Present Progressive
(Continuous)
English Teacher: Jesús Moreno Morales.
INTRODUCTION
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The present progressive puts emphasis
course or duration of an action.
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The present progressive is used for actions going
on in the moment of speaking and for actions
taking place only for a short period of time. It
is also used to express development and actions
that are arranged for the near future.
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Present progressive
continuous.
is
also
known
as
on
the
present
How is it used?
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Use a form of to be and the infinite verb plus -ing.
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are with the personal, we, they (or the plural form of nouns)
Use:
am with the personal pronoun I
is with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or the singular form of
nouns) pronouns you
TABLE OF ITS USES:
affirmative
negative
question
I
I am playing.
I am not playing.
Am I playing?
he, she, it
He is playing.
He is not playing.
Is he playing?
you, we, they
You are playing.
You are not playing.
Are you playing?
"-ING" CONSTRUCTION
Let's look at some rules to conjugate the gerund with the main verb.
Verbs ending in "- e":
The letter " e " is deleted and replaced by the "-ing" gerund . For example:
Believ e / Believing
Tak e / Taking
Verbs ending in "-ie":
When a verb ends in this way, the combination of vowels "ie" is replaced by the consonant "and" , adding at the
end the gerund "-ing" .
T ie / Tying
L ie / Lying
Verbs ending in "-y":
This is the simplest rule since the only thing to do is add the "-ing" gerund at the end of the verb .
Emplo y / Emplo y ing
Dela y / Delay ing
For verbs that have a single syllable or whose accent falls on the last syllable and end in consonant - vowel consonant, they must double their last consonant and add "-ing" .
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Run / Run - Ru n ning
Swim / Swim - Swi m ming
Use of Affirmative Sentences
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Affirmative Form (+):
It is formed by conjugating
the verb "to be" in the
present indicative followed
by a verb in the form -ing.
Long form
Short way
I am working
I'm working
You are working
You're working
He is working
He's working
She is working
She's working
It is working
It's working
We are working
We're working
You are working
You're working
They are working They're working
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Use of Negative Sentences
Negative Form(-):
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Unlike the simple present tense,
when making negations in the
present continuous, there is no
need to use the auxiliary verb to
do , since this place still has the
verb to be:
For example:
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Pedro is not taking his nap.
Those girls are not laughing.
In this type of sentences you can
use the contractions in this way:
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Interrogative Sentences
Interrogative form (?):
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In these types of questions you must start
the sentence with the auxiliary verb to be :
Note that in English it is not necessary to
open the sentence with a question
mark. Only the closing question mark is
used:
Is Pedro sleeping?
Are those girls laughing?
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If the question is negative, the sentence
should be started in the same way as with
an affirmative question, but accompanied
by the negative assistant.You can also get
the sentence:
Isn't Pedro sleeping?
Isn't Peter sleeping?
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