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“PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PROGRESSIVE”

Course: English IV
Teacher: Burga Tarrillo Celinda
Date: 06/05/19
Members:
• Jiménez neyra Carlos 1613225193
• Taipe Aguilar Brandon 1613235025
• Muñoz Diaz Kevin Gerardo 1513210063
• Morales Benites Fabian 1323240012

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Grammatical Rules
Form :
To form the present continuous we use the auxiliary verb "to be" and the verb + ing.

Subject Auxiliar (to be) Verb+ing

I am talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

he, she, it is talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

you, we, they are talking , eating, learning, doing, going…

Structure:
1. Affirmative Sentences

Subject + auxiliar verb (to be) + verb + ing.

Examples:
I’m talking.
He’s eating

2. Negative Sentences

Subject + auxiliar verb (to be) + auxiliar negative (not) + verb +ing.

Examples:

I’m not talking.

He’s not eating/ He isn’t eating.

3. Interrogative Sentences

auxiliar verb (to be) + Subject + verb+ing?

Examples:
Are you talking?
Is he eating?
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To form the gerund, we must add the final ending -ing to the infinitive form of the verb.
However, the result may be different depending on the root of the verb:

GERUND EXAMPLES
Act
If the verb ends in a consonant, we simply Read
add the final ending Acting
Reading
Meet Draw

Meeting Drawing
If the verb ends in a vowel, it is deleted and Write Skate
replaced by -ING
Writing Skating
The rule is not always followed: Be Go

Being Going
The rule is not always followed: However, See
if the vowel is double this is maintained and
simply adds -ING Seeing
If the verb ends in -Y and this remains Study Fly

Studying Flying
When it comes to a monosyllabic verb Get Run
terminated by the consonant-vowel-
consonant sequence, the last consonant is Getting RunningC
doubled Swim

Swimming
Verbs ending in -Y, -X, -W will not duplicate Blow Fix
the last consonant
Blowing Fixing
The disyllabic verbs whose tonic syllable is Begin Forget
the last, follow the same rule
Beginning Forgetting
The rule is not always followed: Travel

Travelling
In the verbs ending in -IE that group is Die Lie
replaced by one more Y-IN
Dying Lying
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Uses:
1. The present continuous is used to talk about something that is happening at
the moment we speak.
Examples:
I’m studying now
He’s eating at the moment.
Is it raining?

2. We also use it to talk about something that is happening now but not
necessarily when we speak. In this case, time expressions such as "currently",
"lately" or "these days" are used.
Examples:
They’re learning English.
She’s currently looking for a job.
Are you working much lately?
3. We use the present continuous to talk about something that is already
decided to be done in the near future.
Examples:
I’m going to the party tonight.
He’s not [He isn’t] coming to class tomorrow.
Are you working next week?

4. With always, in repetitive actions that generate discomfort to the speaker

Examples:
Mike is always breaking things.

My sister is always putting on my clothes!

Note: There are some verbs that we do not usually use in continuous times.
Below is a list of verbs that are not used in continuous times.

• be • see • own
• want • hear • like
• need • smell • dislike
• know • believe • love
• prefer • belong • hate
• remember • cost • fear
• understand • seem • envy
• care • exist • mind
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EXERCISES

1. I am working (work) now.

2. Nell isn’t watching (not/watch) television at the moment.
3. They are going (go) to the cinema.
4. Are you calling (call) your mother?
5. We know (know) her.
6. He is playing (play)in the park
7. The boy is crying (cry)because his toy is broken
8. He is speaking (speak)German
9. She is reading(read) the newspaper in the living room.
10. I’m having ( have)my dance lesson
11. He’s watching (Watch)his favorite television program
12. They’re eating (eat) in the restaurant on the corner