The —ing rule simply tells us that to The present simple and its Affirmative:
form the gerund in English it is I drink too much
enough to add —ing to the verb. The structure coffee ending -ing corresponds to -ando and Affirmative:Subject + verb + -endo in Spanish. The gerund is the complement form of verbs used to make the Negative: continuous tenses of English— Negative:Subject + auxiliary I do not drink too present continuous, past continuous, do/does not + verb + much coffee future continuous. complement Interrogative:Auxiliary do/does + Interrogative: when you add "s", "es", "ies" to the subject + verb + complement Do I drink too much coffee? verb Usos del verbo ser If the verb ends in a vowel, add an “s”, if Estos son los principales usos del to be. it ends with “s” add “es” (kisses), -sh (crashes), -ch (searches), -o (does), or - x Describir el estado o características de (fixes). For verbs that end with a “y” algo o alguien. preceded by a consonant, change the 'y' Estoy aburrido ahora mismo. → Estoy present ten to -ies (studies) aburrido ahora mismo. se verb to-be Frank es muy alto. → Frank es muy alto. I am negative verb to-be verb to-be Hablar de ubicaciones espaciales. You are present tense negative past verb to-be future negative future Mi casa está lejos de aquí. → Mi casa He/She/It* is I’m not tense tense tense está lejos de aquí. We are You aren’t I wasn’t I’ll be I won’t be ¿Estás en el teatro? → ¿Estás en el You are He/she/it isn’t You weren’t You’ll be teatro? You won’t be They are We aren’t He, she, it wasn’t He’ll, she’ll, it’ll be Hablar de un momento específico. He, she, it won’t be Your aren’t We weren’t We’ll be La reunión es a las 3. → La reunión es a We won’t be They aren’t You weren’t You’ll be las 3. You won’t be They weren’t They’ll be They won’t be ¿Es miércoles hoy? → ¿Hoy es miércoles?