21. Teoria: PRESENTE CONTINUO

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Presente continuo: -ing.

Para formar el presente continuo utilizaremos junto al sujeto su forma correspondiente del verbo ‘be’ y después el verbo principal en gerundio, esto es, acabado en ‘–ing’. El presente continuo se construye con el verbo “to be” . ORACIÓN AFIRMATIVA Noun + verb to 'be' + verb -ing + complement. Pronoun + verb to 'be' + verb -ing + complement.

e.g. I am writing a book. We are writing a book. You are writing a book. You are writing a book. He/ She / It is writing a book. They are writing a book.

Presente continuo: -ing.

ORACIÓN NEGATIVA Noun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement. Pronoun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement.

e.g. (CONTRACTION: VERB TO BE + NOT) I am not writing a book. We aren't writing a book. You aren't writing a book. You aren't writing a book. He/ She / It isn't writing a book. They aren't writing a book.

e.g. (CONTRACTION: PRONOUN + NOT) I'm not writing a book. We're not writing a book. You're not writing a book. You're not writing a book. He's not writing a book. / She's not .../ It's not... They're not writing a book.

Presente continuo: -ing.

ORACIÓN INTERROGATIVA Noun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement. Pronoun + verb to 'be' + not + verb -ing + complement.

e.g. Am I writing a book ? Yes, you are. / No, you aren't. - Yes, I am. No, I'm not. Are you writing a book ? Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. Is she/he/it writing a book ? Yes, he/she/it is. - No, he/she/it isn't. Are we writing a book ? Yes, we are. / No, we aren't. Are you writing a book ? Yes, we are. / No, we aren't Are they writing a book ? Yes, they are. / No, they aren't

REGLAS DEL GERUNDIO: -ING

Al añadir ‘-ing’ a ciertos verbos se producen algunos cambios ortográficos.

• Los verbos acabados en consonante + ‘e’ pierden esta vocal al añadir ‘ing’.

e.g. leave – leaving / live – living / ride - riding

• Los verbos de una sola sílaba acabados en consonante + vocal + consonant duplican la consonante final.

e.g. stop – stopping / run - running / cut - cutting

• Aquellos verbos de 2 ó 3 sílabas acabados en consonante + vocal + consonante, duplican la consonante final si el acento recae en la última sílaba.

e.g. refer – referring / occur – ocurring / begin - beginning

• Los verbos acabados en vocal + ‘l’ duplican la ‘l’ final delante de ‘ –ing’.

e.g. travel – travelling / control - controlling / cancel - cancelling

REGLAS DEL GERUNDIO: -ING

• Si el verbo termina en -y o -w no doblamos la consonante, puesto que en la fonética inglesa la y y la w se consideran semivocales.

e.g. buy – buying / play – playing / draw - drawing

• Si el acento no recae sobre la última sílaba, no doblamos la consonante.

e.g. listen – listening / open - opening / remember - remembering

• Si el verbo termina en -ie, hay que eliminar la ie y añadir -ying

e.g. die – dying / tie – tying / lie - lying

TRANSLATION 1. DIE: morir 2. TIE: amarrar, atar. 3. LIE: mentir

REGLAS DE USO DEL PRESENTE CONTINUO

• Para expresar acciones que suceden en el momento de hablar.

e.g. She's speaking on the phone.

• Acciones que están ocurriendo, no necesariamente en el momento de hablar, pero que están en transcurso.

e.g. I'm studying English this year.

• Planes futuros que han sido confirmados.

e.g. I'm visiting you this evening.