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Paco is wearing a new suit Paco: Paco is wearing a new suit

Paco is wearing a new suit Positive: Subject + Present “to be” + Present Participle (-ing)Negative: Subject + Present “to be” + NOT + Present Participle (-ing) The Present Continuous Tense

Paco is wearing a new suit The Present Continuous Tense Used to talk about: * actions happening at the moment of speaking. Paco is wearing a new suit. * actions happening in a period around the present moment in time. Thomas’s cousin is staying with them these days. * future plans and arrangements. Andrés is meeting Paco next Saturday evening. * trends or changes. Paco thinks English is becoming harder and harder. * repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker. “Sonia, you’re always speaking on the phone”, said Paco.

Paco is wearing a new suit Stative verbs * describe a state or condition rather than an action * are not used in continuous tenses have (possession), know, like, understand… Dynamic verbs * describe actions * can be used in continuous tenses have (take), go, write, play… Stative vs. dynamic verbs

Paco is wearing a new suit Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Present Simple habits / routines likes, dislikes permanent situations / repeated actions scheduled events things which are always or generally true Present Continuous actions happening at the moment of speaking temporary or developing actions trends or changes future plans or arrangements complains (always, constantly…) Third person singular –s: Voiced sound + (e)s: /z/ (voiced) e.g. knows Voiceless sound + (e)s: /s/ (voiceless) e.g. starts /s/, sh / ʃ /, ch / ʧ /, /z/, / ʤ / + -es: /iz/ e.g. washes

Paco is wearing a new suit Sometimes actions occurring at the moment of speaking: Spanish Spanish: Presente de indicativo (Lleva un traje nuevo) English English: Present Continuous or Progressive (He is wearing a new suit) Future plans or arrangements: Spanish Spanish: Futuro simple / Presente de indicativo (Mañana me reúno con el Director del banco). English English: Present Continuous (I’m meeting the bank manager tomorrow). Spanish vs. English