Present continuous

Use de present continuous for actions in progress now and for future plans.
 Things which are happening at the moment of speaking:

• The dishwasher is washing the dishes.

• I’m shopping on line.
• My printer isn´t printing right now.
• The water is boiling now, so you can put in the pasta.
 Temporary situations:

• Julie is living in Paris for a few months (usually she lives in London).
• John's working in a bar until he finds a job in his field.
• I'm reading a really great book.
• She's staying with her friend for a week.
Definite future plans: The next use is for definite future arrangements.

• I'm meeting John after class today.

• I'm meeting my father tomorrow.
• We're going to the beach at the weekend.
• I'm leaving at three.
 Yes / No Questions:

• Is she taking a picture?

• Are they playing a game?
• Are you buying a washing machine?
• Is she using the vacuum cleaner right now?

Information questions

• What are you looking for? I’m looking for an acetate disc.
• Where are you going? I´m going to Supermrket
• Who is he talking to on the phone? He´s talking whit his mother.
 Rules to form –ing verbs

Add –ing to the base form of a verb:

Talk – talking
Help – helping
Text – texting

If the base form ends in a silent –e, drop the –e and add –ing:
Leave – leaving
Close – closing
Charge - charging
In verbs of one syllabe, if the last three letters are a consonant-vowel-consonant
sequence, double de last consonant and then add –ing to the base form.

Sit – sitting
Eat – eatting
Put – putting

If a base form has more than one syllabe and ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant
sequence, double de last consonant only if the if the spoken stress is on the last
syllabe:

Permit - permitting
Order - ordering
But if the base form of the verb ends in –w, -x, or –y, don’t doublé the
final consonant:

Blow – blowing
Fix – fixing
Say – saying