PRESENT CONTINUOUS Actions in progress Actions happening now

PRESENT CONTINUOUS Actions in progress Actions happening now Temporary situations Ex. The climate is getting warmer Ex. I am making a sandwich 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 mute E : ing Es. writ. E - writ ING Verbs ending in C : -KING Es. panic - panic KING Verbs ending in IE : Y ING Es. d. IE - d YING -ING SPELLING RULES 1 syllable: double consonant+ing Es. run - ru NNING sit - si TTING 2 syllables: stressed: double consonant+ing NOT stressed: ing admìt - admì TTING commìt - commì TTING tàrget - tàrget ING vìsit - vìsit ING

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

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) Some state verbs can take both forms 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)

Colloquial form. It means «mi sto godendo qualcosa»