Question

Present Continous
1. Read the examples below and, in your notebook, write down the correct option to complete the statements about them.
“What’s happening?”
“Global warming is changing the world.”
“These changes are happening because the Earth’s air, water, and land are all linked to the climate.”

a) In the sentences above the verbs refer to something that
• is happening now, at the present time.
• happens occasionally.

b) The verbs in those sentences are in the Present Continuous. To form the Present Continuous we use
• the verb to be in the infinitive + the main verb in the -ing form.
• the verb to be in the present (am/are/is) + the main verb in the -ing form.

2. Look at the text in activity 3. What kind of website is it from?
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3. Now read the text and, in your notebook, do the activities that follow.

Are We Doing Enough?
Our lives, futures and planet are in danger! By polluting the air, illegally disposing of toxic waste and burning rainforests, we are damaging our world, and what is the world doing? Is it doing all that it can and should? The very simple answer is no.
a. According to the text,
• we are not conserving the planet.
• we are not damaging our world.
• we are not putting our future in danger.

b. The title of the text is a question, Are We Doing Enough?. That question is incomplete. What do you think is the correct option to complete that question?
Are we doing enough
• To damage our world?
• To put our lives, futures and planet in danger?
• To conserve our planet?
• To dispose of toxic waste?

c. Do you agree with the author’s idea?
d. Now read the sentences about the text and complete the rules about the Present Continuous
d. The author of the text is a teenager. Are you and your friends worried about environmental problems?
e. Now read the sentences about the text and complete the rules about the Present Continuous:
We are not conserving the rainforests. Is the world doing all it can?

For the negative, use am, is or are + _______________ + verb in the -ing form. To make a question, use am, is or are + subject + _______________.

Answer 1

Resposta:

1. a) Is happening now, at the present time;

  b) The verb to be in the present (am/are/is) + the main verb in the -ing form;

2. We doesn't have how to know;

3. a) We are not conserving the planet;

   b) To conserve our planet?;

   c) Yes, I agree;

   d) Yes, we are;

   e) + not + (...) + the main verb in the -ing form.