learn continuous tenses in english the easy way
do you hate grammar? i do! that's why i love teaching easy tricks to make learning english grammar easy. today, i'm going to teach you an easy trick to make the continuous tense easy! to start with, this tense is sometimes called 'continuous' and sometimes called 'progressive'. now that you know that, check out this lesson so you can improve your english grammar. past, present, and future we'll cover them all. i promise this won't be a regular boring grammar lesson, because learning english with ronnie is always fun and exciting! right? right! http://www.engvid.com/learn-continuous-tenses-in-english-the-easy-way/
transcript
quack, quack. hi, my name's ronnie, and i'm going to go over some grammar with you. do you hate grammar as much as i do? oh, it's so confusing. i really, really, really love teaching, but i really hate grammar. but i want to make it easy for you, so i found a new trick. yes! check this out. tricks by ronnie. ronnie's turning tricks. [laughs] we're going to do a little review to help you always get this continuous or progressive tense malarkey down pat. there is one method or one trick that's really cool. ready?
meow. the answer is verb+ing. so, i want you to remember one thing from this lesson. in english, as soon as you have something that's continuous or progressive, which is exactly the same... sometimes your textbook will say "continuous", some textbooks or some people will say "progressive". it's exactly the same. but what you have to know and the cool trick is that as soon as you have continuous or progressive, all this means is somewhere in the magic of the sentence there's going to be verb+ing. cool. so, present continuous, past continuous, future continuous, somewhere in these sentences, you're going to have a verb+ing. the more you study grammar, you get into past perfect continuous. oh. present perfect continuous. don't worry about those right now, but just remember that whatever you have in progressive or continuous is going to have verbing somewhere in the sentence.
so let's just go through the easy parts. we're going to start, as we should, with the present tense. so present continuous or present progressive is the subject, plus, in this sentence, because it's present tense, we're going to have the present tense of the verb "to be". so: "is", "am", "are" makes this present, "is", "am", "are". negative: "isn't", "am not", or "aren't". plus your continuous verbing. so, present continuous is subject plus "is", "am", "are", and your magic verbing. cool. as an example... [makes noises] i am watching you. or you are watching me, aren't you? yeah, you're watching me, but i'm watching you. "i am watching" you. "she is learning.", "they are listening." so, this is our example of "am", "is", "are", plus verbing. negative example: "he isn't sleeping." are you sleeping? wake up. come on. he isn't sleeping. you're not sleeping. good. when we use this grammar, we have subject plus the verb "to be", plus our magic verbing. we use present continuous for actions that are only happening right now at the moment. you cannot use this at any other point. you cannot say: "yesterday, i am eating." oh, ronnie confused. yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday. ah, haha: "was eating" is good because this is past continuous.
so this is where, and probably the first and only time in your life, grammar's going to make sense. if present continuous or present progressive is the verb "to be" plus verbing, the only thing that we're going to change to make it past is we're going to change the verb "to be" into the past tense, which is "was" or "were". so to change it from present continuous to past continuous, you're just changing "to be" verb. and then, of course, you're going to add the verbing, because this is our magic. for example: "he was walking..." he was walking down the street. usually, when we use past continuous or past progressive, we use it for telling a story. so, if you want to tell your friend about something really crazy that happened yesterday: "we were talking, and all of a sudden, a giant panda bear came out and gave us a kiss." yeah, good story, buddy. "i wasn't talking to him..." this is an example of the negative. so, you can use "was", "wasn't", "were", or "weren't". remember: "he was", "we were", "i wasn't". be careful with your subject and your verb agreement. this is really important in all of the grammar.
