1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Área Académica: CONTADURÍA
Profesor(a): MA. E. GUADALUPE ISLAS LÓPEZ
Periodo: JULIO-DICIEMBRE 2015

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Resumen
Usaremos el presente continuo para acciones que se están realizando en el momento de decirlas.
Abstract
We are going to use present continuous for actions that we are doing and saying at the same moment.
Keywords: continuous, actions, moment.

3. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 1
The previous examples show that we use this tense to denote an action happening at the time of speaking (adverbs: now, right now, at the moment)
We are studying English grammar.

4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 2
These examples show that the Present Continuous Tense is also used to denote a temporary action happening today or these days.
It’s getting warmer.

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 3
It is also used to express the ongoing changes, especially with verbs such as become, get, grow, change, and with expressions like more and more.
Are you going to the party on Friday?

6. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Use 4
We use it for future arrangements with a time reference.
We’re leaving tomorrow.

7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Form – am, are, is + ing form
Affirmative
I am sleeping.
He/she/it is sleeping.
You/we/they are sleeping.
Negative
I am not (I’m not) singing.
He/she/it is not (isn’t) singing.
You/we/they are not (aren’t) singing.

8. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Interrogative Am I dreaming? Is he/she/it dreaming?
Are you/we/they dreaming?
Short answers
Yes, I am/he is/we are…
No, I’m not/he isn’t/we aren’t…

9. PRESENT CONTINUOUS ing form – spelling rules
Most verbs just take –ing with no changes in spelling: watch-watching, clean-cleaning, listen-listening
Verbs ending in –e drop it before –ing: live-living, write-writing
Verbs with short vowels and one consonant double the consonant:
run-running, swim-swimming

10. PRESENT CONTINUOUS ing form – spelling rules
Verbs ending in –l, double it:
travel-travelling, cancel-cancelling
Verbs ending in –ie change it to –y:
lie-lying, die-dying

11. Referencias
Evans, V. y Dooley, J. (2010). Upstream. Beginner. Express Publishing.