Present Continuous
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The document outlines the present continuous tense in English, providing examples of its structure and usage. It covers how to form the present continuous by adding '-ing' to verbs, along with rules for specific verb endings. Additionally, it includes negative and question forms of present continuous sentences, along with practice exercises.
Present Continuous
- 1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Professor Virginia Edith Rosete Tenorio English II Universidad Tecnológica de Cancún
- 2. I am walking my dog. He is calling his girlfriend. We are playing cards. They are swimming in the ocean. You are laughing at me. I am walking my He is calling his girlfriend. We are playing cards. They are swimming in the ocean. You are laughing at me.
- 4. When the verb ends with –e Drop the –e and add -ing Example: Fake - Faking
- 5. When the verb ends with consonant-vowel-consonant Double final consonant and add -ing Example: Tan - Tanning
- 6. When the verb ends with ie Drop –ie and put –y and then add -ing Example: Lie - Lying
- 7. All other verbs. Just add –ing at the end. Example: Call - Calling
- 8. What about verbs ending with –y Just add –ing at the end. Example: Fly - Flying
- 9. Write the –ing form of the verbs in the correct column: Have start study live write plan run swim take talk wait win Add -ing Drop –e and add -ing Double final consonant and add –ing
- 10. Just add ‘not’ after verb ‘to be’ I He She It You We They am is are not Verb + ing
- 11. Isn’t Aren’t
- 12. I am not playing games. She is not working. We are not dating.
- 13. Change the position of verb ‘to be’ and the subject. Example: You are dancing. Are you dancing?
- 14. For information questions we have to put the information word before the verb ‘to be’. Example: Is she singing?WhereWhyWhat Information words are: Why Where What How
- 16. Why is he helping your mom? Where are you playing soccer? How are the students doing their homework? What is the chef cooking?
- 17. Turn the following sentences into the missing forms. For example: She is singing a beautiful song. (This is affirmative, the missing forms are negative and question) Negative: She is not singing a beautiful song. Question: Is she singing a beautiful song?
- 18. 1. Is he doing homework? 2. My dad is playing cards. 3. Sue and Ellen are learning a new language. 4. Mortimer is not paying attention. 5. Are your friends waiting for you? 6. Darren is helping his wife with the dishes. 7. The teacher is giving a lecture. 8. The school is accepting more students. 9. Is your mom cooking today? 10. She is playing the guitar