English-Online-2021

Day- 8

Language Focus:

The Present Continuous, the Present Perfect, the Present Perfect Continuous

The Present Continuous/Progressive

1. The present continuous is used to express an action in progress at the time of speaking/ the present moment.

Example: Read the dialogue aloud four times and practice saying it with a friend.

Mom: Breakfast is ready. Hurry up. What are you doing there Nick?

Son: I am watching TV, mom.

Mom: What is daddy doing?

Son: He is polishing my shoes, mom.

Mom: What is grandpa doing?

Son: He is inflating my bike tires.

Mom: What is your sister doing?

Son: She is doing my home work, mom.

Mom: Are you funny? Everybody is working for you and you are simply sitting watching TV.Are you not wasting your precious time? I am coming with a cane.

Son: Oh, no! It’s a little too much.

2. We use the present continuous to express what is happening over a temporary present period.

Example: Please read the dialogue aloud four times and practice saying it with a partner.

Grandson: Granny, what are you doing?

Grandma: Look over there. There’s a thirsty crow. I am watching him for fun.

Grandson: Grandma, the crow is looking for something. What is he looking for, granny?

Grandma: He is looking for water to quench his thirst. Hurray, boy! What are you doing?

Grandson: I am filling the birdbath with water.

Grandma: That’s really great. Look! The crow is flying straight down to the birdbath.

Grandson: Look over there granny! What is the crow doing?

Grandma: He is drinking the water. He is slaking his thirst.

Grandson: And now he is cawing. What is he cawing for, granny?

Grandma: He is calling his friends. And look! Many more crows are coming to our garden. They are drinking water to quench their thirst.

Grandson: Some of them are bathing and cooling themselves, too.

Grandma: How clever our crows are! They have always been a symbol of harmony.

3.The present continuous sometimes refers to habitual activities.

Example: Read the following sentences aloud four times.

4. The present continuous sometimes expresses what is going to happen in the future.

Example: Please read the dialogue aloud four times and practice saying it with a friend.

Nat: When are you taking your IELTS exam?

Sam: I am taking it next month.

Nat: When is your sister leaving for Canada?

Sam: On December 12.

Nat: Are your family members going with her?

Sam: No, they are leaving a month later, sometime in January 2019.

Nat: And when is your dad returning from Australia?

Sam: Well, he is coming sometime next year.

Nat: Is he coming with a visa for you?

Sam: Of course yes. And I am leaving here immediately after his return.

The Present Perfect

(Have/has + past participle of a verb)

Example:

I/We/You/They/ have visited Denmark.

She/He/ has visited Demark.

1.The present perfect is used to express completed activities of the present moment.

Example:

2.Present perfect is used to express an indefinite past action whose results can be felt in the present time.

Example:

3. Present Perfect can be used to talk about a state of being leading up to the present time.

Example:

4. We use the present perfect to talk about past actions which are not recent but which are felt as part of our experience.

Example:

5. Present Perfect is used to give news.

Example:

6. We often use the present perfect with time adverbials which refer to the recent past:

Example:

Just; only just; recently;

7. Present perfect is often used with adverbials which include the present: ever(in questions); so far, yet (in questions and negatives)

Example:

Ever = at any time

So far = until the present time, until now, up to now

Yet = used in negative sentences and questions to talk about something that has not happened but that you expect to happen

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