1. EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE EVENTS
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE EVENTS

2. I AM LOOKING AT THE WINDOW
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + PRESENT VERB TO BE + VERB – ING + COMPLEMENTS
EXAMPLES
SHE IS WRITING A LETTER
THEY ARE EATING PIZZA
I AM LOOKING AT THE WINDOW

3. NEGATIVE FORM STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + PRESENT VERB TOBE (NEGATIVE) + VERB – ING + COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLES
THEY AREN’T (ARE NOT) STUDYING
HE ISN’T (IS NOT) COMING
I`M NOT (AM NOT) READING THE PAPER

4. INTERROGATIVE FORM STRUCTURE
PRESENT VERB TO BE + SUBJECT + VERB-ING + COMPLEMENT?
EXAMPLES
ARE YOU EATING A PIZZA?
IS THE DOG PLAYING WITH THE BALL?
ARE THEY TRAVELLING TO ENGLAND?

5. THEY’RE COMING TO MY HOUSE AT THIS MOMENT
Actions that are happening at the same time you are speaking ( acciones que ocurren en el momento de hablar).
EXAMPLES
HE’S READING A BOOK NOW
THEY’RE COMING TO MY HOUSE AT THIS MOMENT
Pay attention to the purple words, they are adverbs of time for the Present Continuous ( las palabras purpura son advervios de tiempo para el continuo)

6. USE
Sometimes we use the present continuous for Plans in the future time.
EXAMPLES
I’m travelling to London next week.
John and Marta are going to the cinema tonight.
Pay attention to the purple words, all of them are future adverbs that are always connected to the present continuous for future plans.

7. SPELLING RULES WHEN ADDING -ING
General rule: we add –ing to the infinitive verb
Examples: go/going , read/reading,meet/meeting
Verbs ending in consonant + e, omit final e
Examples: live/ living, write/ writing, …
Monosyllabic verbs ending CVC (consonant+ vowel+ consonant) double the last consonant. Examples: stop/stopping, put/putting, swim/swimming
Verbs with two or more syllables ending CVC

8. Verbs with two or more syllables ending CVC double the last consonant
Verbs with two or more syllables ending CVC double the last consonant. Examples: refer/ referring, occur/ocurring,…
Verbs ending in –ie, change this end for –y adding –ing. Examples: die/dying
Verbs ending in –y , do not change the –y. Examples: try/trying, play/playing

9. NON-CONTINUOUS VERBS
The following verbs are not normally used in continuous tenses:
like love hate want need prefer know realise
suppose mean understand believe remember belong
contain consist depend seem