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PRESENT CONTINUOS
The PRESENT CONTINUOS is used to talk about actions that are done in the moment
you are talking, this is, you are doing the action at the same time you talk
El presente simple se usa para hablar de acciones que son realizadas en el momento en
el que se habla, es decir, tu ests haciendo la accin al mismo tiempo que hablas.
Example: I am studing English now.
AM/IS/ARE + ING = SOMETHING IS HAPPENING NOW
IM WORKING
SHES WEARING A HAT
THEY ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL

PAST

NOW

FUTURE

The present continuos is made with the verb to be + de verb with ING.
El presente continuo se hace con el verbo to be (en sus diferentes formas segn el
sujero) + el verbo con ING
I am watching the TV

AFIRMATIVE FORM (AFIRMATIVA)

SUBJECT (SUJETO)
I
YOU
SHE/HE/IT
WE/YOU/THEY

VERB TO BE
AM
ARE
IS
ARE

VERB WITH ING

PLAYING
PLAYING
PLAYING
PLAYING

INTERROGATIVE FORM (INTERROGATIVA)

VERB TO BE

SUBJECT (SUJETO)

VERB WITH ING

AM
ARE
IS
ARE

I
YOU
SHE/HE/IT
WE/YOU/THEY

PLAYING?
PLAYING?
PLAYING?
PLAYING?

NEGATIVE FORM (NEGATIVA)

SUBJECT (SUJETO)
I
YOU
SHE/HE/IT
WE/YOU/THEY

VERB TO BE
AM NOT(AMNOT)
ARE NOT (ARENT)
IS NOT (ISNT)
ARE NOT (ARENT)

VERB WITH ING

PLAYING
PLAYING
PLAYING
PLAYING

1. Complete the sentences. Use one of there verbs:

BUILD
(construir)

COOK

GO

HAVE

STAND
(estar de pie)

STAY
SWIM
(Quedarse)

WORK

Please be quiet. I _______________.

Wheres John? Hes in the kitchen. He___________________.
You __________________________on my foot. Oh, Im sorry.
Look! Somebody ________________________ in the river.
Were here on holyday. We_____________________ at the Central Hotel.
Wheres Ann? She ______________________________ a shower.
They _________________________ a new theatre in the city centre at the
moment.
I_____________________________now. Goodbye.

2. Look at the picture. Write sentences about Jane. Use Shes ___ing or She isnt
___ing.
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(have dinner)___________________________
(Watch TV)_____________________________
(Sit on the floor)________________________
(Read a book)__________________________
(Play the piano)_________________________
(Laugh)________________________________
(Wear a hat)____________________________
(Write a letter)__________________________

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Translate this sentences:

Mis padres estn comiendo en casa
Est trabajando Pedro en la tienda?
l est jugando al baloncesto
Mis padres estn caminando
Estoy estudiando en casa

2. Put this sentences in negative and interrogative form:

- My friends are going to the cinema
o
o
- She is working in the office now
o
o
- We are listening to music
o
o
- She is playing the guitar
o
o
- Robert and Ana are drinking coffe
o
o
- She is running the Marathon
o
o
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