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tO.t Present Continuous
1 The PresentContinuous describesan activity that is happening now. She'swearing jeans. I'm studying English. Positive and negative
Form THING
something/anything/everlthing/nothing
BODY
somebody/anybody/everybody/nobody
WHERE
somewhere/anywhere/everlr,vhere/nowhere
somethiry/anythiry ... The rules are the same as for some and any. watching TV.
Negative I didnt go anywhere. I dont know anybody.
Question am What
Positive Id like something to eat. Somebody phoned you.
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he/she/it
are
we/you/they
thinking?
Question Does anybody know the answer? Would you like something to drink? (= an offer)
nobody / nothing /nowherc I
IeslNo questions Are you having a good time? Is my English getting better? Are they having a party?
Short answers Yes,we are. Yes,it is. No, they arent
Spelling ofverb + -ing 1 Most verbs add -ing. wear + wearing go { going cook + cooking 2 If the infinitive ends in -e, drop the -e and add -ing. write -) writing smile + smiling 3 When a one-syllableverb has one vowel and ends in a consonant, double the consonant and add -ing. sit -) sitting get + getting run -+ running
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tO.l Present SimpleandPresent Continuous The PresentSimple describesthings that are alwaystrue, or true for a Iong time. I come from Switzerland. He works in a bank. He wears a suit to work. Do you watch much TV?
The forms nobodylnothinglnowhere can be strongerthan not anybodyI anythinglanywhere. I didnt buy anything. I bought nothing. (= stronger,more emphatic)
2 We use theseforms as the subjectof a sentence. Nobody loves me. Nothing is cheap these days. 3 We use them in one word answers. 'Where did you go?' 'NowhereJ 4 We don't usetwo negatives. I didn't see anybody. NOT Nothing is easy. NOT
Fdidrt|seenobodf lfu+hiry-isn+f,asyi
p Prepositions I'm on my way home. She'sworking on her laptop. He works for an international bank. Who are you talking to? They re looking at a photo. There'ssomeoneon the phone for you. We are learning about history. Astronauts work during the week. They like to look out of the window.
2 The PresentContinuous describesactivities happening now, and temporary activities. Dave'scoming to seeus now. I'm working very hard this week. Why are you wearing yellow trousers? Shh! I'm watching TV!
Reference l0.l-10.3 l4l Grammar