Presente Continuo. Teoría y ejercicios.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I AM DOING)
AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I am playing You are playing He is playing She is playing It is playing We are playing You are playing They are playing	I am not playing You aren’t playing He isn’t playing She isn’t playing It isn’t playing We aren’t playing You aren’t playing They aren’t playing	Am I playing? Are you playing? Is he playing? Is she playing? Is it playing? Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing?

Uso: Expresa lo que está ocurriendo en el momento de hablar o en el periodo de tiempo presente.

• Afirmativa: Sujeto + am / is / are + un verbo terminado en -ing.
• Ejemplo: He is visiting the house (Él está visitando la casa).
• Reglas ortográficas para escribirlo: 
• Si acaba en e muda, se pierde la e: live - living.
• Si es de 1 sílaba y acaba en 1 vocal + 1 consonante que no sea w, x o y, se dobla esta consonante: run - running.
• Si es de 2 sílabas y tiene el acento en la última, se dobla la última consonante: refer - referring.
• Si acaba en l, se dobla esa letra: travel - traveling.
• Si acaba en ie, se cambia ie por una y: lie - lying.

• Negativa: Sujeto + am / is / are + la partícula not o la contracción n't (que se puede añadir a is y a are, pero no a am) + un verbo terminado en -ing. En conversación suele usarse la forma contraída. 
• Ejemplo: We aren't driving my car. (No estamos conduciendo mi coche).

• Interrogativa: Am / is / are + sujeto + un verbo terminado en -ing.
• Ejemplo: Is she sleeping at the moment? (¿Ella está durmiendo en este momento?) 

• Respuestas Breves: Se pone el pronombre personal sujeto + verbo to be, sin contraer en afirmativa o contraído en negativa.
• Ejemplo: Are you walking in the forest? Yes, I am. No, I'm not. (¿Estás andado por el bosque? Si. / No)

• Usos del Presente Continuo: Se suele usar para describir fotos, ya que se habla de la escena como si fuera algo que está ocurriendo ahora.
• Ejemplo: In the photo, there is a man. He is sitting on a chair. (En la foto hay un hombre. Está sentado en una silla)

• Expresiones Temporales: Todas pueden ir al principio o al final de la frase, pero se suelen poner al final.
• Ejemplo: I am buying a bus ticket now. ( Estoy comprando un billete de autobús ahora)
• Now (Ahora)
• At the moment  (En este momento)
• Right now ( Justo ahora)
• Today (Hoy)
• These days (Hoy en día)
• This week (Esta semana)

EXERCISES

1. Put the verbs into the correct form.

• Please don’t make so much noise. I  _________(study).
• Please be quiet. I ____________(try) to concentrate.
• Look! It ___________(snow).
• Why ____________(you/look) at the time that? Did I say something wrong?
• You ___________(make) a lot of noise. Can you be a little bit quieter?
• Excuse me, I ______________(look) for a phone booth. Is there one near here?
• Listen! They ___________(yell) at each other again.
• Why ____________(you/wear) your coat today? It’s very warm.
• I __________(not work) this week. I’m on vacation.
• I want to lose weight. I ___________ (not/ eat) anything today.

2. Complete sentences using one of these verbs:

Get     become     change     rise     improve     fall     increase

• The population of the world __________very fast.
• He is still sick, but he ___________ at the moment.
• These days food _________ more and more expensive.
• The world __________. Things never stay the same.
• The cost of living _________. Every year things are more expensive.
• George has gone to work in Spain. At first, his Spanish wasn’t very good, but now it ____________.
• The economic situation is already very bad, and it ________ worse.

3. Read this conversation between Brian and Steve. Put each verb into the correct form.

Brian and Steve meet in a restaurant.

Brian: Hello, Steve. I haven’t seen you for ages. What ___________(you/do) these days?

Steve: I __________(work) in a department store.

Brian: Really? ________ (you/enjoy) it?

Steve: Yeah, it’s OK. How about you?

Brian: Well, I ___________(not/work) at the moment, but I’m very busy. I__________(build) a house.

Steve: Really? ___________ (you/do) it alone?

Brian: No, some friends of mine __________(help) me.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the Present Continuous

Read    look     fly     listen     not play    not learn

• The astronauts__________in their spaceship.
• We __________ to music at the moment.
• He____________football today.
• They ______________French this year.
• She _______________ a book about stars.
• I ____________ at the stars now.

5. Choose the correct answer.

• Some people is looking/ are looking at the spaceship.
• Ben is writing/am writing a project about astronomy.
• I is waiting/am waiting to see an alien.
• We am not standing/aren’t standing on a spaceship.
• Are you looking/is you looking at the stars or the moon?
• The sun isn’t shinning/ aren’t shining at the moment.

6. Write the words in the correct order to make questions.

• Raining/it/is  _______________________________________
• TV/watching/they/are ______________________________
• He/reading/is/book/a ___________________________________
• We/walking/are/school/to ______________________________
• Bus/the/she/is/sitting/on _____________________________

7. Answer the questions below. Use short answers. Make answers true for you:

• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________

8. Complete the sentences. Use the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

• Jo and Sam ______________(wear) hats.
• Chris ______________(listen) to music.
• Chris and Jo____________ (drink) juice.
• Sam ______________ (not listen) to music.
• Chris and Bobby ____________(not study) Maths.
• Bobby _____________(not wear) a T-shirt.
• Jo ____________(read) a book.

9. Complete the dialogue. Use the present continuous form of the verbs in brakets.

Look     watch     not play     try     not read    do     win

• Jill: Hi, Des _____________ tennis on TV?
• Des: Yes, I am. Hingis  __________ 5-4, but she __________ a good game. ___________ your Maths homeworks?
• Jill: No, I’m not. I ___________ to do puzzle. It’s called People Puzzle. It’s really difficult.
• Des: I know that puzzle. It’s easy!
• Jill: Which boy is Sam? __________ he ______________ at the magazine?
• Des: no, Sam __________ a magazine – and Sam is a girl.

10. Write logical sentences with the words below. Use the Present Continuous affirmative or negative.

• the swimmers / wear / goggles  ____________________
• I / surf / on a mountain / right now  ____________________
• the bat / fly / near the apple tree  ____________________
• Tim / buy / a magazine / at a library  ____________________
• you / have / a shower / at the café / at the moment  ____________________
• Shelly / sit / on the rug / in her bedroom  ____________________

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