Grammar. 2.Study the sentences below and pay attention to the underlined verb forms in italics. I am an English teacher

2. Study the sentences below and pay attention to the underlined verb forms in italics.

I am an English teacher. I am teaching English now.

What are you? What are you doing now?

You are students. You are studying English now. You are listening to me.

Aren’t you?

This is Andrew. He is a future electronics engineer. He is learning about diodes at this moment.

That is Helen. She is learning English Grammar.

What are we doing? What are they doing?

Answer the following questions:

1) What are these verb forms?

2) am, is, are. What verb has such forms?

3) teaching, doing, studying, listening, learning. What do these verb forms have in common?

4) What grammatical notion is it? Is it a tense? What tense is it?

It is the Present Continuous or Present Progressive Tense.

3. How do we form sentences in the Present Continuous? Complete the table.

Positive	Negative	Interrogative
Subject + am, is, are+ Verb + ing.	Subject + am, is, are+ not Verb + ing.	Am, is, are + Subject+Verb + ing?
I am teaching. You are studying. He She It We They	I am not studying. You are not teaching.	Am I studying? Are you teaching?

4. So, now we can form the Present Continuous. But when do we use the Present Continuous? Study the following table and give your own examples.

Actions are happening…	Examples
now right now at the moment of speaking at this very moment	· I am teaching English now. · You are not learning German right now, because this is an English class. · At this very moment you are studying the Present Continuous.
around now around the moment of speaking currently, for longer actions in progress	· He is studying to become an electronics engineer. · Are you working on any special projects at work? · Elizabeth is currently writing a children’s book. · They are working hard to earn money.
this week, month, year these days, for temporary actions	· I’ m riding a bike to get to work because my car is broken. · Helen is studying really hard for her exams this month. · We aren't working hard these days.
tonight tomorrow next week, month, year, for future arrangements and plans	· I am going to the theatre tonight. · Polly is coming for dinner tomorrow. · They are eating at a restaurant next week. · He is flying to Rome in September. · We are meeting our friends in the evening.
always constatly continually, for irritating repeated actions	· She is continually complaining about everything! · John is always asking stupid questions! · You are constantly coming to class late!

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