Present Continuous for 5th Grade students

Present Continuous

In Present continuous you have to use the verb "to be" with the action verb, adding an -ing suffix to the end of the action.

We use Present Continuous when we're talking about something happening NOW.

For example:

Ell està jugant a futbol -> He is playing football
Ell no està jugant a futbol. -> He isn't playing football
Ell està jugant a futbol? -> Is he playing football?

Use:

• am with the personal pronoun I
• is with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or the singular form of nouns)
• are with the personal pronouns you, we, they (or the plural form of nouns)

Pronoun	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I	I am playing.	I am not playing.	Am I playing?
he, she, it	He is playing.	He isn't playing.	Is he playing?
you, we, they	You are playing.	You aren't playing.	Are you playing?

Notice that you can use "is not" or "isn't" and "are not" or "aren't". It's the same thing.
Present Continuous is also called "Present Progressive".

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Telling the Time in English

Asking for the time: What's the time?  or What time is it?

For answering this question,

Say the minutes first and then the hours. Use past and the preceding hour for minutes 01 through 30. Use to and the forthcoming hour for minutes 31 through 59, but .

Example: 7.20 - twenty minutes past seven

Example: 7.40 - twenty minutes to eight

The way of saying '15 minutes past' is: a quarter past
The way of saying '15 minutes to' is: a quarter to

Instead of '30 minutes past' we say: half past

Example: 5:30 - half past five

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Note

Use o'clock only at the full hour.

You can watch this video for more help and do the online activities about "the time" to practice.

You can work with this activity.

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Present Simple Verb To Be

The verb to be means "ser" o "estar" in Spanish.
You can practice the present simple of the verb to be using this activity.

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