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Overview of All English Tenses - Present Tenses - Present Continuous - Overview

 

Now, let's take a look at the present continuous tense. The continuous tense is used to talk about actions in progress at the time of speaking or around the time of speaking. The first thing to notice with the continuous tense is that we must use the verb plus '-ing' form, also known as the present participle. You'll see it in any continuous tense, especially with the present continuous. We have three different forms of this tense. First, we have the subject 'I' used with 'am teaching'. Then, we have 'you', 'we' and 'they are teaching'. Finally, we've got 'he', 'she' 'it is teaching'. The 'am', 'are' and 'is' are forms of the verb 'to be' and here with this tense is used as an auxiliary verb or a helping verb. In order to form negative sentences, we simply add the word 'not' between our helping verb and our main verb plus '-ing'. To form the questions for the present continuous tense, again what we've done, is inverted our helping verbs and our subjects resulting in questions like 'Am i teaching?' 'Are you teaching?' and 'Is he teaching?'.


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In this chapter, we identified the various techniques that can be taken when teaching, as well as some of the methodologies that can be used to assure a high quality learning experience for the student. From this unit, I have gained a strong knowledge on how the many different teaching styles are effective in their own way and how I can use them efficiently at the right time.Unit 19 gives special attention to some of the groups that you may be teaching that have a unique set of needs. For instance, teaching beginners or teaching children require special attention and different reward and motivation systems than teaching English for business professionals. The unit also explores important ways to effectively teach students individually one on one.



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