Do you go away for the weekend?

I mean, do you sometimes go from your town to another place?

The present progressive puts emphasis on the course or duration of an action.

The present progressive is used for actions going on in the moment of speaking and for actions taking place only for a short period of time. It is also used to express development and actions that are arranged for the near future.

Present progressive is also known as present continuous.

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Form:

	affirmative	negative	question
I	I am playing.	I am not playing.	Am I playing?
he, she, it	He is playing.	He is not playing.	Is he playing?
you, we, they	You are playing.	You are not playing.	Are you playing?

Let's watch these videos to achieve the objectives of learning related to present Continuous.

What are they doing?

have fun
play
do aerobics
clean up the house
write

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Adding -ing
Spelling Rule	Verb (Base form)	Presentparticiple
Just add -ing to the end of the base verb and a stressed syllable: double the final consonant	work play open run	working playing opening running
consonant + vowel + consonant: double the final consonant	Stop Begin swim	stopping beginning swimming
consonant + -e: remove the -e	dance make	dancing making
-ie: change the -ie to -y	lie die	lying dying

Exceptions in Spelling

A single, silent e at the end of the word is dropped before ing.

example: come - coming
I am coming home. You are coming home. He is coming home.

But: ee at the end of the word is not changed

example: agree - agreeing

The final consonant after a short, stressed vowel is doubled before ing.

example: sit - sitting
I am sitting on the sofa. You are sitting on the sofa. He is sitting on the sofa.

The letter l as final consonant after a vowel is always doubled before ing.

example: travel - travelling
I am travelling around. You are travelling around. He is travelling around.

Mind: This applies only for British English; in American English there is usually only one l.

An ie at the end of a word becomes y before ing.

example: lie - lying
I am lying in bed. You are lying in bed. He is lying in bed.

The Present Continuous / Progressive

John is in his car. He is in his way to work.

He is driving to work
This means he is driving now: “at the time of speaking”
This is the present continuous.

Write the question according to the answer.

1.   ___________________________________? I am doing my homework.
2.   ___________________________________? Yes, she is. She is having dinner in the kitchen.
3.   ___________________________________? She is cooking dinner.
4.   ___________________________________? They are playing their guitars in the backyard.
5.   ___________________________________? No, I am not. I am studying.
6.   ___________________________________? Yes, he is. He is working right now.
7. ___________________________________? Her students are studying different majors (careers)?

WRITING. Imagine you are on the cell phone talking to someone. What are you talking about? What are you saying? What is the other person doing? Where is he/she? Is he/She at home? Write a dialogue. Use the vocabulary learned up to now as weel as the grammar and the different aspects.

Pam: ____________________________________________________________________