Portfolio Entry # 3 - Present Continuous Tense

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE – MEANING, USE & FORMS

PRESENTE CONTINUO - SIGNIFICADO , USOS Y FORMAS.

1. MEANING AND USE - Significado y usos

We use the present continuous to talk about:

•          activities at the moment of speaking. (Actividades que se desarrollan mientras hablamos)

I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.
Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

•          something which is changing, growing or developing. ( Una accion que se esta desarrollando, o cambiando)

The children are growing up quickly.
The climate is changing rapidly.
Your English is improving.

•          something which happens again and again. (algo que ocurre una y otra vez)

It's always raining in London.
They are always arguing.
George is great. He's always laughing.

Note that we normally use always with this use.

2. FORMS - Formas 

·         AFFIRMATIVE - Afirmativa

The present continuous is made from the present tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb: ( El presente continuo en afirmativo se forma con el verbo to be seguido de un verbo con -ing)

I am	working
You are	playing
He is	talking
She is	living
It is	eating
We are	staying
They are	sleeping

·         NEGATIVE - Negativo

We make negatives by putting not (or n't) after am, is or are. (Se forma la oraciòn negativa utilizando not luego del verbo to be como en los siguientes ejmplos):

I'm not doing that.
You aren't listening. (or You're not listening.)
They aren't coming to the party. (or They're not coming to the party.)
She isn't going home until Monday. (or She's not going home until Monday.)

·         QUESTIONS - Preguntas

We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of the subject. (Formamos las preguntas poniendo el verbo to be adelante del sujeto / pronombre y luego el verbo con -ing como en los siguientes ejemplos)

Are you listening?
Are they coming to your party?
When is she going home?
What am I doing here?

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