Present continuous

grammar

present continuous

Interrogative

Affirmative

Negative

Uses

Examples

Practice

MARÍA VÁZQUEZ FERNÁNDEZ ENGLISH PRIMARY EDUCATION

Are they laughing?+ Yes, they are. + They are laughing. - They are not crying.

Practice

Uses

Utilizamos el PRESENT CONTINUOUS cuando hablamos de lo que está pasando o no ahora mismo. He is eating. He is not sleeping.

INTERROGATIVE

Para formar la forma interrogativa del PRESENT CONTINUOUS invertimos el orden: Verb TO BE + Subject + verb -ing + ? Am I playing? Are you doing Maths? Is he/she/it making a robot? Are we smiling? Are you drawing? Are they learning English? ANSWERS: Yes/No + , + subject + verb TO BE + Yes, I am. - No, I'm not.

Affirmative

Para formar el PRESENT CONTINUOUS utilizamos: el verbo TO BE + el verbo terminado en -ing. I am playing You are doing Maths. He/ She/ It is + making a robot. We are smiling You are drawing They are learning English.

Negative

Para formar la forma negativa del PRESENT CONTINUOUS añadimos NOT entre el verbo TO BE y el verbo terminado en -ing. I am not playing You are not doing Maths. He/ She/ It is not making a robot. We are not smiling You are not drawing They are not learning English.