To form the present continuous the auxiliary
verb "to be" and the verb + ing are used.
Applications
1. Express something that is happening in the moment, instant.
Example: I am watching a movie
2. Say something is going on for an unlimited time.
Example: Andrea is studying in this university
Rule for using gerundi ing
1. Verb + Ing
Examples:
speak/speaking
play /playing
eat/eating
do/doing
2. Verbs ending in E
(replace E with ING).
Examples: Write/writing
dance/dancing
smile/smiling
drive/driving
3. Specific cases. Verbs that
end in consonant vowel
(m-n-p) doubling the
consonant. Examples:
Run/running
swim/swimming
stop/stopping
plan/planning
The present simple, is used to express actions of
frequent use
Rules of third-person use of the singular
1. As a general rule we add an S. Examples:
I work - She Works - You work -He works
(we-they-you - it Works
2. When the verb ends in O, S, Sh, Ch, X or Z is
added is when they are accompanied by personal
pronouns in third parties (SHE, HE, IT).
Examples: Go/goes - watch/watches
Kiss/kisses - Fix/fixes - Wash/washes - Buzz/buzzes
3. Verbs ending with -y
When the verb ends and Y is preceded by a
consonant, Y is deleted and an IES is added.
Examples: study/studies
Irreguralidad A: If they end with a consonant +
Y, the y is changed by i and then the -es is put.
Examples: study /studies - try /tries - fly /flies -
cry /cries