PRESENT

CONTINUOUS
Thiago Massaque Tavares
past
now future

at the moment
we speak
 AFFIRMATIVE

PRONOUN VERB TO BE VERB + ING

You are listening

He is reading a book.
He is singing a song.
She is eating pizza.
She is playing football.
It is barking.
They are talking.
PRONOUN VERB TO BE VERB + ING AFFIRMATIVE

I am speaking I am speaking.

You are listening You are listening.

He is singing He is singing.

She is playing She is playing.

It is barking It is barking.

We are studying We are studying.

They are talking They are talking.

 NEGATIVE

PRONOUN VERB TO BE NOT VERB + ING

You are not listening

 AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I am reading. I am not reading.

We put "not" between the "verb to be" and the verb+ing.

He is studying. He is not studying.

book?
She is not reading a book.
movement?
He is not walking.
study?
They are not studying.
 QUESTION

VERB TO BE PRONOUN VERB + ING ?

Are you listening?

 AFFIRMATIVE QUESTION

He is studying. Is he studying ?

It is raining. Is it raining ?

We change the order of "pronoun" and the "verb to be".

We are playing. Are we playing ?

They are eating. Are they eating ?

Is he reading Harry Potter?
He is reading Harry Potter?
Is she studying?
She is studying?
Are they playing?
They are playing?
Exceptions with verb+ing

01 A single, silent e at the end of the word is dropped before ing.

Example: come - coming Example: take - taking

I am coming home. I am taking a class.

You are coming home. You are taking a class.
He is coming home. He is taking a class.
Is he coming home? Is he taking a class?
 a) useing
use

b) using

a) smileing
smile

b) smiling
Exceptions

The final consonant after a short, stressed vowel is doubled

02 before ing.

final consonant

Example: sit - sitting. I am sitting here.

You are sitting here.
He is sitting here.
stressed vowel Is she sitting here?
 a) runing
run

b) running

a) planing
plan

b) planning
Exceptions

03 An ie at the end of a word becomes y before ing.

Example: lie - lying.

I am lying now.
You are lying now.
He is lying now.
Is she lying now?
 a) dieing
die

b) dying

a) tieing
tie

b) tying