present continuous

present continuous

1. uses

   • something is happening at the moment of speaking
     • she is reading a book now
       • he is teaching at the moment
   • something is to happen in the future
     • we are going to shopping tomorrow morning
       • they are going on a trip next week

2. key words

   • right now
   • today
   • now
   • look
   • at the moment
   • tomorrow

3. spelling rules

   • add -ING
     • read reading
       • eat eatting
         • talk talking
   • if there are consonant vocal cononant de last consonant doubles
     • run ruNNing
     • sit siTTing
     • put puTTing
   • take away final -E
     • make making
     • use using
     • drive driving

4. grammar rules

   • affirmative
     • subject
       • I, My mother, You....
       • to be
         • am, is, are
         • verb with -ing
           • playing
   • negative
     • subject
       • she, my cat, we..
     • to be in negative
       • am not, isn´t, aren´t
     • verb with -ing
       • swimming
   • interrogative
     • to be
       • am, is , are
     • subject
       • you, we, they
     • verb with -ing
       • waching

5. examples

   • +
     • i am playing football
     • my mother are working this morning
   • -
     • I am not playing football
     • my mother aren´t working this morning
   • ?
     • are you playing footbal?
     • are your mpther working this morning?