do you hate grammar? i do! that's why i love teaching easy tricks to make learning english grammar easy. today, i'm going to teach you an easy trick to make the continuous tense easy! to start with, this tense is sometimes called 'continuous' and sometimes called 'progressive'. now that you know that, check out this lesson so you can improve your english grammar. past, present, and future we'll cover them all. i promise this won't be a regular boring grammar lesson, because learning english with ronnie is always fun and exciting! right? right! http://www.engvid.com/learn-continuous-tenses-in-english-the-easy-way/transcriptquack, quack. hi, my name's ronnie, and i'm going to go over some grammar with you. do you hate grammar as much as i do? oh, it's so confusing. i really, really, really love teaching, but i really hate grammar. but i want to make it easy for you, so i found a new trick. yes! check this out. tricks by ronnie. ronnie's turning tricks. [laughs] we're going to do a little review to help you always get this continuous or progressive tense malarkey down pat. there is one method or one trick that's really cool. ready?meow. the answer is verb+ing. so, i want you to remember one thing from this lesson. in english, as soon as you have something that's continuous or progressive, which is exactly the same... sometimes your textbook will say "continuous", some textbooks or some people will say "progressive". it's exactly the same. but what you have to know and the cool trick is that as soon as you have continuous or progressive, all this means is somewhere in the magic of the sentence there's going to be verb+ing. cool. so, present continuous, past continuous, future continuous, somewhere in these sentences, you're going to have a verb+ing. the more you study grammar, you get into past perfect continuous. oh. present perfect continuous. don't worry about those right now, but just remember that whatever you have in progressive or continuous is going to have verbing somewhere in the sentence.so let's just go through the easy parts. we're going to start, as we should, with the present tense. so present continuous or present progressive is the subject, plus, in this sentence, because it's present tense, we're going to have the present tense of the verb "to be". so: "is", "am", "are" makes this present, "is", "am", "are". negative: "isn't", "am not", or "aren't". plus your continuous verbing. so, present continuous is subject plus "is", "am", "are", and your magic verbing. cool. as an example... [makes noises] i am watching you. or you are watching me, aren't you? yeah, you're watching me, but i'm watching you. "i am watching" you. "she is learning.", "they are listening." so, this is our example of "am", "is", "are", plus verbing. negative example: "he isn't sleeping." are you sleeping? wake up. come on. he isn't sleeping. you're not sleeping. good. when we use this grammar, we have subject plus the verb "to be", plus our magic verbing. we use present continuous for actions that are only happening right now at the moment. you cannot use this at any other point. you cannot say: "yesterday, i am eating." oh, ronnie confused. yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday. ah, haha: "was eating" is good because this is past continuous.so this is where, and probably the first and only time in your life, grammar's going to make sense. if present continuous or present progressive is the verb "to be" plus verbing, the only thing that we're going to change to make it past is we're going to change the verb "to be" into the past tense, which is "was" or "were". so to change it from present continuous to past continuous, you're just changing "to be" verb. and then, of course, you're going to add the verbing, because this is our magic. for example: "he was walking..." he was walking down the street. usually, when we use past continuous or past progressive, we use it for telling a story. so, if you want to tell your friend about something really crazy that happened yesterday: "we were talking, and all of a sudden, a giant panda bear came out and gave us a kiss." yeah, good story, buddy. "i wasn't talking to him..." this is an example of the negative. so, you can use "was", "wasn't", "were", or "weren't". remember: "he was", "we were", "i wasn't". be careful with your subject and your verb agreement. this is really important in all of the grammar. basic english grammar have has had english speaking mistakes regrets i should have studied etc english grammar easy introduction to passive future tense will going to transportation vocabulary phrasal verbs get on get out of ride go learn grammar negative questions in english how to learn grammar any grammar learn the future progressive tense in english grammar learn to use reported speech in english learn continuous tenses in english the easy way turn nouns verbs into adjectives irregular verbs in english groups 1 2 irregular verbs in english group 3 english grammar fix your double negatives don t make this common mistake use the s english grammar auxiliary verbs be do have learn english grammar superlative adjectives wish 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learn english basic english grammar have has had english speaking mistakes regrets i should have studied etc english grammar easy introduction to passive future tense will going to transportation vocabulary phrasal verbs get on get out of ride go learn grammar negative questions in english how to learn grammar any grammar learn the future progressive tense in english grammar learn to use reported speech in english learn continuous tenses in english the easy way turn nouns verbs into adjectives irregular verbs