PRESENT PROGRESSIVETo be + I-N-G

GrammarchantThe Verb

am/is/are +ving

Remember me? -I’m the verb to be. Don’t forget me! I’m the i-n-g. We go together like ABC. The verb to be and the i-n-g.

Use Present Progressive

I (write) a letter now. We (have) lunch now. Helen (go) home now. The boys (play) football now. They (read) a book now.

Make the –ing form

Cook, come, dance, draw, fly, swim, take, clean, run, drive, talk, put, stop, write, enjoy, cut, ride, get, play, make

Poem

- Who are you? What are you doing now? - I’m a boy. I’m playing with the toy. - He’s a boy. He’s playing with his toy. - I’m a girl. I’m playing with my doll. - She’s a girl. She’s playing with her doll.