tailieunhanh - Active grammar 1 part 14

Active grammar develops in young learners an understanding and control of the essential building blocks of English grammar and in so doing provides them with a solid platform for further language development. Attractively designed with lively colour illustrations, it makes the learning of grammar interesting and fun. | What are Sa h you doing Ive got to go now June. Happy birthday to you. candles on her cake. Sally is blowing out the Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Sally. Happy birthday to you. Present continuous tense 91 Sometimes you wont to talk about something that is happening now. I m opening my presents. Jill and Mat are playing with a balloon. Lisa is singing a song. To talk about what you are doing now you use two verbs. VERB I VERB 2 are is opening playing singing This is called the present continuous tense. SINGULAR I am playing I m playing PLURAL we are playing were playing you are playing you re playing she he it is playing she s he s it s playing you are playing you re playing they are playing they re playing 92 Verbs Emily is walking towards her air balloon. Now she s getting into the balloon. Now the balloon is rising slowly into the air. Grammar Help Look at the pattern. walk ing walking open ing opening play ing playing sing ing singing Usually you just add -ing to the verb. With some verbs you have to double the last letter before adding -ing. get t ing getting stop p ing stopping run n ing running put t ing putting You do this with very short verbs. If the verb ends with -e you usually drop this letter before adding -ing. rise - e rising take - e taking come - e coming k drive - e driving Did you know The present continuous tense is also called the present progressive. Present continuous tense .