10. What are you doing?
You / behave /
badly
• You’re behaving
badly!
11. Form
Positive (+)
Subject + auxiliary
I
am
You
are
He/She/It
is
We
are
They
are
(be)
+ verb + ing
= I’m
walking.
= You’re
reading.
= He’s/She’s/It’s
eating.
= We’re
laughing.
= They’re
shouting.
12. Form
Negative (-)
Subject + auxiliary (be)+ not + verb + ing
I’m
looking.
You’re
playing.
not talking.
He’s/She’s/It’s
We’re
jumping.
They’re
climbing.
13. Form
Interrogative (?)
Auxiliary (be) + subject
Am
I
Are
you
Is
he/she/it
Are
we
Are
they
+
verb + ing + ?
dreaming?
sleeping ?
falling?
flying?
drinking?
14. Rules
Some verbs drop
the last -e:
Eg
write writing
take taking
bake baking
dance dancing
Some verbs double
the last letter:
but see seeing
but open opening
Eg
sit sitting
swim swimming
travel travelling
get getting
15. Rules
Verbs ending in –ie,
drop the –ie + –y + ing
eg
• lie lying
• die dying
The verb ‘be’ is only used in
the continuous to describe
temporary behaviour.
eg
• He’s being naughty.
• She’s being good.
16. Short questions & answers:
cry
cook
Is the man
cooking?
No, he isn’t.
He’s playing
the violin.
Is the baby
crying?
Yes he is.
He’s crying.
do
Are the boys doing
their homework?
Yes they are!
play
17. When?
1. A short activity, happening right now:
We’re just
looking!
