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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
FORMA
El presente continuo se forma con el presente simple del verbo To Be + verbo principal acabado en –ing.
Afirmativa:
I am writing
You/ we/ they are writing
He/ she/ it is writing
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Interrogativa:
Am I writing?
Are you/ we/ they writing?
Is he/ she/ it writing?
Negativa:
I´m not writing
You/ we/ they aren´t writing
He/ she/ it isn´t writing
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REGLAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA PARA LA FORMA EN –ing:
1. En general, añadimos –ing a la forma de infinitivo.
listen- listening meet- meeting
2. Los verbos acabados en consonante + -e omiten la –e final delante de –ing.
survive- surviving write- writing
3. Los verbos acabados en –ie cambian la –ie por y delante de –ing
die- dying lie- lying
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4. Los verbos monosilábicos acabados en vocal corta + consonante duplican la consonante final delante de –ing.
stop- stopping put- putting
5. En los verbos acabados en –y, la y no cambia delante de –ing.
try- trying lay- laying
6. Verbos acabados en vocal + l duplican la l final delante de –ing.
travel- travelling
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7. Verbos de dos o tres sílabas que acaban en consonante + vocal + consonante duplican la consonante final si el acento recae en la última sílaba.
refer- referring occur- occurring
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USO:
El Presente Continuo se usa para expresar:
1. Acciones que ocurren en el momento de hablar.
“She’s watering the plants now”
2. Acciones que están ocurriendo temporalmente, no necesariamente en el momento de hablar.
“My brother is working in a pizza restaurant at the moment”
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3. Planes futuros que han sido confirmados.
“He’s having dinner with us tonight”
4. Acciones habituales que expresan irritación en el hablante. En este caso suele ir con el adverbio always.
“He’s always talking about himself”
5. El Presente Continuo NO se suele utilizar con los siguientes verbos:
Know, like, want, hate, love, belong, mean, understand, remember, prefer.
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