牛津深圳版七年级英语下册unit 4《save the trees》课件4.ppt

* Unit 4 Save the trees The present continuous tense Usage ★ To show that something is happening now. ★ To talk about temporary situations. The children are playing in the park. We are staying at Peter’s house at the moment. Form Subject Be Main verb I am (not) dreaming You / We / They are (not) He / She / It is (not) Am I reading? Yes, I am. No, I am not / I’m not. Are you / we / they reading? Yes, you / we / they are. No, you / we / they are not / aren’t / ‘re not. Is he / she it reading? Yes, he / she / it is. No, he / she / it is not / isn’t / ‘s not. Wh - questions What are you doing now? Why is he sleeping here? We form the present continuous tense with the verb + to be + (the base form / the –ing form) of the main verb. Change the verbs into – ing form. feel write die run feeling writing dying running most verbs verbs ending in e verbs ending in ie some verbs ending in a vowel letter + a consonant letter Change the verbs into – ing form. Exercise think __________ tell __________ sit __________ come __________ smile __________ lie __________ sing __________ fight __________ change __________ make __________ thinking telling sitting coming smiling lying singing fighting changing making Katie is on holiday with her friends. She is telling Alex what everyone is doing. Look at the picture below and complete the conversation with the verbs in brackets. Katie: Hi, Alex. We are having fun at the beach. Alex: What ________ everyone ________ (do)? Katie: Ted ________ (play) volleyball with Carol. Jenny and Henry ________ (play) badminton. Grace ________ (fish). Ivan ________ (swim) in the sea. Laura and Johnny ________ (lie) on the beach. Laura ________ (eat) an ice cream too. Jim ________ (play) the guitar. And I ________ (talk) to you on the phone. is doing is playing are playing is fishing is swimming are lying is eating is playing am talking We usually use the verbs in the simple pre