Learn English Online - free beginner's course - Unit 2

Lesson 7- Present Continuous - Positive

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The verb to be

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Present continuous form=am/is/are + verb + ing (something is happening NOW)

You can use the short forms.

Am/Is/Are doing
"What am I doing?"			"I'm standing.
"What is he doing?"			"He's sitting.
"What is she doing?"			"She's walking.
"What is it doing?"			"It's running.
"What are they doing?"			"They're playing."
"What are we doing?"			"We're surfing the Internet.

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Pronunciation - Short forms

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	I am	I'm	I am not	I'm not
	He is	He's	He is not	He's not	He isn't
	She is	She's	She is not	She's not	She isn't
	It is	It's	It is not	It's not	It isn't
	You are	You're	You are not	You are'nt	You're not
	We are	We're	We are not	We aren't	We're not
	They are	They're	They are not	They are'nt	They're not

Test It

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Practise It

On the Forum - tell me what you're doing.

For homework read and do the exercises in Essential Grammar in Use (Unit 3 - Pages 14 and 15 - All the exercises - answers on page 265.)

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