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By Juliana Moriones
TOTAL ENGLISH SITE
Present
Continuous
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To describe what is happening now, an action in progress in the moment of speaking:
You are studying English right now
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To describe a temporary situation:
I am reading the book "hundred years of solitude"
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To indicate something that will or will not happen in the near future:
We are watching a movie tonight
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To talk about repeated actions is often used with "always or constantly":
That baby is always smiling
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It is also called "present progressive"
To be
Is
Are
Am
Main
verb
Ing
Affirmative
I am
He is
She is
It is
We are
You are
They are
Watching tv
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Non-action verbs are not usually used in the present continuous:
love, hate, remember, want, need, want, hear, have, own, etc...
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Don't say:
I am wanting an apple
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Say:
I want an apple
Conjugation
Subject
To be
Verb present participle
Subject
To be (Not)
Verb present participle
My family is NOT living in Cali
Comple.
Negative sentences
To make negative sentences just add the word "not"
eating pizza
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(Where)
To be
Subject
Verb present participle
Wh-?
Compl.
I
Am
he
she
it
Is
we
you
they
Are
Interrogative form
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In general add -ing to the base form of the verb:
Read Reading
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When the verb ends in a mute -e, drop the final -e, then add -ing:
Take Taking
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If the verb has one syllable and ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, repeat the last consonant:
Sit Sitting
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If the verb ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, but the last consonant is -w, -x, or -y, don't repeat it:
Fix Fixing
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When the verb has more than one syllable and ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, repeat the last consonant only if the last syllable is stressed:
Admit Admittting
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