PRESENT CONTINUOUS

How can you recognize it?

Example:
- It is formed by a subject, the verb be, the main verb of the sentence modified with the ing form and a complement.

- She is walking along the beach.


What is it used for?

- It is useful at the time to write or talk about actions which are carried out in the same moment they are described. - It is also useful for informing about short-time projects.

Example:
- I'm cooking and she's having a bath. - We're leaving for Rome next week.


SPELLING RULES FOR THE ING FORM:

· We normally leave out e before ing. Eg. Lose - Losing. But we keep a doble e before ing. Eg. See - seeing


· We double some consonants. Eg. Stop - Stopping (doubling happens in a one-syllable word that ends with a single vowel and a single consonant). Eg. Put - Putting

· We do not double y,w or x. Eg. Stay – Staying

· We do not double when there are two consonants at the end of the word. Eg. Work - working

· We do not double when there are two vowels. Eg. Keep - Keeping


STRUCTURES:

POSITIVE: Pronoun + to be (present) + verb (ing) + complement

I am playing soccer


NEGATIVE: Pronoun + to be (present) + not + verb (ing)+ complement

I am not playing soccer. I´m not playing soccer


QUESTIONS: To be (present) + pronoun + verb (ing) + complement + ?

Are you playing soccer?