Mar Pérez Martínez

¿Cómo se forma?

El presente continuo lo vamos a formar de la siguiente manera:To be + Verbo (-ING)

I am teaching grammar.You are learningThey aren’t listening to meIs Jane visiting her aunt?

FORMACIÓN

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I am playing I am not / I’m not playing Am I playing?

You are playing

You are not / aren’t playing

Are you playing?

He is playing He is not / isn’t playing Is he playing?

She is playing She is not / isn’t playing Is she playing?

It is playing It is not / isn’t playing Is it playing?

We are playing We are not / aren’t playing

Are we playing?

You are playing

You are not / aren’t playing

Are you playing?

They are playing

They are not / aren’t playing

Are they playing?

-ING formationlisten + ing = listeningCuando acaba en -iey + ing

die = dyingCuando acaba en –e---- quitamos la e + ing

write + ing = writingCuando acaba en CVC: duplicamos la

consonante + ing hop + p + ing = hoppingtravel + l + ing = travelling

USES:

Usamos al presente continuo para hablar de las cosas que estamos haciendo ahora:

He is playing baseball

“I am skiing”

TIME EXPRESSIONS

NOW, AT THE MOMENT, TODAY, THIS WEEK...

He IS DANCING hip hop now

He IS PLAYING tennis at the moment

What are they doing?

The dog is having a bath

The girl is eating a banana

• The boy is drinking

They are fishing in the river

He is listening to the music

He is washing his teeth

The man is watching TV

The baby is laughing

He is cooking chicken