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The Present Continous Tense Explanation and Examples

The document provides instructions for English homework assignments for Friday March 15th 2013. Students are to read pages 23, 28, 29 which cover types of accommodation, reading comprehension, pronunciation, and the present continuous tense. For homework, students should complete exercises on the present continuous tense from the given link to practice listening, reading, and writing skills using this tense.

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The Present Continous Tense Explanation and Examples

The document provides instructions for English homework assignments for Friday March 15th 2013. Students are to read pages 23, 28, 29 which cover types of accommodation, reading comprehension, pronunciation, and the present continuous tense. For homework, students should complete exercises on the present continuous tense from the given link to practice listening, reading, and writing skills using this tense.

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Friday, March 15th 2013

Book pages: 23, 28, 29,


Homework: page 27

Page 23, types of accommodation. Talk about the accommodation you would like to be.

Page 28, reading comprehension and pronunciation.

Page 29.

The present continuous tense

Structure: Subject + verb to be conjugated + verb with – ing form + complement

Uses:

1. Activities at moment of speaking. Example: I’m watching TV at this moment


2. Activities currently in progress. Example: She’s taking an English course this
semester. These are activities you are not doing at the moment of speaking but
you are doing them in an specific period of time.
3. Plans for the future. Example: We’re eating pizza this weekend. To talk about
plans in the future, we have to take into account the time expressions that refer
to the future. Examples: Next week, next month, next semester, next year, this
weekend.

Affirmative:

We are studying Spanish at school

Negative:

We are not studying Spanish at school

Yes/No questions:

Are you studying Spanish at school?


Yes, we are
No, we are not
Do some exercises from this link:
http://www.cuaed.unam.mx/english_media/reading.php

In this link you have listening, reading and writing exercises to practice this tense.

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