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Okay, today we are going to talk about the present continuous.

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We use the present continuous to talk about something that is happening right now.

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So we use the verb to be with a verb ending with ing.

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So let's review the verb to be.

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I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, and they are.

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Let's talk about some verbs that end with ing.

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Eat is eating, cook, cooking, mix, mixing, buy, buying, drink, drinking, clean, cleaning,

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Remember, when we have a word like take, the E is silent.

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We get rid of it and make it taking.

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Make making.

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Cut.

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Some words with T, you put a double T.

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So cut becomes cutting with two T's.

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Put or set, the table becomes putting and setting with two T's.

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Grammar tip for the present continuous, the verb to be, which is am, is, or are, with

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the verb that ends in ing.

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Go turns into going.

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Make, you take away the silent E and it turns into making.

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I am going to school.

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He is making a cake.

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Now let's talk about the present simple versus the present continuous.

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The present simple is something that happens every day.

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So the key word is every, but the present continuous is something happening now.

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So for the present simple, every day, we talk about everyday routines, but the present

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continuous is just something happening now.

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So for example, in the present simple, we say, I play basketball every Saturday.

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In the present continuous, we say, I am playing basketball now.