fun! They love to try to catch each other out and they are learning.

Key for the first exercise. 1) is reading 2) is eating 3) is crying 4) is posting 5) is giving 6) is making 7)is jogging/is walking 8) is climbing 9) is crossing 10) is painting 11) are queueing 12) is looking/is talking/is fixing 13) is wearing 14) is chasing15) is texting 16) is holding17) is screaming 18) is looking19) is stopping 20) is wearing 21) is painting 22) is falling 23) is serving24) is standing/is pointing 25)is cutting/are talking.

Mistakes in the sentence 1) pink2) ice cream 3)man 4) chasing a seagull 5)white 6) reading a mag 7)an old lady 8) giving out a ticket9)summer 10) No 9 11) crying 12) town/street 13) red 14) small brown 15) on a skateboard 16) handsome, slightly older man.

Party Time Down by the River

Put the verb in brackets into the present continuous tense and then say who says it.

e.g. I (lie) on the blanket and I (eat) an ice cream. = I am lying on the blanket and I am eating an ice cream. MARIA.

1) I (wear) a yellow cap and I (play) in the river. I (hold) a fishing net. __ __ __ __ __

2) I (kneel) on the river bank and I (wear) a blue dress with red spots. __ __ __ __ __

3) I (swing) on a tyre tied to the tree and Zak (push) me. __ __ __ __ __

4) I (sit) on a log and (throw) a ball into the river __ __ __ __ __

5) I (drink) a glass of bubbly on the blanket and I (sunbathe) __ __ __ __ __

6) I (swing) on the branch of a tree and Jen (sit) on the branch next to me. __ __ __ __ __

7) I (crawl) through the hollow branch of a tree and Kate (sit) on top of it.__ __ __ __ __

8) I (smile) because I (listen) to my favourite music. I am lying on the blanket beside Maria. _ _ _ _

9) I (stand) in the middle of the river and I (catching) something in my net.__ __ __ __ __

10) I (hold) a stick in my mouth. Who am I?

What are they doing?

Look at the picture and put the right name next to the statements.

She is relaxing____________________.

She is swinging.___________________.

It is eating________________________.

He is bird watching_________________.

They are having a drink_____________ .

He is watering the flowers____________.

He is looking out of the window________.

He is playing______________________.

He is talking_______________________.

She is combing her hair______________.

Ask questions to the underlined parts of the sentences as in the example:

Complete the sentences with the correct

Present Continuous form.

Look at the pictures and complete the

sentences with the correct words.

Look and answer the questions.

Change the affirmative sentences into

negative and interrogative sentences.

Correct the mistakes.

What are you doing? What aren’t you doing?

Write eight sentences and draw.