PEÑA MARTINEZ DIANA ESTHER

The present
C ON TI N U OS
 WH A T I S
the present continuous?
It is a tense that we use to refer to
situations that are happening at that
moment, often or will happen in the
future.
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Talk about general, personal or social situations that happening now. In

these cases, it can be accompanied by adverbs such as currently, lately or
these days, among others.

Ex. She is crying a lot lately.

U S E S Describing actions that happening now that is spoken.

Ex. She is dancing with Diego.

Advance facts, appointments, events or actions that will occur in the

future.

Ex. They are going to coyote next tuesday.

Describe actions that occur constantly. In these cases, adverbs such as

always, forever, constantly, among others, are used.

Ex. The birds are always singing since sunrise.

 Present
S T R U C TU R E
continuous
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Subject + verb to be + gerund Subject + verb to be + not + Verb to be + subject + gerund
verb + complement gerund verb + complement verb + complement

Fact: Do not use the present continuous tense with stative verbs. Stative verb categories include emotion (to love), possession
(to belong), and thoughts (to recognize), and none of these should use the present continuous form.
 Rule 1. All verbs end in -ing.

Rules
Rule 2. When a verb ends in a consonant, the last letter must be
doubled to add the ending -ing.
.
Rule 3. If the verb ends in silent e, this letter is eliminated and
the ending -ing is placed.

Rule 4. Verbs that end in double e keep this ending and add –
ing at the end.

Rule 5. Verbs ending in -ie put in their place a y + -ing.