Present Continuous

Sentences

+ Sujeto + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Verbo + ing + Complemento.

- Sujeto + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Not + Verbo + ing + Complemento.

Questions

+ Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Sujeto + Verbo + ing + Complemento + ?

- Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Not + Sujeto + Verbo + ing + Complemento + ?

+ Palabra Específica + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Sujeto + Verbo + ing +

Complemento + ?

-Palabra Específica + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Not + Sujeto + Verbo + ing +

Complemento + ?

Answers
Larga

+ Yes, + Sujeto + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Verbo + ing + Complemento.

Corta

+ Yes, + Sujeto + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are).

Larga

- No, + Sujeto + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Not + Verbo + ing + Complemento.

Corta

- No, + Sujeto + Palabra Conectora (am-is-are) + Not.

 Present Continuous
Subject (Sujeto) Palabra Conectora Verb + ing Complement
I am cooking chicken
She is working so hard

He is playing video games

It is dancing in the disco

You are eating a piece of pizza
They are laughing so loud
We are buying a T-shirt

Palabras Específicas (Questions)

Palabra Específica Significado
What Qué
When Cuándo
Where Dónde
How Cómo
How many Cuántos
How much Cuánto
Who Quién
Whose Quienes
Which one Cuál
Which ones Cuáles
Porqué Respuesta
Why
Because
 Verbs
Accept Care Begin Continue

Achieve Carry Believe Contribute

Admit Catch Build Control

Affect Cause Buy Correct

Afford Change Call Cost

Agree Check Could Enjoy

Allow Choose Create Exist

Answer Clear Cross Expect

Apply Clean Cut Experience

Argue Collect Damage Explain

Arrange Come Deal Express

Arrive Complain Deliver Face

Ask Complete Deny Fall

Avoid Consist Depend Feel

Become Contain Describe Find

Destroy Finish Imagine Love

Develop Fly Improve Make

Disappear Follow Increase Matter

Discover Forget Influence Mean

Do Forgive Inform Measure

Dress Form Invite Meet

Drink Get Involve Mention

Drive Give Join Mind

Eat Go Keep Move

Encourage Grow Know Must

Happen Learn Last Need

Have Leave Laugh Offer

Hear Lend Open Regard

Help Like Order Relate

Hide Limit Own Release

Hold Listen Pay Remember

Hope Live Perform Remove

Identity Look Play Repeat

Point Replace Sit Touch

Prefer Reply Sleep Train

Prepare Report Smile Travel

Press Result Sound Treat

Prevent Return Speak Try

Produce Reveal Stand Turn

Protect Rise Start Understand

Provide Run State Use

Push Save Study Visit

Reach Say Succeed Wait

Read See Suggest Want

Receive Sell Supply Walk

Record Send Suppose Watch

Reduce Set Survive Win

Share Tell Take Wonder

Shoot Tend Talk Write

Show Think

Sing Throw
 Abreviatures
 Currently  Next week  Usually
 Lately  Tomorrow  Nowadays
 These days  Forever
 Tonight  Always
 Today  Right now
 Now  Later

Rules
 Regla 1. Todos los verbos terminan en –ing.

Ejemplo: The elephant is playing in the water.

 Regla 2. Cuando un verbo termina en consonante, se debe duplicar la

última letra para agregar la terminación –ing.

Ejemplo: The jaguar is running. 

 Regla 3. Si el verbo termina en e muda, se elimina esta letra y se

coloca la terminación –ing.

Ejemplo: They are dancing cumbias.

 Regla 4. Los verbos que terminan en doble e conservan esta

terminación y agregan al final –ing.

Ejemplo: I am seeing my lawyer next Monday.

 Regla 5. Verbos terminados en –ie colocan en su lugar una y + -ing.

 Ejemplo: He is lying to his boss.

 EXCEPCIONES
Stative verbs
Estados emocionales o
Sensaciones Comunicación Otros estados
mentales
Believe (creer) Appear (aparecer) Agree (estar de Be (ser/estar)
Dislike (disgustar) Hear (oír) acuerdo) Belong
Doubt (dudar) Look (ver) Astonish (asombrar) (pertenecer)
Imagine (imaginar) See (ver) Deny (negar) Concern
Know (saber) Seem (parecer) Disagree (no estar de (concernir)
Like (gustar) Smell (oler) acuerdo) Consist (consistir)
Love (amar) Sound (sonar) Impress (impresionar) Contain
Hate (odiar) Taste (saber, de Mean (significar) (contener)
Prefer (preferir) sabor) Please (complacer) Cost (costar)
Realize (notar / darse Promise (prometer) Depend
cuenta) Satisfy (satisfacer) (depender)
Recognize (reconocer) Surprise (sorprender) Deserve
Remember (recordar) (merecer)
Suppose (suponer) Include (incluir)
Think (pensar) Involve
Understand (entender) (involucrar)
Want (querer) Lack (faltar)
Wish (desear) Matter (importar)
Need (necesitar)
Owe (deber, de
deuda)
Own (tener)
Possess (poseer)
 Practice
1) (I / study at the moment)

10) (she / eat chocolate)

2) (I / not / sleep)

3) (you / play badminton tonight) 11) (I / not / live in Paris)

4) (we / watch TV) 12) (we / study French)

5) (she / not / work in Spain) 13) (they / not / leave now)

6) (he / not / wait for the bus) 14) (they / live in London)

7) (they / read) 15) (he / work in a restaurant now)

8) (we / not / go to the cinema tonight) 16) (I / not / meet my father at four)

9) (you / not / read the newspaper) 17) (she / not / drink tea now)
18) (she / play the guitar) 20) (he / walk to school now)

19) (we / cook)