Present continuous.

Student: Yesmid Wesley Medina Rivera.

Grade: 10°DSchool: Nuestra Señora

de la Candelaria

Use de present continuos with normal verbs to the

express the ideaThat something is happening

now, at this very moment

Present continuouss.

Use 1

Example.

• you are learning English now.

• you are not swimming now.

• Are you sleeping

Use 2.

• We Use the Present continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress; however, we might not be doing it at this exact second.

Example.

• I am studying to become a doctor

• I am not studying to becom a dentist.

Use 3

Sometime, speakers use the

present continuous to indicate that

something will not happen in the

near future.

Examples.

• I am not going to the party tonight.

• Is he visiting his parents next weekend?

• Isn’t he coming with us tonight?

continuous present tense • the structure of the present continuous in English is simple:

Subject + verb to be conjugated verb ending-ing (gerund) Conjugación Significado

I am singing Yo estoy cantando

You are singing Tu estas cantando

He is singing El esta cantando

We are singing Nosotros estamos cantando

You are singing Vosotros estais cantando

They are singing Ellos estan cantando

Construction of the gerund.

• As a general rule to form the English gerund-ing is added.

Although we have to take into account some considerations:

Se sustituye la terminación -ie por -ying

• Is replaced by the ending-ie-ying.

Verb Gerund

Die Dying

Lie lying

Gerund verbs ending in-e

• It replaces the final-e-ingVerb Gerund

Use Using

Have having

Bending of the final consonant in forming the gerund

• Many verbs double their final consonant formal gerund:

Verb Gerund

Get Getting

Set Setting

Forbid forbidding

for bending is performed has to meet three conditions:1. that the word ends in a unique consonant (other than r, w, x or y)

[example: set]

2. the last consonant is preceded by single vowel. [example: let]

3. that the word is monosyllabic or the accent falls on the last syllable or word ending in "L"

Denial in the Present Continuous

• Denial with full verbs (ie not modal and auxiliary) is very simple:

Structure:

Subject + Verb "to be" + not + Verb Conjugate

I am not singingI'm not singing

he is not singinghe's not singing

Present continuous interrogative Afirmative, negative

Afirmative Negative interrogative

I am working I am not working Am I working?

You are working You aren’t working Are you working?

He is working He is not working Is he working?

She is working She is not working Is she working?

It is working It is not working Is it working?

We are working We are not working Are we working?

They are working They are not working Are they working?