The 10th of November
Last time we reviewed Continuous Tenses
The Continuous Tenses show an action that is continuing in the past, present or future.
The Present Continuous Tense generally shows an action that is taking place at the time of speaking.
I’m reading this sentence now.
Form: present simple form of the auxiliary be (am, is are) + present participle of the meaningful verb - is reading
Negative: am not, isn’t, aren’t + present participle
Interrogative: Am/Is/Are +subject +present participle
Can be also used to talk about the action which is taking place around the time of speaking, but not exactly at the moment: He is learning German. She is reading an interesting book.
The Past Continuous Tense is used to show an action in progress in the past.
It was raining when I came home.
Form: past simple form of the auxiliary verb to be (was, were) + present participle of the meaningful verb - was reading
Negative: wasn’t, weren’t + present participle
Interrogative: Was/Were +subject + present participle
The Future Continuous Tense is used to show an action in progress in the future.
Tomorrow at 9 O’clock I will be sleeping
Form: Auxiliary verb will/shall + be + present participle - will be reading
Negative: won’t/shan’t + be + present participle
Interrogative: Will/Shall + subject + be + present participle
Verbs that are not normally used in continuous tenses:
Belong, believe, forget, hate, have (= “own, possess”), hear, know, like, love, mean, need, prefer, realise, remember, see, seem, suppose, think (=believe), understand, want.
We also took some words and their synonyms from the text about Halloween:
Frightening: horrible, terrible, terrifying, awful, scaring
Witch: vixen, hag, harridan
Commonly: usually, generally, as a rule
Your home task:
1. to make 9 sentences, 3 on each tense
2. to learn the synonyms
3. to think of synonyms for the following words from the text about English history:
trace, ancient, independent, invade, emerge, branch
If I’m not mistaken that is all.
See you on Saturday :)