PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

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PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

The present progressive tense expresses an action that is being developed at present, generally are temporary actions. They have a beginning and an end.


RULES
All prayer in present progressive must meet the following rules:

· Actions that are being made at the same time it is spoken.

· Cyclical situations over a period of time defined

· As a general rule to form the English gerund "-ing" is added.

RULES TO FORM "ING"

* If the verb ends in the vowel "e",  remove the "e" and "ing" is added.            

Examples: write - writing     smile - smiling     have - having

* If the verb ends in double "ee", just add "ing"                                      

Examples: agree - agreeing  flee - fleeing   see - seeing

* If the verb ends in "ie", change the "ie" by "y" and add "ing"                        

Examples: die - dying   tie - tying    lie - lying

* If the verb has only one syllable and it ends in "consonant- vowel- consonant", double the last consonant and add "ing"                                                         

Examples:  run - running    stop - stopping    sit - sitting

*If the verb has two syllables and is stressed in the first syllable only add "ing"   Exampes: answer - answering   offer - offering   listen - listening   visit - visiting

*If the verb has two syllables and is stressed in the second syllable and it ends in  "consonant- vowel- consonant", double the last consonant and add "ing"    

Examples:   admit - admitting   prefer - preferring   begin - begining

*For many verbs we make the ING form by simply adding -ING to end of the verb.    Examples: eat - eating    speak - speaking   cook - cooking

STRUCTURE

The structure of the present progressive is as follows [SUBJECT]+ am/are/is (verb to be) + [ VERB WITH -ING ( gerund)]

SUBJECT	TO BE	present participle
I	am	playing.
You	are	playing
She/He	is	playing
They	are	playing

Denial with full verbs (this is not modal and auxiliary) is: [SUBJECT] + am/are/is (verb "to be") + not + [VERB WITH -ING ( gerund)]

SUBJECT	TO BE	NEGATION	present participle
I	am	not	playing.
You	are	not	playing
She/He	is	not	playing
They	are	not	playing

To construct the question you just have to reverse the order of the subject and the verb to be: am/are/is + [SUBJECT] + [VERB WITH "-ing"]?

Examples are:

SUBJECT	TO BE	present participle	Interrogación
am	I	playing.	?
Are	you	playing	?
Is	She/He	playing	?
Are	They	playing	?

I'm eating.

She´s reading the bible.               

I´m running.

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Pesent continous

Match the sentences.

I                                     are watching TV.

You                                are singing a song.

He                                  is running in the park.

She                                am writing a letter.

It                                     is listening to music.

We                                 are playing the piano.

You                                are sleeping late.

They                               is eating a big cake.

In the following link you will find some explanations and practical examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pzwe5jGUM


For you to exercise the Continuous Present Progressive or we offer the following sentences on the link you see conticuación where you must select the correct form. Good luck.
http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/1362529/present_progressive.htm

http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/1364689/family_members.htm 

PRACTICE
EXERCISE 1

Complete with the correct form of the verb. 

1. He ___________ (run) _____________.

2. She ___________ (write) _______________.

  3. They ___________ (watch t.v) _______________.


            4. She ____________ (ride) ______________ a bike.


 5. He ______________ (listen) _____________ to music.
 

EXERCISE 2

Complete the present progressive tense by using am, is or are with a verb that

ends in ing.

Example:

I am learning how to swim.

I ________________ (eat) my lunch.

I ________________ (watch) television.

She _________________ ( read) a book.

Dad  _________________  ( bake) a cake.

My sister _________________ ( listen) to music.

Uncle David ________________ (clean) his car.

The dog _________________ (bark) in the garden..

We ______________ (sing) our favorite song.

My brother and I _________________ (play) a computer game.

The teachers ______________________ (show) us a film.                                                      They _______________ (bring) a television set into the classroom.

Fill in the blank spaces with the present progressive tense of the verbs in parentheses.

Try to use contractions such as I’m, she’s and they’re where you can.

1. We ________________________ (go) to the zoo tomorrow.

2. He ________________________ (fix) my bike in the garage.

3. I  _________________________ (help) Mom in the kitchen.

4. My sister and I_________________________ (watch) television in our bedroom.

5. The train _________________________ (leave) in ten minutes.

6. They  _____________________________(come) with us to the museum.

7. We ______________________________ (paint) some pictures for Aunt Susan.

8. The boys and girls __________________________________(dance) in the hall.

9. The cat _____________________________________(chase) some birds.

10. My brother ___________________________________(tickle) me.

 Also we invite you to meet other presentations that will help you and illustrate other themes for learning English, with the support web tools 2:
 

• Daily Routines

 







http://prezi.com/qdbjtr30ntrv/daily-routine-activities/

• Pasive voice
  
    

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOQ4E3gY7q0

• The simple future

http://prezi.com/utudzstq3jue/teaching-english/

Presented by:

Nilfa María Carabalí

Luz Carime Bustamante

Luz Patricia Pineda

Emperatriz Villalba

Eny Prens