Andrea Villegas Figueroa

Profesora de Ingls 2017

USES Examples Time expressions

Activities happening now They are watching TV at the moment
It is raining At the moment, now
I am eating lunch now
Temporary situations I'm reading a really great book. at the moment, for a
She's staying with her boyfriend for this week few
Sally is studying very hard for a test. weeks, for a couple of
I am leaving in London for a few weeks months.
Annoying habits You are forever losing your keys! always, forever,
constantly.
Longer action in She is studying for to be a doctor
progress now We are training for the marathon
Trends Nowadays people are using phones to access to Nowadays, more and
internet more
Future plans I am meeting my friends after work tomorrow, later, at
7pm
tonight, on Tuesday.
Present Continuous or present progressive

Are you living at home now? Yes, I am No, I am not

I your sister working at the Yes, she is No, she is not
government?
Are Ed and Jill to college this year? Yes, they are No, they are not
Where are you working now? I am working in a hospital
What is your brother doing these He is traveling in the Amazon
days?
Who are your parents visiting this They are visiting my grandmother
week?

FORM STRUCTURE EXAMPLE

Affirmative Subject + to be + base + ing She is talking.
Negative Subject + to be + not + base + ing She is not (isn't) talking
Interrogativ to be + subject + base + ing ? Is she talking?
e

Verbs Use doble Verbs Dont use Dont use Dont use
ending letter in ending in double letter double letter double letter
with e verbs ie in verbs in verbs in verbs
ending 1 Change ending in 2 ending in ending in y
vowel+1con ie for y vowels +1 two or w
sonat consonant consonats
Take-taking Get- getting Lie lying Look- looking Help- helping Buy-buying
Make- Sit sitting Die - dying Read- reading Talk-talking Enjoy-enjoying
making Run- running Work- working Work- working Snow-snowing
Drive-driving Swim-
Write-writing swimming

SPELLING RULES FOR PRESENT CONTINOUS VERBS

THERE IS /THERE ARE

Affirmative Negative Questio Short
ns answers
There is a There is Is there Yes,
cat next to not a cat a cat there is
the sofa next to next to No, there
the sofa the is not
sofa?
There are There Are Yes,
two flowers are not there there are
on the table two two No, there
flowers flowers are not PREPOSTIONS OF PLACE
on the on the
table table?
 Andrea Villegas Figueroa
Profesora de Ingls 2017

TEST UNIT 2

Name (Nombre): Level (nivel):

Date (fecha): Score: mark :
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GRAMMAR FOCUS
I. Match with the uses of present continuous tense.
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a. Peter is reading a book now
Temporary actions
b. She is going to basketball on Saturday. Activities
happening now
c. My friend is preparing for his exams. Future
plans
d. More and more people are using their computers to listen to music. Annoying
habits
e. Tom is always coming late. Longer action in
progress now

II. Complete text using present continuous form and verbs in brackets.
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t is 9:30 and we are in the class now. The teacher .. (read) a story and we
.. (listen) to her, but some pupils .(do) other things. Tom and Paul
.......... (whisper) something and Tom . (laugh).
Mary (look) out of the window. She .(not look) at the clouds,
she . (watch) two birds. They (sit) on a branch of a tree, but they
(not sing).
Outside, It .. (not rain) but the sun .. (not shine) because
there are a lot of clouds in the sky. The clouds (move) because the wind

READING
Read about Marys family.

Its a rainy Saturday. Its raining a lot and Mary and her family are spending the afternoon at
home. Her uncles are visiting them. Mary and her father are in the living room. Mary is making
a draw and her father, Mr. Harris, is surfing the net. They are also talking.
Marys older brother, Peter, is in his bedroom playing computer games. He is a computer
fanatic and he spends much time playing on the computer. His little brother, Jim is also in the
living room. He is playing with his dinosaurs collection. Sometimes he teases Mary; he is a
really naughty boy.
Marys mother, Mrs. Harris, is in the kitchen preparing a snack for all of them. She is making
some tea and talking to Marys uncles Lucy and Tom. They are from the nearest town and
stopped by to say hello.
Fluffy, the family cat, is sleeping on the kitchens sofa. We cant see him in the picture.
III. Answer the questions about the text. IV. Answer these questions using short
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a. What day of the week is it?
---------------------------------------------------- a. Is it raining a lot? ____________
b. Where is Mary? b. Is Peter a computer fanatic?
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c. What is Mary doing? c. Is Marys mother talking to
------------------------------------------------------------- Marys uncles? ________
d. What is Mr. Harris doing? d. Is Mrs. Harris preparing a snack
WRITING
Look at this picture.
V. Write sentences using there is /are to describe picture. Use present continuous tense and
prepositions of place to describe what are they doing
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Ex. There is a dog. He is sleeping on the carpet.

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 Andrea Villegas Figueroa
Profesora de Ingls 2017

LISTENING
Giving directions
Listen what speaker says.
VI. Write the place that the speaker gives directions to. /4

a. The speaker gives directions to the _______________

b. The speaker gives directions to the _______________
c. The speaker gives directions to the _______________
d. The speaker gives directions to the _______________