1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS -ING SPELLING RULES
Actions in progress
Ex. The climate is getting warmer
Actions happening now
Ex. I am making a sandwich
Temporary situations
Ex. He is working in an office at the moment
Annoying actions
Ex. I am going to Italy next week
Planned events in the future
Ex. I am going to Italy next week
Verbs ending in IE : - Y ING
Es. dIE - d YING
Verbs ending in mute E : - ing
Es. writE - writ ING
1 syllable: double consonant+ing
Es. run - ru NNING
sit - si TTING
-ING
2 syllables:
Verbs ending in C : -KING
Es. panic - panic KING
SPELLING RULES
stressed: double consonant+ing
admìt - admì TTING
commìt - commì TTING
NOT stressed: ing
tàrget - tàrget ING
vìsit - vìsit ING

2. Auxiliary verb TO BE TIME EXPRESSIONS At the moment Right now Today
These days
This week/month/year
Currently

3. Some state verbs can take both forms
STATIVE VERBS
Verbs describing states and not dynamic actions
MENTAL ACTIVITIES, OPINIONS
Think, agree, believe, know, understand, imagine,realise, recognise, forget
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
Love, (dis)like, prefer, hate ,wish, want
SENSE PERCEPTION
Feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch
AUXILIARIES
Be, have (possess)
OTHER STATES
Own, belong, seem, appear
THINK: I’m thinking about you (mental activity) / I think you’re right (opinion)
FEEL: I feel good (emotion) / I’m feeling the fabric of this scarf (touch, action)
HAVE: I have two brothers (possession) / I’m having fun- a shower - breakfast (action)
SEE: I can see you (sense percetion) / I’m seeing my friend now (action)
SMELL: It smells good (sense percetion) / I’m smelling the roses (action)
Some state verbs can take both forms

4. Colloquial form.
It means «mi sto godendo qualcosa»