Use
We use the present tense to talk about:
something that is true in the present:
Use
1. We use the present continuous tense to talk about
the present:
for something that is happening at the
moment of speaking:
I’m just leaving work.
She is reading at the moment.
Please be quiet! The children are sleeping.
Spelling
Yes/no questions are created by moving the
Look at these sentences.
He is making a cake now. verb to be to the beginning of the sentence.
The boy is running. In WH-questions the WH- word comes first
He is lying. and then the verb to be.
When the verb ends with -e, drop the -e and Negative form:
Look at these sentences:
add –ing.
She isn’t dancing.
For short, one-syllable verbs, that end with
We aren’t cooking.
consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC), we
I’m not reading a book.
must double the last consonant and then add
–ing.
To form the negative we use the negative
For verbs that end in -ie, change the -ie to -y
form of the verb to be.
before adding –ing.