Present continuous
1.- Se utiliza para describir acciones que se están desarrollando en este mismo momento:
I am reading a book. Yo estoy leyendo un libro (en este preciso instante)
You are playing football. Tú estás jugando al futbol
You are playing football. Tú estás jugando al futbol
2.- También se utiliza para describir acciones que se están desarrollando alrededor del momento en el que se habla, aunque no necesariamente en ese preciso instante:
I am studying French. Yo estoy estudiando francés (me he matriculado en una academia, pero no necesariamente en este preciso momento estoy con los libros de francés)
3.- Asimismo, se utiliza para describir una acción que va a tener lugar en el futuro próximo y sobre la que se ha tomado una resolución firme. En este caso, siempre se tiene que mencionar el tiempo en el que se va a desarrollar la acción:
I am going to London next week. Yo voy a Londres la próxima semana (la acción se va a desarrollar en el futuro próximo y existe una decisión firme por mi parte de llevarla a cabo)
4.- Otro uso del presente continuo es para describir acciones que se vienen repitiendo con frecuencia; en este caso, la oración viene acompañada del adverbio "always" (siempre):
He is always working. El está siempre trabajando (con el significado de que trabaja frecuentemente, quizás, incluso, excesivamente)
Formación del "present continuous": se construye con el presente del indicativo del verbo "to be", en su función de verbo auxiliar, y el "present participle" ( = gerundio) del verbo principal.
Afirmación Negación Interrogación
I am eating I'm not eating Am I eating?
You are eating You aren't eating Are you eating?
He / she is eating He / she isn't eating Is he/she eating?
We are eating We aren't eating Are we eating?
You are eating You aren't eating Are you eating?
They are eating They aren't eating Are they eating?
I am eating I'm not eating Am I eating?
You are eating You aren't eating Are you eating?
He / she is eating He / she isn't eating Is he/she eating?
We are eating We aren't eating Are we eating?
You are eating You aren't eating Are you eating?
They are eating They aren't eating Are they eating?
Pracise:
Write a composition and tell me what are they doing?
1. Hello, Paul! you (call) from school?
2. My brother (rush) home after school every day.
3. What this word (mean)?
4. My father (work) hard these days.
6. My sister (not/ watch) TV at night.
7. he (talk) to his girlfriend on the phone every day?
8. My mother (mix) a cheese sauce for the fish.
9. the kids (swim) in the pool? No, they aren't. They (listen) to music.
10. I (not/ make) sand castles right now. I (not/ stand) playing in the sand.
11. What you (do)? I'm a student.
12. the Williams (have) lunch at the hotel this evening?
13. Lucy never (take) her dog to campsites.
14. We (travel) abroad in summer.
15. Ann (work) in a shop, but this afternoon she (play) tennis.
16. Look at Liz. She (stand) in the corner. She (wait) for her boyfriend.
17. A: What is your job?
B: I (work) in a hospital.
18. How many languages she (speak)?
19. What the kid (play) right now?
20. Excuse me! I think you (sit) at my desk.
21. How he (come) to work? He always (take) the bus.
22. I (not/believe) that you have a lot of money.
23. Teacher: Daniel, you (listen) to me? I (explain) an important subject now!!!
24. I’m so tired! The baby (not/ sleep) yet. He never (sleep) at night.
Reading comprehension text with present continuous
Read the text and answer the questions:
I´m sitting on the beach, eating an icecream, Alice and
Paul are swimming in the sea and Tom is in the park.
He´s playing with a friend. Peter is listening to the radio
and reading.
We´re having a fantastic holiday. Abercwm is a little
fishing village in north Wales with a park, a castle,some
Roman remains and some lovely gardens, and theres a little
fishing port with a lighthouse. Everybody here is really
friendly. I think we´re lucky. This is our second holiday
this year and we´re doing just what we want to do:sleeping
eating and playing games. The food is lovely too.
I´m sitting on the beach, eating an icecream, Alice and
Paul are swimming in the sea and Tom is in the park.
He´s playing with a friend. Peter is listening to the radio
and reading.
We´re having a fantastic holiday. Abercwm is a little
fishing village in north Wales with a park, a castle,some
Roman remains and some lovely gardens, and theres a little
fishing port with a lighthouse. Everybody here is really
friendly. I think we´re lucky. This is our second holiday
this year and we´re doing just what we want to do:sleeping
eating and playing games. The food is lovely too.
Vocabulary
fishing village= pueblito pesquero
lighthouse= farolucky= con suerte
1) What´s the author of the text doing?
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2) What are Alice and Paul doing?
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3) What is Peter doing?
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4) Where´s Tom?
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5) Where´s Abercwm?
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1) What´s the author of the text doing?
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2) What are Alice and Paul doing?
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3) What is Peter doing?
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4) Where´s Tom?
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5) Where´s Abercwm?
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Litsening:
Future Using "Present Continous"
Practise: What are you doing at the next weekend?
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