Present continuous
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This document discusses the present continuous tense in English. It provides the forms for the affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures using the present tense of "to be" plus the verb root plus "-ing". It notes some orthographic rules for adding "-ing" such as doubling the final consonant for short verbs ending in a consonant-vowel-consonant sequence. Exceptions are provided for verbs ending in "e" and those ending in "ie" or having an accent on the first syllable.
Present continuous
- 2. O Present Continuous forma-se com o presente de to be (an/are/is) + forma terminada em ing do verbo principal. FORMA AFIRMATIVA I am speaking. You are speaking. He is speaking. She is speaking. We are speaking. You are speaking. They are speaking.
- 3. FORMA NEGATIVA You are eating. I am eating. He is eating. She is eating. It is eating. We are eating. You are eating. They are eating.
- 4. FORMA INTERROGATIVA Am I Reading? Are you Reading? Is he Reading? Is she Reading? Is it Reading? Are we Reading? Are you Reading? Are they Reading?
- 5. NOTAS ORTOGRÁFICAS Nos verbos terminados em e, substitui-se essa letra por ing: HAVE => HAVING LIVE => LIVING WIRITE => WIRITING Mas isso não acontece com be e os verbos terminados em ie: BE => BEING DIE => DYING LIE => LYING TIE => TYING Nos verbos de uma silaba (ou duas, desde que a última seja a sílaba tônica), terminados em uma sequencia consoante-vogal-consoante, dobra-se a consoante final antes de se acrescentar ing: RUN => RUNNING STOP => STOPPING SWIM => SWIMMING BEGIN => BEGINNING PREFER => PREFERRING OCCUR => OCCORRING Mas quando a sílaba tônica do verbo for a primeira isso não ocorre: OPEN => OPENING HAPPEN => HAPPENING