PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Dialogue
Nam : I am reading a book.
Hùng : What book?
Nam : English . What about you?
Hùng : I am writing a letter for my close friend.
Nam : Really?
Hùng : Of course. She is having a birthday party now.I can not come there , so I write this letter to congratulate her.
Dialogue
Nam : I am reading . . .
Hùng : What book?
Nam : English . What about you?
Hùng : I am writing. . .
Nam : Really?
Hùng : Of course. She is having a birthday party now. . .
Dialogue
Nam :
Hùng :
Nam :
Hùng :
Nam :
Hùng :
Dialogue
Nam : I am reading a book.
Hùng : What book?
Nam : English . What about you?
Hùng : I am writing a letter for my close friend.
Nam : Really?
Hùng : Of course. She is having a birthday party now.I can not come there , so I write this letter to congratulate her.
Read reading
Write writing
Have having


=> S + TOBE (is ,am,are) + V-ing +O
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1.Use
a.Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra ở hiện tại
E.g : I am learning English now.
b.Diễn tả một thói quen,sự việc,hành động diễn ra thường xuyên.
E.g : She is such a kind person, she is always helping for other people.
c.Diễn tả một sự việc đã dự định làm trong tương lai.
E.g : We are going to the theater tonight.
V-ing
1.Normally , add “ing” behind verb.
E.g do doing
speak speaking
fall falling
2.Verbs finish “e” leave “e” add –ing
E.g come coming
have having
take taking
3.Verbs finish “ie” : ie y + ing
E.g lie lying
die dying
tie tying
4.Verbs finish a consonant , before it has a vowel
double the consonant + ing.
E.g rub rubbing
put putting
stop stopping
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
2.Adverbs
Now = at the moment : bây giờ,lúc này.
E.g
- It is raining now.
- Mary is writing a letter at the moment.
3.Verbs are not used in this tense.
See,hear,smell,remember,forget,know,believe, notice,fell,recognize,understand,…

Rewrite the following sentences into present continuous tense.
1.She goes to school.(now)
She is going to school now.
2.I write a letter for my friend.(at the moment)
I am writing a letter for my friend at the moment.
3.John washes bowls and dishes.
John is washing bowls and dishes.
4.We often go to theater on Sunday.(tonight)
We are going to theater tonight.
5.The students talk in class.
The students are talking in class.
6.My father works in a bank.(now)
My father is working in a bank now.


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