Usos del “Present Continuous”. - Utilizamos el “Present Continuous” para expresar o decir lo

que está ocurriendo en el mismo momento de hablar.

Estructura del “Present Continuous”:

Personal Pronoun + Verb TO BE + Verb –ing + Complement.

Personal Pronoun + NEG verb TO BE + Verb –ing + Complement.

Verb TO BE + Personal Pronoun + Verb –ing + Complement?

The Affirmative Form :

- Pilar is listening to music in her bedroom.

- I’m having a party this weekend. - You are visiting New York this year. - He is playing football this Sunday. - They are watching TV in the living-room. - We are studying in the library.

Personal Pronoun + Verb TO BE + Verb –ing + Complement.

The Negative Form:

- I’m not going shopping this afternoon.

- Rubén isn’t having lunch at half past two. - They aren’t having a picnic in the country. - She isn’t working in the hospital. - We aren’t singing in the opera this Sunday. - You aren’t walking through the park.

Personal Pronoun + NEG Verb TO BE + Verb –ing + Complement.

The Interrogative Form:

- Is Vicente watching TV in the kitchen? Yes, he is.

- Are you buying in the supermarket? No, I’m not.

- Is she running in the beach? No, she isn’t. - Are they building a new house? Yes, they are. - Are you driving in the city? No, we aren’t. - Is Mary making a birthday cake? Yes, she is.

Verb To BE + Personal Pronoun + Verb –ing + Complement?

Yes, P.P. + Verb TO BE // No, P.P. + NEG Verb TO BE

The “Present Continuous” Rules: - Los verbos de una sola sílaba que acaban

en consonante precedida de una vocal, doblan la consonante final al añadir –ing.

- Si un verbo termina en e, quitamos la e y añadimos –ing.

getting running swimming

driving making having

Adeverbios de tiempo que se emplean en el “Present Continuous”:

- Now

- This week - Today

- At this moments - This evening - This month - This year

- This (day of the week)