PRESENT CONTINUOUS Área Académica: CONTADURÍA Profesor(a): MA. E. GUADALUPE ISLAS LÓPEZ Periodo: JULIO-DICIEMBRE 2015

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Resumen Usaremos el presente continuo para acciones que se están realizando en el momento de decirlas. Abstract We are going to use present continuous for actions that we are doing and saying at the same moment. Keywords: continuous, actions, moment.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 1 The previous examples show that we use this tense to denote an action happening at the time of speaking (adverbs: now, right now, at the moment) We are studying English grammar.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 2 These examples show that the Present Continuous Tense is also used to denote a temporary action happening today or these days. It’s getting warmer.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 3 It is also used to express the ongoing changes, especially with verbs such as become, get, grow, change, and with expressions like more and more. Are you going to the party on Friday?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 4 We use it for future arrangements with a time reference. We’re leaving tomorrow.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Form – am, are, is + ing form Affirmative I am sleeping. He/she/it is sleeping. You/we/they are sleeping. Negative I am not (I’m not) singing. He/she/it is not (isn’t) singing. You/we/they are not (aren’t) singing.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Interrogative Am I dreaming? Is he/she/it dreaming? Are you/we/they dreaming? Short answers Yes, I am/he is/we are… No, I’m not/he isn’t/we aren’t…

PRESENT CONTINUOUS ing form – spelling rules Most verbs just take –ing with no changes in spelling: watch-watching, clean-cleaning, listen-listening Verbs ending in –e drop it before –ing: live-living, write-writing Verbs with short vowels and one consonant double the consonant: run-running, swim-swimming

PRESENT CONTINUOUS ing form – spelling rules Verbs ending in –l, double it: travel-travelling, cancel-cancelling Verbs ending in –ie change it to –y: lie-lying, die-dying

Referencias Evans, V. y Dooley, J. (2010). Upstream. Beginner. Express Publishing.