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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1- O Present Continuous forma-se com o Present Simple do verbo to be, que se conjuga no
Present Simple, mais a forma –ing (gerúndio) do verbo prinicipal.
a) Se um verbo termina em consoante + –e, eliminamos o -e e juntamos -ing (hope

hoping / live
living; take
taking);
b) Se o verbo termina em –ie, mudamos –ie para –ying ( die
dying / lie
lying);
c) Se um verbo termina numa vogal + consoante, dobramos a consoante (get

getting / jog
jogging / run
running / swim
swimming);
d) Mas, não dobramos a consoante quando se trata de um y ou w ( borrow

borrowing / buy
buying / draw
drawing / stay
staying) ou quando a última
sílaba não é acentuada (listen
listening / visit
visiting / wonder

wondering).
2- A negativa do Present Continuous forma-se com o verbo to be, que se conjuga no Present
Simple, mais a partícula negativa not, mais a forma –ing do verbo principal.
3- A interrogativa do Present Continuous forma-se com o verbo to be, que se conjuga no
Present Simple, mais o sujeito, mais a forma –ing do verbo principal.
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Forma Forma INTERROGATIVE
Forma Completa Forma Contraída
Completa Contraída
I am eating I’m eating I am not eating I’m not eating Am I eating?
You are eating You’re eating You are not eating You aren’t eating Are you eating?
He He He He he
She is eating She ‘s eating She is not eating She isn’t eating Is she eating?
It It It It it
We are eating We’re eating We are not eating We aren’t eating Are you eating?
You are eating You’re eating You are not eating You aren’t eating Are you eating?
They are eating They’re eating They are not eating They aren’t eating Are they eating?
4- O Present Continuous usa-se para falar:
a) De coisas que estão a acontecer no momento em que falamos:
ex.: The bus is coming.
b) De coisas quês estão a acontecer agora, no presente, mas não no momento exacto em
que falamos:
ex.: I am learning Spanish.
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c) Para descrever gravuras ou fotografias:

ex.: Look! In this photo John is playing football.
d) De mudanças e tendências:
Ex.: The earth’s climate is getting warmer.
5- Normalmente, utilizamos o Present Continuous com algumas expressões de tempo: now,
at the moment, nowadays, these days, …

EXERCISES:
A- Write the following sentences using the Present Continuous and then rewrite the
sentence into the negative and interrogative forms:
1- get better / hospitals.
a) Affirmative- ______________________________________________________
b) Negative- _________________________________________________________
c) Interrogative- _____________________________________________________
d) Negative / interrogative- _____________________________________________
2- study / at the moment / English / you.
a) Affirmative- ______________________________________________________
b) Negative- _________________________________________________________
c) Interrogative- _____________________________________________________
d) Negative / interrogative- _____________________________________________
3- ask / I / too many questions.
a) Affirmative- ______________________________________________________
b) Negative- _________________________________________________________
c) Interrogative- _____________________________________________________
d) Negative / interrogative- _____________________________________________
4- In Perth / rain / it.
a) Affirmative- ______________________________________________________
b) Negative- _________________________________________________________
c) Interrogative- _____________________________________________________
d) Negative / interrogative- _____________________________________________
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EXERCISES
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