ESL Helpful Handouts
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Elementary School Classroom Activities The Present Continuous Tense
The students in an elementary school classroom are very busy right now. Kim is drawing a picture. Patricia and Holly are reading a story. Paul and Linda are watching a DVD. Marianne is playing a math game. Fred is working on a science project.
To talk about what someone is doing right now, use the present continuous tense. Subject Kim
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Subject
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Is/Are is
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Is/Are
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Main Verb+ ing drawing
a picture. K
Patricia and Holly
Kim
Main Verb+ ing
are
reading
a story. Kim is drawing a picture.
Here are some examples with the verbs play, watch, work, talk, listen, and use: Marianne is playing a math game. Paul and Linda are watching a DVD. Fred is working on a science project. Terry is talking to the teacher. Frances is listening to a CD.
You have to change the spelling of some verbs before you add ing. raise = raising
take= taking
use=using
Here are some examples with the verbs raise, take ,use, and write: Robert is raising his hand. Alice is taking a test. Chris is using the Internet. Ben is writing a sentence. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Image: Simon Howden/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
ESL Helpful Handouts
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Elementary School Classroom Activities The Present Continuous Tense Fill in the blank with the present continuous tense. Kim _________________________ a picture. Patricia and Holly __________________________ a story. Paul and Linda __________________________ a DVD. Marianne _________________________ a math game. Fred _________________________ on a science project. Terry _________________________ to the teacher. Frances _________________________ to a CD. Robert _________________________ his hand. Alice _________________________a test. Chris _________________________ the Internet. Ben ________________________ a sentence.
Circle the correct spelling of each pair.
raiseing – raising
taking – takeing
useing – using
writing - writeing
Circle the correct answer. Paul and Linda is watching/are watching a DVD. Frances is listening/are listening to a CD. Patricia is reading/are reading a story. Robert is raising/are raising his hand. Robert and Isaac is raising/are raising their hands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Image: Simon Howden/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.