苏州工业园区星港学校 黄 莉

: What am I doing?: I am chatting on the Internet.

: What are you doing?: You are taking a photo.

: What is she doing?: She is reading.

I am chatting on the Internet.

You are taking a photo.

She is reading.

am/is/are+ v-ing

Present continuous tense

Structure:

Tom play football.is ing

The bird is flying.

They are watching TV.

Look! The twins smileare ing.

Someone is close the boxing

He is swimming.

They are chat ting.

He is lieying on the grass.

chatting, swimming

smiling, closing

lying

playing ,watching,flying

chat, swim

lie

How to form the ‘-ing’ form of a verb

Double the consonant +ing

-e+ing

-ie+y+ing

+ing

Some verbs ending

in a vowel + a consonant

Verbs ending in e

Verbs ending in ie

Most verbs

play, watch, fly

smile , close

: What is he doing?

: He is thinking.

: Is he eating?

: No, he isn’t eating.

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Amy is making a phone call with her Dad .Listen to the dialogue between Amy and her Dad and answer the questions.

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Questions:1.What is Amy doing now?

2.Is Simon doing some shopping now?

3.Who are eating ice cream?

4.Where is Millie?

5.What is Daniel doing now?

Mr. Zhao: What are you doing now, Amy?Amy: I am at Sunnyside Shopping Mall with my friends.Mr. Zhao: Is Simon going with you?Amy: Yes. He is looking at some football cards.Mr. Zhao: What is Kitty doing?Amy: Oh! Kitty and sandy are eating ice cream.Mr. Zhao: Where is Millie?Amy: She is in the shoe shop. She is paying for her new shoes.Mr. Zhao: Is Daniel playing computer games?Amy: Yes! How do you know that, Dad?Mr. Zhao: He always does so. What do you have, Amy?Amy: I am carrying lots of shopping bags.Mr. Zhao: Don’t stay out too late.Amy: Ok. I’ll see you later.

Tom is writing a speech , but there are some mistakes.

Would you like to help him underline the mistakes and write the correct words?

look! Simon and I having a party.

There are many friends at our party.

Millie and Kitty is sitting on the floor.

are having

are sitting

They are play with Eddie. Some of

my friends is singing and danceing.

Daniel is chating with Simon about

football. Here comes Mr Wu.

playing

dancing

chatting

are

He are giving Simon and me some presents.

Now I is standing at the table with all

my friends. There is a big birthday

cake on it. Now, Simon and I am each

making a wish.

is

am

are

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Here is a present for you.Your task: to think of sentences about this story, the more the better, but make sure you should use the present continuous tense.

Group 1: watch, think, eat, get, enjoy

Group 2: cry , see, wear, buy, have

Group 3: fly, talk, would like, sleep, play

Group 4: look forward to , run, drink, meet, study