1. Present Continuous (I am doing)

1. Present Continuous (I am doing)

1. 1.1. MAIN STRUCTURE: AFFIRMATIVE

   • SUBJ + VERB TO BE + ( (to❌) VERB + ing)
   • I + am + ___ing
   • He/She/It + is + ___ing
   • We/You/They + are + ___ing

2. 1.2. USES

   • IN
     • 1. I'm in the middle of doing something
     • 2. I've started doing something and I haven't finished yet, not necessaraly I'm doing that at that moment
     • 3. For temporary situations
   • WITH
     • ADJ: today, this week, this year
     • VERBS: get, change, become, increase, rise [rais], fall, grow, improve, begin
       • [ ] = pronunciation
   • NOT (normally) WITH
     • THIS VERBS: like, want, need, prefer; know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember; belong, fit, contain, consist, seem; see, hear, smell, taste

3. 1.3. INTERROGATIVE

   • QUESTION WORDS (OR NOT) + VERB TO BE + SUBJ + ( (to❌) VERB + ing) ?
   • What + is + he + doing ?

4. 1.4. NEGATIVE

   • SUBJ + VERB TO BE + not + ((to❌) VERB + ing)
     • IS NOT = ISN'T ; ARE NOT = AREN'T
   • It + is + not + raining

5. 1.6. IMPORTANT THINGS

   • How does it change? VERB + ing?
     • 1. __y ➡️ do not change ➡️ ➕ ing ::: hurry - hurrying; study - studying; apply - applying; try - trying
     • 2. __ie ➡️ ❌ie ➡️ ➕ y ➡️ ➕ ing ::: die - dying; lie - lying; tie - tying
     • 3. __e ➡️ ❌ e➡️ ➕ ing ::: hope - hoping; smile - smiling; dance - dancing; confuse - confusing
       • Exception: be - being; __ee: see - seeing; agree - agreeing
     • 4. __(1 vower)+(1 consonant) (from 1 syllable words) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: stop - stopping; plan - planning; rub - rubbing
       • OBS.: Y and W at the end of the words are not consonants!
     • 5. __(1 vower) + (1 consonant) (IF is a more than 1 syllable word & final syllable is stressed) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: prefer - preferring; regret - regretting
     • 6. __l ➡️ ➕ 1x l ➡️ ➕ ing ::: travel - travelling ; cancel - cancelling
       • British English

6. 1.5. INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

   • VERB TO BE + SUBJ + not + ((to❌) VERB ➕ ing)
   • Are + we + not + playing ...in the park ?