PRESENT CONTINUOUS

la frase affermativa del present continuous si forma con:

soggetto-verbo essere (al presente)-verbo in ING
ES. I AM PLAYING FOOTBALL
ES. SHE IS PLAYING FOOTBALL

la frase negativa del present continuous si forma con:

soggetto-verbo essere (al presente)- NOT- verbo in ING
ES. I AM NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL
ES. SHE IS NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL

la frase interrogativa del present continuous si forma con:

verbo essere-soggetto-verbo in ING
ES. AM I PLAYING FOOTBALL
ES. IS SHE PLAYING FOOTBALL

USI DEL PRESENT CONTINUOUS

per azioni che si stanno svolgendo in questo momento:

Lindy is coming from the station to my house right now

per azioni temporanee:

today, these days, this week/month/year, at the moment

We are learning how to drive at the moment

STATIVE VERBS
emozioni e sentimenti:
dislike-fear-hate-like-love-need-prefer-want-wish

sensi: feel-hear-see-smell-taste

pensieri: agree-believe-doubt-expect-forget-imagine-know-
mean-realis-recognise-remember-think-understand
 Ausiliari: be-have
Altri verbi: appear-cost-seem
VERBI SOTTOLINEATI NON SEMPRE STATIVE VERBS
PRESENT SIMPLE
Daily routine e abitudini
She usually wakes up at 10.
Situazioni permanenti e che
difficilmente cambiano
He comes from London.
Fatti sempre veri
The water boils at 100 C°
Opinioni
I think she’s beautiful.
Timetables
The train leaves at 8:00 o’clock.
Present simple
Avverbi di frequenza.
EVERY day/month/week/year
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Azioni in corso di svolgimento
You are reading.
Situazioni temporanee
I’m attending an English course.
Situazioni temporanee che
segnano un cambiamento rispetto
al passato.
Students are using the pc at
school.
Azioni che provocano irritazione
She is always playing loud music.
(Futuri programmati, sicuri, certi.)
I’m going to the concert tonight.
Present continuous
(right) now, at the moment, today,
currently,
THIS week/month/week/year
THESE days/months/weeks