Vocabulary

THEME: Present continuous
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINANCE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
ISFT – 2023
Students: Mirzajonova Sayyora
Muhamedjonova Mohirabonu
Mutalova Gulnora
Nurlanova Aziza
Ochilova Sarvinoz
Group: 22-FFH-21
Teacher: Mr.Haydar
SELF STUDY

Verb Tenses

• There are 12 verb tenses in English

	Simple	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Present	Simple Present	Present Continuous	Present Perfect	Present Perfect Continuous
Past	Simple Past	Past Continuous	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Continuous
Future	Simple Future	Future Continuous	Future Perfect	Future Perfect Continuous

Forming the Continuous Tenses

• Basic Form:

Subject + form of “be” + verb+ing (“ing” form)

• Past continuous: “subject + was/were + verb-ing”

I was eating. They were eating lunch.

• Present Continuous: “subject + am/are/is + verb-ing”

I am sleeping. She is sleeping. They are sleeping

• Future Continuous: “subject + will be + verb-ing”

I will be talking. He will be talking.

Present Participle Form

• The “ing-form” is formed by adding a variation of “ing” to the end of the base form

Rules for creating the “ing-form”

• When a verb ends with “e”, drop the “e” before adding “ing”.
• make –> making; write -> writing; create -> creating
• For verbs that end with “y”, add “ing” with no change
• study –> studying
• When a verbs ends in “ie”, drop the “ie”, replace it with “y”, and add “ing”.
• die –> dying, lie –> lying, tie –> tying, vie –> vying