Present Continuous

I am singing . You are selling books. He is building a house . Descreve uma ação que está ocorrendo no momento em que está sendo narrada. Estrutura principal Verbo “to be” + Verbo principal + ing I am singing . You are selling books. He is building a house . Exemplos:

Geralmente é acompanhado por advérbios, como: now this moment at present this week this month this year today for the time being I am singing now. You are selling books this week. He is building a house this year. Ou por expressões no imperativo, como: Look! Listen! Look! It is raining! Listen! The children are singing!

Estrutura 1 - e + ing Exemplos: Mas to come - coming Verbos terminados em “e” - e + ing Exemplos: Mas to come - coming to write - writing to close - closing X X to be - being X

Estrutura 2 ee + ing to agree - agreeing to flee - fleeing Exemplos: Verbos terminados em “ee” ee + ing to agree - agreeing to flee - fleeing to free - freeing Exemplos:

Estrutura 3 - ie + y + ing to tie - tying to lie - lying Verbos terminados em “ie” - ie + y + ing to tie - tying to lie - lying to die - dying X Exemplos: X X

to control - controlling to stop - stopping to swim - swimming Estrutura 4 Verbos terminados em “c/v/c” 2 x consoante final + ing to begin - beginning to control - controlling to stop - stopping to swim - swimming Exemplos:

to discover - discovering to abandon - abandoning Exemplos: Estrutura 5 Verbos “não oxítonos” terminados em “cvc” verbo + ing to happen - happening to visit - visiting to open - opening to discover - discovering to abandon - abandoning Exemplos:

Alguns verbos “não” usados no present continuous to see to taste to know to want to smell to like to remember to have to possess to hear to notice to believe to think to forget to understand to seem to prefer to need

Rights and Wrongs - 1 Exemplos: Do you like L.A.? (right) Are you liking L.A.? (wrong) I don’t understand. (right) I am not understanding. (wrong) I see the house. (right) I am seeing the house. (wrong) She has a car. (right) She is having a car. (wrong) The act of seeing = an object - wrong The act of seeing = meeting someone - right

Rights and Wrongs - 2 Exemplos: I want to help her. (right) I'm wanting to help her.(wrong) I believe you're right. (right) I am believing you're right. (wrong) I know he's great. (right) I am knowing he is great. (wrong) I think he'll come. (right) What are you thinking? (wrong) The act of thinking = believe - wrong The act of thinking = consider - right

Após preposições Uso obrigatório do gerúndio I'm tired of seeing pictures of dinosaurs. What is the harm in believing in ghosts? How to love a person without liking that person? What are the advantages of having a BMW ?

Se o sujeito é o verbo de uma sentença Uso obrigatório do gerúndio Seeing is believing! Getting eight hours of sleep can be difficult. Wanting something isn't enough. Having respect is essential for success.

are trying are writing is lying are taking are beginning 1.Complete the sentences with the present continuous tense of the verbs in parenthesis: a) Politicians_____________ to convince the voters using all ads. (to try) b) TV subscribers _____________several letters protesting . (to write) c) She ___________about the new project. (to lie) d) We______________Lucy to another city. (to take) e) Physicians_______________with the new procedures. (to begin) are trying are writing is lying are taking are beginning

f) AK47s, AR15s, Uzis, hand grenades, even rocket launchers are_______________homes and shops and __________civilians. (destroy / kill) g) Several women________________ here to be examined. (to come) h) Joan ___________ the ribbon tightly in a bow . (to tie) i) They_____________with that kind of contacts. (to stop) j) Officials____________the report about the damages. (to write) destroying killing are coming is tying are stopping are writing

Test 1 (FAAP) - Assinale a alternativa correta: The whole world ........... against drugs now. a) is fighting b) fought c) had been fighting d) has fought e) fight Test 1

Test 2 (Vunesp) - Assinale a alternativa correta. Many countries ______ with nuclear reactors. a) is experimenting b) experiments c) experimenting d) would experiment e) are experimenting Test 2

(Unicuritiba) – Choose the alternative that completes the sentence below. I never_____cards but I___________at the present. a) play - play b) play - am playing c) plays - am playng d) to play - am playing e) play - plaing Test 3

(Mackenzie) - Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence. "Our plan______ by the members of the committee.“ a) will consider b) has being considered c) has considered d) have been considered e) is being considered Test 4

(FATEC) - Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o uso correto do presente contínuo como em "The British Army is now installing it in its tanks.".   a) The British Army is liking the new program. b) The British Army is understanding the needs of the population. c) The British Army is listening to the population. d) The British Army is preferring the new general. e) The British Army is possessing many tanks. Test 5