Education Learning Styles Lesson Plan Present Progressive

Education: Learning Styles Lesson Plan § Present Progressive Verbs § Spelling the –ing form § Negative Present Progressive Verbs Copyright © 2007 by Thomson Heinle, a part of The Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved. 1

Grammar in Content Read about Nina. Hi, Lisha! Yeah, I am at home now. I am drawing. It’s for art class… Oh, yes. You are hearing my music. I like to work with music on… It is snowing outside? Awesome! I love snow! 2

Present Progressive Verbs: Affirmative Complete the chart. What about Contractions? Contraction Subject be I He She It You* We They am thinking I am I’m thinking is drawing He He’s She is She’s It drawing are You’re listening We are We’re to music They’re They listening to music *You is either singular or plural. 3

Present Progressive: Affirmative Complete the chart. Subject be I He She It You* We They am is are Contraction thinking. I am I’m thinking. drawing. He He’s She is She’s It drawing. listening to music. You’re We are We’re They listening to music. *You is either singular or plural. 4

Notes Use the present progressive to talk about things that are happening right now. You can use it with the present progressive to talk about the weather. It is raining. It is snowing. To form the present progressive, add –ing to the end of most verbs. Verbs with special spellings will be covered later in the lesson. They are teaching. He is looking. 5

Spelling Verbs in the –ing Form Look at the chart. Base -ing form Rules for most verbs: work eat Add –ing. live write sit plan say sleep listen think working eating living writing sitting planning saying sleeping listening thinking For verbs ending in a consonant + e: Drop the e and add –ing. (Do not double the consonant: Writting) For verbs that end in one vowel and one consonant: Double the consonant and add –ing. Do not double the last consonant before –ing when the verb: ends in w, x, or y. ends in two vowels and one consonant. has more than one syllable (when first syllable is stressed). ends in two or more consonants. 6

Exercise A Raise your hand if the statement is in the present progressive tense. Answers: 1. I am read. 1. am reading 2. He is listenning to music. 2. listening (one n) 3. You look at the teacher. 3. not present progressive are looking 4. They are siting. 4. sitting (two t s) 7

Grammar in Content Read about Alessandra and Tina. Hey, Tina! What are you up to? Are you studying right now? No, I am not studying. I am shopping. You aren’t studying, are you? Oh, no. We’re not studying. We are eating. Talk to you later! Alright. Goodbye! 8

Negative Present Progressive Complete the chart. Subject be Contraction I I am I’m not thinking. He not He’s She isn’t It It isn’t drawing. He She It You* We They am not thinking. is not drawing. are not listening to music. You’re not We are listening to music. We aren’t They aren’t *You is either singular or plural. 10

Exercise B Raise your hand if you agree. “Right now… 1. I am not talking. ” 2. We aren’t eating. ” 3. He’s not learning. ” 4. She is not singing. ” 11

Exercise C If it is the time on the clock, what are you or your partner doing or not doing? 12 11 1 8: 42 PM 12: 30 AM 8: 00 AM 3: 00 PM 8: 42 AM 2 10 3 9 4 8 7 6 5 12

Review Subject be Contraction I am thinking. am not I’m not is is not He’s She isn’t It’s not drawing. You’re We aren’t They’re not listening to music. He She It You* We They drawing. are listening to music. are not thinking. *You is either singular or plural. 13