PRESENT

CONTINUOUS
 Present continuous uses
✔ It has different uses, but in this term we are going to use it to talk about things happening at the
moment of speaking.

✔ Cosas ocurriendo en este preciso momento, por ejemplo:

❖ My students are learning the present continuous tense.

❖ The teacher is explaining one of the Present Continuous uses.
❖ Haider and Alejandro are paying attention to class.
❖ Sara is taking notes.
Auxiliary verb (is / are / am)
I am
She
He is Verb + ing
It

◦ They
◦ We are
◦ you
Present Continuous Structure
Affirmative:
Auxiliary verb
Subject
+ Is / are / am
+ Action
verb+ ing + complement
.

Examples:
1. Paloma’s running in the park at the moment.
2. Paloma is running in the house.
3. She is teaching the present continuous.
4. Alejandro is learning the present continuous.
5. Angie is playing basketball in the park.
Present Continuous Structure
Negative:
Auxiliary verb
Subject
+ Is / are / am + not + Action
verb+ing + complement .
Examples:

1. She is not cooking at this moment.

2. María isn’t cleaning at this moment.
3. María’s not playing at this moment.
4. They’re not studying at this moment.
5. They aren’t talking at this moment.
 Abbreviations
Affirmative Negative
• I am = I’m • I am not = I’m not
• She is = she’s • She is not = she isn’t / she’s not
• He is = he’s • He is not = he isn’t / he’s not
• It is = it’s • It is not = it isn’t / it’s not
• You are = you’re • You are not = you aren’t / you’re not
• They are = they’re • They are not = they aren’t / they’re not
• We are = we’re • We are not = we aren’t / we’re not
Present Continuous Structure
Interrogative: yes/no
Auxiliary verb
Is / Are / Am + Subject
+ Action
verb+ing + complement ?
Examples: Short Answers:
Yes, (she/he/it) is.
No, (she/he/it) isn´t.
Is Daniell Fernando paying attention to the teacher?
Short Answers:
Yes, (they/we/you)are.
Are Luisa and Valeria taking notes in class? No, (They/we/you) aren’t.

Am I explaining well this topic? Short Answers:

Yes, I am.
No, I’m not .
 Present Continuous Structure
WH Questions: more information
WHQ Auxiliary verb
What/where/w
hen etc
+ is / are / am + Subject + Action
verb+ing + complement
?
Examples: Answers:

1. Where is María taking notes? 1. She is taking notes at home

2. What are students from seventh grade doing right now? 2. They are paying attention to the
teacher
3. Who is playing in English class now?
3. Some students are playing in class
now.
 WHQ
• Cuando preguntas con “Who” (quién), en la pregunta no puedes colocar el sujeto porque precisamente no se
sabe quién es:
Question: Who is playing the guitar now?
Answer: Maria is playing the guitar now

• Cuando preguntas “What” (qué) está haciendo alguien, NO debes colocar el verbo de acción correspondiente
a la actividad, pues en la lógica NO se sabe que está haciendo. En su defecto utilizas el verbo hacer en ingles
con “ing” (DOING). Mira los siguientes ejemplos
Correcto: What is she doing now? = qué está haciendo ella ahora?
Incorrecto: What is she playing the guitar now ? = qué estás tocando la guitarra ella ahora ?