General English Level 1 V 3

UNIT 01 Who am I? TOPIC 04 My family

	LANGUAGE FOCUS 13 Present continuous

Julia and Geng say
Julia asks:	Do they all live together?
Geng answers:	Yes, they do. Now my cousin Aeh is living with them too.

Geng's family live together in Bangkok.
Now, for a short time , Aeh is living with them too.

Geng says
	Aeh's family lives in a small town but he is studying in Bangkok.

Aeh's family always lives in a small town. Now, for a short time , Aeh is studying in Bangkok.

We use the present continuous tense of the verb to talk about what is happening NOW.

Examples

I am study ing .
I am liv ing .
I a m eat ing .

I	am	not	studying in Australia now .
You	are
He	is
She
It
We	are
You
They

Examples

I' m living in Sydney.
She' s not studying now.
He' s eating in the café.
I am reading a book.
She is cooking a curry.
He is writing a letter.
She is doing a computer course.

Verbs ending in - e
	com e coming
	liv e living
	hav e having

Now go to 14 SPEAKING Questions and answers about family.