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LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
 1 The sentences below are from the infographic in Read on and the audio in Listen up!. 
Read them and write the correct answers in your notebook. 
I “Technology is undeniably changing the face of education [...]”
II “People are creating 2,000 new websites every hour.”
III “In South Korea, schools are switching to digital textbooks […]”
A What are these sentences about? 
• Facts that occurred in the past. 
• Actions that are in progress right now. X
• Events that may happen in the future.
B What do these sentences have in common?
• Verb to be (am, is, are) + the -ing form of the main verb. 
• Verb to be (am, is, are) + the infi nitive form of the main verb.
C What are the base forms of the highlighted verbs? Use a dictionary, if necessary.
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change, create, switch 
 2 Read the following sentences from Listen up!. Which of 
them expresses the idea that an action is happening right 
now? Write the answer in your notebook and compare it 
with a classmate.
A “We wanted to talk about 21st century education.”
B “Learning can happen anywhere and everywhere.”
C “We are living through an education revolution.” X
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 3 Read the text from the box and, in your notebook, write 
examples using the structures and clues presented.
Personal answers.
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
The affirmative form of Present Continuous is formed with:
Subject + verb to be (am, is, are) + the -ing form of the main verb + 
complement.
Examples:
• I am studying foreign languages.
The negative form of Present Continuous is formed with:
Subject + verb to be (am, is, are) + not + the -ing form of the main 
verb + complement. 
Examples:
• Teachers are not working on Saturdays.
The interrogative form of Present Continuous is formed with:
Verb to be (am, is, are) + subject + the -ing form of the main verb + 
complement.
Examples:
• Is technology developing education? 
USE
In English, we use Present Continuous especially to talk about 
actions that are in progress at the moment of speaking. 
SHORT ANSWERS
To answer questions in Present Continuous, we can use short answers.
Examples:
• Are they teaching English? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
-ING FORM SPELLING
For most verbs, we add -ing to the base form. 
Examples:
• talk – talking
When the verb ends in -e, we take off the -e and add -ing.
Examples:
• live – living
When the verb ends in a vowel followed by a single consonant, the 
consonant is doubled and then -ing is added.
Examples:
• stop – stopping • plan – planning
Possible answers: We are learning English. / She is eating fruit.
Possible answers: Are you listening to music? / Is she doing exercise?
Possible answers: 
play – playing; walk – walking; eat – eating.
Possible answers: drive – driving; save – saving; live – living. 
We are not/aren’t studying a lot./He is not/isn’t playing with his friends.
Possible answers: 
Possible answers: Are you listening to music? Yes, I am. / Yes, we are. / 
No, I am not. / No, we are not.; Is she doing exercise? 
Yes, she is. / No, she is not.
LANGUAGE PLUS
Você se lembra do verbo to be
em inglês?
Ele pode ser usado como verbo 
principal para falar sobre: 
• estado ou qualidade – 
The dog is here. It’s so cute.
• nacionalidade – 
They’re Americans, 
they aren’t Canadians.
• profi ssão – 
He’s a teacher, I’m a nurse.
Como verbo auxiliar, to be
é usado para dar ideia de 
continuidade ou progresso de 
uma ação, como é o caso do 
Present Continuous Tense.
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