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PRESENT PROGRESSIVE / PRESENTCONTINUOUS, image, 83a9f432f9e149f0f39719bfaf…
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE / PRESENTCONTINUOUS
STRUCTURE
Affirmative
:smiley: + verb to be + verb ing + Complemet
Polly is wearing nice shoes
Negative
:smiley: + Verb to be + not + verb ing + complement
He is not eating soup
Interrogative
Verb to be + :smiley: + verb ing + complemet + ?
Are you talking?
FUNCTIONS
Action is happening now
Are you sleeping?
I am studying to become a doctor.
Action is going to take place in the near future.
I am meeting some friends after work.
Isn't he coming with us tonight?
Non-continuous verbs cannot be used in any continuous tenses
She is loving this chocolate ice cream :red_cross:
She loves this chocolate ice cream :check:
interrupted actions; actions that began in the past, stopped, then started again and will stop and start again in the future.
I am reading a book about Simón Bolivar.
She is studying English five days a week.
VERB RULES
Add ing to most verbs
Ex. play > playing, cry > crying, bark > barking
For verbs that end in e, remove the e and add ing
Ex: slide > sliding, ride > riding
For verbs that end in ie, change the ie to y and add ing
Ex: die > dying, tie > tying
For a verb whose last syllable is written with a consonant-vowel-consonant and is stressed, double the last letter before adding ing
Ex: beg > begging, begin > beginning. enter > entering
FRECUENCY ADVERBS
He is constantly talking. I wish he would shut up
I don't like them because they are always complaining
TIME EXPRESSIONS
Present time
Now, right now, at present, presently, for the time being, currently, at the moment, at the present, nowadays, this year
He is presently studying in Istanbul
Future time
Tomorrow, tonight, next week, next year
Is he visiting his parents next weekend?
For complaining something
Always, continuously or constantly
He is constantly talking. I wish he would shut up
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