PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
Presente Continuo.
Form (Forma)
Para formar el presente continuo se utiliza el verbo auxiliar to be y el gerundio (infinitivo + -ing) del verbo.
Structure (Estructura)
1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas)
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + gerundio.
Ejemplos:
-Im talking. (Estoy hablando.)
-Hes eating. (Est comiendo.)
-Theyre learning. (Estn aprendiendo.)
2. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas)
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + auxiliar negativo (not) + gerundio.
Ejemplos:
-Im not talking. (No estoy hablando.)
-Hes not [He isnt] eating. (No est comiendo.)
3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)
Verbo auxiliar (to be) + sujeto + gerundio?
Ejemplos:
-Are you talking? (Ests hablando?)
-Is he eating? (Est comiendo?)
-Are they learning? (Estn aprendiendo?)
Uses (Usos)
1. El presente continuo se utiliza para hablar sobre algo que est pasando en el momento en el que hablamos. Ejemplos:
Im studying now. (Estoy estudiando ahora.)
Hes eating at the moment. (Est comiendo en este momento.)
Is it raining? (Est lloviendo?)
2. Tambin lo usamos para hablar de algo que est sucediendo en la actualidad pero no necesariamente cuando
hablamos. En este caso, se utilizan expresiones de tiempo como currently, lately o these days. Ejemplos:
Theyre learning English. (Estn aprendiendo ingls.)
Shes currently looking for a job. (Actualmente est buscando un trabajo.)
Are you working much lately? (Ests trabajando mucho ltimamente?)
3. Usamos el presente continuo para hablar de algo que est ya decidido que se har en el futuro prximo. Su uso indica
que es bastante seguro que lo planificado suceder. Ejemplos:
Im going to the party tonight. (Voy a la fiesta esta noche.)
Hes not [He isnt] coming to class tomorrow. (No viene a la clase manaa.)
Are you working next week? (Trabajas la semana que viene?)
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3.1 Complete the sentences. Use am/is/are + one of these verbs:
building coming having playing cooking standing swimming
1 Listen! Pat is playing the piano.
2 They ________________ a new hotel in the city centre at the moment.
3 Look! Somebody ______________________ in the river.
4 'You __________________ on my foot.' 'Oh, Im sorry.'
5 Hurry up! The bus _______________________ .
6 'Where are you, George?' 'In the kitchen, I _______________ a meal.'
7 (on the telephone) 'Hello. Can I speak to Ann, please?' 'She __________________ a shower at the moment. Can you
phone again later?'
3.2 What's happening at the moment? Write true sentences.
1 (I / wash / my / hair) Im not washing my hair.
2 (it / snow) It is snowing.
3 (I / sit / on a chair) ___________________________________________________________________
4 (I / eat) ____________________________________________________________________________
5 (it / rain) ___________________________________________________________________________
6 (I / learn / English) ___________________________________________________________________
7 (I / listen / to the radio) _______________________________________________________________
8 (the sun / shine) _____________________________________________________________________
9 (I / wear / shoes) _____________________________________________________________________
10 (I / smoke / a cigarette) ______________________________________________________________
11 (I / read / a newspaper) ______________________________________________________________
3.3 What is the difference between picture A and picture B? Write two sentences each time. Use is/are (not) ing.
1 In A the man is smoking a cigarette. In B he is eating an apple.
2 In A the man _________________________. In B he ________________________________________
3 In A ____________________________________. In B _______________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________________
6 ___________________________________________________________________________________
4.1 Look at the pictures and ask a question. Choose one of these verbs:
Crying eating going laughing looking at reading
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1 What is she reading?
2 Where _______________________________________________________?
3 Why _________________________________________________________?
4 What ________________________________________________________?
5 What ________________________________________________________?
6 Why _________________________________________________________?
4.2 Write the question 'What ... doing?' with different subjects.
1 (he) What is he doing?
2 (they) What _______________________ doing?
3 (I) ___________________________________________________________?
4 (your wife) ____________________________________________________?
Now write the question 'Where ... going?' with these subjects.
5 (we) Where are we going?
6 (those children) ________________________________________________?
7 (the girl with long hair) __________________________________________?
8 (the man on the bicycle) _________________________________________?
4.3 Ask the questions. (Read the answers to the questions first.)
4.4 Write positive or negative short answers (Yes, I am / No. it isn't etc.).
1 Are you watching TV? No, Im not.
2 Are you wearing shoes? _____________________________
3 Are you wearing a hat? _____________________________
4 Is it raining? ______________________________________
5 Are you eating something? __________________________
6 Are you feeling well? _______________________________
7 Is the sun shining? _________________________________
8 Is your mother watching you? ________________________
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