in english groups 1 2 irregular verbs in english group 3 english grammar fix your double negatives don t make this common mistake use the s english grammar auxiliary verbs be do have learn english grammar superlative adjectives wish hope what s the difference english grammar must have to what s the difference between get take learn opposites part 8 100 opposite words for childrens animated educational video for kids teaching english for 7 9 year old children english conversation level 1 to 10 learning english for children english for kids 5 buccaneers vs patriots week 4 highlights nfl 2021 speaking cartoon 45 minutes kids dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids speaking story 50 minutes kids cartoon dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids live english class my house 5 and 6 year old children teacher training mark kulek esl kids vocabulary body parts of the body learn english for kids english educational video planets in our solar system exploring planets learning videos for kids kids vocabulary new fruits vegetables learn english for kids english educational video playful minds math 5 8 years old ipad 2 hd gameplay trailer fun way to learn spelling of 17 english words lessons for kids learning english for children english for kids 8 learn english speaking gogo s 10 11 12 teaching english for 10 12 year old children colors children s song learn english colors sight words for kids patty shukla learning english for children english for kids 7 learn english speaking gogo s 7 8 9 how old are you more kids cartoon story step a learn english collection of easy conversation learn english with kids practice english conversation slang words with kids how to teach kids from a prague kindergarten part 1 english for children learn human body part internal kids educational video teaching english to children in a fun way english language games tutitu language learning english to spanish inglés a español short stories for kids english story collection 10 short stories for children lasha talakhadze smashes all three world records in men s 109kg class tokyo olympics nbc sports singular plural for kids learn english diy candle hacks to light up your life interior home decor ideas with candles smile club english school 2012 introduction video teach kid to speak english part 8 english speaking with kids video 22 kids vocabulary old action verbs action words learn english for kids educational video first words 9 spider learning 6 bug names learn english kids matt vs spider teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons how to teach your child to read english fast fluent best english phonics reading methods for kids learning songs abcs colors 123s growing up and more preschool songs from littlebabybum 19 best short english stories for kids collection infobells teaching english to kids in 5 fun steps kids vocabulary family family members tree learn english educational video for kids let s learn fractions understanding math for kids numbers counting to 10 collection vol 1 kids learn to count baby toddler songs nursery rhymes english grammar lessons for beginners and kids basic english grammar understanding counting animals song and lesson learn and teach kids preschool learn english basic english grammar have has had english speaking mistakes regrets i should have studied etc english grammar easy introduction to passive future tense will going to transportation vocabulary phrasal verbs get on get out of ride go learn grammar negative questions in english how to learn grammar any grammar learn the future progressive tense in english grammar learn to use reported speech in english learn continuous tenses in english the easy way turn nouns verbs into adjectives irregular verbs in english groups 1 2 irregular verbs in english group 3 english grammar fix your double negatives don t make this common mistake use the s english grammar auxiliary verbs be do have learn english grammar superlative adjectives wish hope what s the difference english grammar must have to what s the difference between get take learn opposites part 8 100 opposite words for childrens animated educational video for kids teaching english for 7 9 year old children english conversation level 1 to 10 learning english for children english for kids 5 buccaneers vs patriots week 4 highlights nfl 2021 speaking cartoon 45 minutes kids dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids speaking story 50 minutes kids cartoon dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids live english class my house 5 and 6 year old children teacher training mark kulek esl kids vocabulary body parts of the body learn english for kids english educational video planets in our solar system exploring planets learning videos for kids kids vocabulary new fruits vegetables learn english for kids english educational video playful minds math 5 8 years old ipad 2 hd gameplay trailer fun way to learn spelling of 17 english words lessons for kids learning english for children english for kids 8 learn english speaking gogo s 10 11 12 teaching english for 10 12 year old children colors children s song learn english colors sight words for kids patty shukla learning english for children english for kids 7 learn english speaking gogo s 7 8 9 how old are you more kids cartoon story step a learn english collection of easy conversation learn english with kids practice english conversation slang words with kids how to teach kids from a prague kindergarten part 1 english for children learn human body part internal kids educational video teaching english to children in a fun way english language games tutitu language learning english to spanish inglés a español short