PRESENT SIMPLE

♥ Llanos Parra Eleyra Miroslava

♥ Casas Guzmán Diana
¿What are you doing
right now?
☺The present progressive describes an action that
is in process at the moment we are talking
 ☺ The baby is sleeping.
Example Don’t make noise..

Notice that there are three points in this

timeline:
♥ The baby fell asleep.
El bebé se dormió.

♥ At this moment, the baby continues to sleep.

En este momento, el bebé sigue dormiendo.

♥ In the near future, the baby will awake.

En el futuro próximo, el bebé despertará.
Rule 1 :
All verbs of a single syllable with vowel in the middle of the
consonants, duplicate the last consonant and add “ING”

■ Sit - Sitting
■ Run - Running
■ Set - Setting
 Verbs whose last syllable has a vowel in the
middle of two consonants ending in W - X the
first rule.
■ Draw - Drawing
■ Fix - Fixing
Rule 2 :
When the verb has two syllables and the last syllable is a vowel in
the middle of two consonants, the accent is marked in the last
syllable.
The last consonant is doubled and ING added
■ Begin - Beginning
■ Forget - Forgetting
■ Admit - Admitting
Rule 3:
When the verb ends in the letter E, the E is
deleted and ING is added.
■ Waste - Wasting
■ Write - Writing
■ Close - Closing
Rule 4:
Verbs that end in IE, are changed IE by Y, and are
added to add ING.

■ Lie - Lying
■ Tie -Tying
■ Die - Dying
Rule 5:
To the rest of completions ING is
added
■ Wait – Waiting ■ Ski - Skiing
■ Jump - Jumping ■ Go - Going
■ Work - Working ■ Install - Installing
EXCEPTIONS
o Be – Being
o See - Seeing