continuous tense introductory lesson for beginners

Present continuous tense lesson for beginning English students

1. Mastering Past, Present, and Future Continuous Tenses Interactive Learning for Beginners

2. What Will We Learn? Understand the difference between Past, Present, and Future Continuous Tenses. Learn how to use them in daily conversation. Practice speaking, writing, and listening in English.

3. Present Continuous

4. Present Continuous Tense Examples She is reading a book right now. They are playing soccer in the park. I am learning English at the moment. He is cooking dinner for the family. We are watching a movie tonight. The dog is barking at the mailman. The students are studying for their exams. My friends are planning a trip for the weekend. You are wearing a blue shirt today. It is raining heavily outside.

5. Past Continuous

6. Past Continuous Tense Examples She was reading a book when I called her. They were playing soccer when it started to rain. I was learning English at 8 p.m. last night. He was cooking dinner when the power went out. We were watching a movie when the phone rang. The dog was barking at the mailman all morning. The students were studying for their exams yesterday afternoon. My friends were planning a trip when I arrived. You were wearing a blue shirt at the party last night. It was raining heavily when I left the house.

7. Future Continuous

8. Future Continous Tense Examples She will be reading a book at 8 p.m. tonight. They will be playing soccer tomorrow afternoon. I will be learning English at this time next week. He will be cooking dinner when you arrive. We will be watching a movie at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The dog will be barking at the neighbors when I get home. The students will be studying for their exams all day tomorrow. My friends will be planning the trip when you call them. You will be wearing your uniform for the event tomorrow. It will be raining heavily during our trip next weekend.

9. Visualizing Continuous Tenses

10. Tell the Story • Look at the pictures on the next slides and describe each one using the correct continuous tense in your notebook :

11. Past

12. Present

13. Future

14. Past

15. Present

16. Future

17. Past

18. Present

19. Future

20. Past

21. Charades Game!

22. What Were You Doing When…? Ask your partner questions: 1. What were you doing at 7 p.m. yesterday? 2. What are you doing right now? 3. What will you be doing tomorrow at 8 p.m.? 4. What were you doing last weekend? 5. What will you be doing next weekend? 6. What are you wearing today? 7. Who will you be meeting on the weekend? 8. What kind of music are you listening to these days? 9. What was your family doing last night? 10. Who will be helping you with your Math homework this week?

23. Review Time! What tense do we use for: Actions happening right now? (Present Continuous) Actions that were happening in the past? (Past Continuous) Actions that will be happening in the future? (Future Continuous) Ask students for examples of each.

24. Exit Ticket Write one sentence for each tense: Past Continuous (Yesterday at 5 p.m., I was studying.) Present Continuous (I am learning English right now.) Future Continuous (Tomorrow at 2 p.m., I will be visiting my grandmother.)

25. Great Job! You’ve learned about Past, Present, and Future Continuous tenses today. Keep practicing!