stories for kids english story collection 10 short stories for children lasha talakhadze smashes all three world records in men s 109kg class tokyo olympics nbc sports singular plural for kids learn english diy candle hacks to light up your life interior home decor ideas with candles smile club english school 2012 introduction video teach kid to speak english part 8 english speaking with kids video 22 kids vocabulary old action verbs action words learn english for kids educational video first words 9 spider learning 6 bug names learn english kids matt vs spider teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons how to teach your child to read english fast fluent best english phonics reading methods for kids learning songs abcs colors 123s growing up and more preschool songs from littlebabybum 19 best short english stories for kids collection infobells teaching english to kids in 5 fun steps kids vocabulary family family members tree learn english educational video for kids let s learn fractions understanding math for kids numbers counting to 10 collection vol 1 kids learn to count baby toddler songs nursery rhymes english grammar lessons for beginners and kids basic english grammar understanding counting animals song and lesson learn and teach kids preschool learn english do you hate grammar? i do! that's why i love teaching easy tricks to make learning english grammar easy. today, i'm going to teach you an easy trick to make the continuous tense easy! to start with, this tense is sometimes called 'continuous' and sometimes called 'progressive'. now that you know that, check out this lesson so you can improve your english grammar. past, present, and future we'll cover them all. i promise this won't be a regular boring grammar lesson, because learning english with ronnie is always fun and exciting! right? right! http://www.engvid.com/learn-continuous-tenses-in-english-the-easy-way/
transcript
quack, quack. hi, my name's ronnie, and i'm going to go over some grammar with you. do you hate grammar as much as i do? oh, it's so confusing. i really, really, really love teaching, but i really hate grammar. but i want to make it easy for you, so i found a new trick. yes! check this out. tricks by ronnie. ronnie's turning tricks. [laughs] we're going to do a little review to help you always get this continuous or progressive tense malarkey down pat. there is one method or one trick that's really cool. ready?
meow. the answer is verb+ing. so, i want you to remember one thing from this lesson. in english, as soon as you have something that's continuous or progressive, which is exactly the same... sometimes your textbook will say "continuous", some textbooks or some people will say "progressive". it's exactly the same. but what you have to know and the cool trick is that as soon as you have continuous or progressive, all this means is somewhere in the magic of the sentence there's going to be verb+ing. cool. so, present continuous, past continuous, future continuous, somewhere in these sentences, you're going to have a verb+ing. the more you study grammar, you get into past perfect continuous. oh. present perfect continuous. don't worry about those right now, but just remember that whatever you have in progressive or continuous is going to have verbing somewhere in the sentence.
so let's just go through the easy parts. we're going to start, as we should, with the present tense. so present continuous or present progressive is the subject, plus, in this sentence, because it's present tense, we're going to have the present tense of the verb "to be". so: "is", "am", "are" makes this present, "is", "am", "are". negative: "isn't", "am not", or "aren't". plus your continuous verbing. so, present continuous is subject plus "is", "am", "are", and your magic verbing. cool. as an example... [makes noises] i am watching you. or you are watching me, aren't you? yeah, you're watching me, but i'm watching you. "i am watching" you. "she is learning.", "they are listening." so, this is our example of "am", "is", "are", plus verbing. negative example: "he isn't sleeping." are you sleeping? wake up. come on. he isn't sleeping. you're not sleeping. good. when we use this grammar, we have subject plus the verb "to be", plus our magic verbing. we use present continuous for actions that are only happening right now at the moment. you cannot use this at any other point. you cannot say: "yesterday, i am eating." oh, ronnie confused. yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday. ah, haha: "was eating" is good because this is past continuous.
so this is where, and probably the first and only time in your life, grammar's going to make sense. if present continuous or present progressive is the verb "to be" plus verbing, the only thing that we're going to change to make it past is we're going to change the verb "to be" into the past tense, which is "was" or "were". so to change it from present continuous to past continuous, you're just changing "to be" verb. and then, of course, you're going to add the verbing, because this is our magic. for example: "he was walking..." he was walking down the street. usually, when we use past continuous or past progressive, we use it for telling a story. so, if you want to tell your friend about something really crazy that happened yesterday: "we were talking, and all of a sudden, a giant panda bear came out and gave us a kiss." yeah, good story, buddy. "i wasn't talking to him..." this is an example of the negative. so, you can use "was", "wasn't", "were", or "weren't". remember: "he was", "we were", "i wasn't". be careful with your subject and your verb agreement. this is really important in all of the grammar.