Unit 6
Continuous tenses
Continuous tenses use parts of the verb to be ( am , is or are ) and the present participle of the verb. The present participle is formed by adding ‘ing’ to the verb.
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Add ‘ing’ to each of these verbs to form the present participle. Example: shake è shaking
ride run make say write decide shout close tap
4 Find five verbs in the present continuous tense in the poem, ‘Hurricane’. Example: doing 5 Find two verbs in the present continuous tense in the poem, ‘Who Has Seen the Wind?’ on page 51. 6 Make five sentences using the chart below. The present continuous tense uses the helping words ‘am’, ‘is’ or ‘are’ and tells us what is happening now. I am shivering. The wind is whistling. Clouds are racing. The present continuous is used differently in Creole and Standard English. The clouds are racing Clouds dem racin'
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I You He The wind Raindrops
running. blowing. falling. talking. reading.
am is are
• Practise the present continuous tense by showing students pictures from magazines which feature various activities. Ask students to describe what is happening in the present continuous tense. CR The present continuous is used differently in Creole and Standard English. Give students examples in Creole and Standard English to compare. • Ask students to say these lines from the poem in Standard English, Hurricane: Trees, dem bendin'./ Raindrops, dem hammerin' / Bucket, him flyin' . Practise the -ing sound with your students. 7 Look around you. Write four sentences in the present continuous tense describing what is happening now. Example: Michelle is writing.
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