Hobbies I - S6

The document provides instruction on using the present continuous tense in English. It includes: 1. An agenda that outlines describing hobbies and the present continuous affirmative form. 2. Examples of people using the present continuous ("I am chatting with my new friend"). 3. Rules for forming the present continuous, including adding "-ing" and exceptions for verbs ending in consonant+e, ie, and one syllable verbs ending in consonant+vowel+consonant. 4. Practice examples applying the rules and ordering sentences in the present continuous.

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Hobbies I - S6

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English II

Week 6
Mg. María Angélica López Montalvo
Mg. Verónica Paola Rodríguez Delgado
Agenda

I. Hobbies I

1. Describing our favorite activities

2. Present continuous in affirmative form

Let´s watch a video!
2. I am chatting
with my new 1. What are
friend. you doing
Kat?

4. I know Jack,
we are talking.
Give me a 3. Oh my
minute! God! Kat, we
are talking!
We use the present
continuous to
describe actions
that are happening
now and in
temporary
situations.
Rules 2. Verbs ending in Consonant + E
1. General Rule
When a verb ends in consonant + E, we
In general you just add -ING to the end remove the E from the end and add ING.
of a verb. Infinitive ING form
to dance dancing
Infinitive ING form to make making
to eat eating to ride riding
to go going to write writing
to look looking
to read reading
Examples:
Examples: She’s dancing with Mark.
I’m eating pizza. I’m making a sandwich.
They’re going to the beach. He’s riding his bike.
He’s looking at the painting. Susan is writing a message.
She’s reading a book.
Verbs with one syllable ending in
Verbs ending in IE consonant + vowel + consonant
When a verb with one syllable ends in
But when a verb ends in I + E, we consonant + vowel + consonant, we double
remove the IE from the end and add (make two of) the final consonant and add
YING. ING.

Infinitive ING form Infinitive ING form

to cut cutting
to die dying to run running
to lie lying to sit sitting
to tie tying to stop stopping
to swim swimming
Examples:
Many people are dying from the virus. Examples:
I know you’re lying to me. He’s cutting an onion.
He’s tying his laces. They’re running in the park.
We’re sitting on our chairs.
The policeman is stopping the traffic.
She’s swimming in the pool.
Let’s apply the rules
Let’s practice
1 My sisters (go) ____________________ home now.
2 We (do) ____________________ our homework.
3 She (play) __________________ games on the computer.
4 People (wait) ___________________ for the concert to start.
5 My grandfather (sleep) ____________________ now.
6 You (drive) ____________________ the car too fast.
7 She (work) ____________________ hard to get the job.
8 She (have) ____________________ a bath at the moment.
9 That old woman (visit) __________________ the doctor tomorrow.
10 Look at the window. It (snow) ___________________!
Look at the picture and check TRUE or FALSE
Let’s order the sentences
1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.
Number the lines to put the e-mail in the correct order

1
What are they doing?
Mark
The
twins

1. Mark ____________________
Sue 2. The twins ________________