UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIRIQUÍ

BOQUETE BRANCH
UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA
FACULTY DE
OF HUMANITIES
CHIRIQUÍ SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
BOQUETE BRANCH
STUDENTS:
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
MEYVIS IBARRA
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
Jonathan PRADO
LESTER Otero

PROFESSOR
Edeisy Hernández
ING 200A
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THE PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
The Present Progressive is mainly used to
express the idea that something is
happening at the moment of speaking,
another use of the present continuous is to
talk about future plans.

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USES

 Present actions

 Temporary actions

 Longer actions in progress

 Future (personal) arrangements

and plans

 Tendencies and trends

 Irritation or anger

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1.PRESENT ACTIONS 2.TEMPORARY ACTIONS

• This tense is also used for activities

• Most often, we use the Present Progressive continuing only for a limited period of
tense to talk about actions happening at the time.
moment of speaking.
• EXAMPLES:
• EXAMPLES:
• I am riding my bike to work, because
• We are spelling that word. my car is broken.
• He is making noise. • Nicole is working at Starbucks.

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3. LONGER ACTIONS IN PROGRESS
• We also use the Present Progressive when we
are in the middle of doing something time-
consuming. An example of such an activity is
writing a book, saving money or studying for
an exam.
• EXAMPLES:
• My dad is working hard to earn money.
• They are training to become soccer players.
4. FUTURE (PERSONAL) ARRANGEMENTS
AND PLANS
• Sometimes we use the Present Progressive to
show that something is planned and will be
done in the near future.
• EXAMPLES:
• We are not going anywhere tomorrow.
• I am meeting Fernanda in the evening.
• He's flying to Rome in January.
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 5. Tendencies and Trends
• This tense is also used for expressing
tendencies or trends.
• EXAMPLES:
• Our country is getting richer.
• The Internet is becoming less of a novelty.
• The Universe is expanding.
6. Irritation or Anger
• And the last use of this tense is to express irritation
or anger over somebody or something in the
present with adverbs such as: always, continually
or constantly.
• EXAMPLES:
• She is continually complaining about everything!
• Johnny is always asking stupid questions!
• My boss is constantly criticizing me!
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RULES
THE THREE FORMS

AFFIRMATIVE

(Subject + Verb to be + verb -ing)

EXAMPLES:

Molly is dancing with my brother.

We are studying for the English exam.

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NEGATIVE

(Subject + Verb to be (negative)

+ verb - ing)

EXAMPLES:

He isn't joking.

I am not going to school

tomorrow.

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INTERROGATIVE

(Verb to be + subject + verb -ing + ?)

EXAMPLES:

Is she eating my apple pie?

Are you meeting Ariana tomorrow?

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