THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE The Present Continuous Tense

The Present Continuous Tense Paco is improving his English Is Paco really improving his

The Present Continuous Tense Positive: Subject + Present “to be” + Present Participle (-ing)

The Present Continuous Tense Spelling rules for adding –ing to the verb (I): A.

The Present Continuous Tense Spelling rules for adding –ing to the verb (II): final

The Present Continuous Tense USES We use Present Continuous to talk about: 1. Actions

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THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

The Present Continuous Tense Paco is improving his English Is Paco really improving his level of English? Yes, he is. Paco is taking pains to learn English. He is making a great effort to speak English properly. He is studying hard because he needs the English language for his journey around the world.

The Present Continuous Tense Positive: Subject + Present “to be” + Present Participle (-ing) Negative: Subject + Present “to be” + NOT + Present Participle (-ing) Interrogative: Present “to be” + Subject + Present Participle (-ing)?

The Present Continuous Tense

The Present Continuous Tense Spelling rules for adding –ing to the verb (I): A. General rule: e. g. eat, read, look, clean verb (base form) + ing. → eating, reading, looking, cleaning B. Verbs ending with silent final -e drop the e, then add –ing. e. g. love, live, make, take → loving, living, making, taking the C. 1 - syllable verbs ending Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC) double final consonant, then add –ing. e. g. run, sit, stop, swim → running, sitting, stopping, swimming

The Present Continuous Tense Spelling rules for adding –ing to the verb (II): final D. 2 - syllable verbs ending with stress on the las syllable, double the consonant, then add –ing. e. g. refer, begin, prefer, controlling → referring, beginning, preferring, E. Verbs ending –l double the final consonant, then add –ing. e. g. travel, cancel → travelling, cancelling F. Verbs ending –ie change –ie to –y, then add –ing. e. g. die, lie → dying, lying

The Present Continuous Tense USES We use Present Continuous to talk about: 1. Actions happening at the moment of speaking. e. g. Paco is wearing a new suit. 2. Also for several actions happening at the same time: e. g. Colin is playing football and Anne is watching. 3. Actions happening in a period around the present moment in time. e. g. Thomas’s cousin is staying with them these days. 4. Future plans and arrangements. e. g. Andrés is meeting Paco next Saturday.