2. O Present Continuous forma-se com o presente de to
be (an/are/is) + forma terminada em ing do verbo
principal.
FORMA AFIRMATIVA
I am speaking.
You are speaking.
He is speaking.
She is speaking.
We are speaking.
You are speaking.
They are speaking.
3. FORMA NEGATIVA
You are eating.
I am eating.
He is eating.
She is eating.
It is eating.
We are eating.
You are eating.
They are eating.
4. FORMA INTERROGATIVA
Am I Reading?
Are you Reading?
Is he Reading?
Is she Reading?
Is it Reading?
Are we Reading?
Are you Reading?
Are they Reading?
5. NOTAS ORTOGRÁFICAS
Nos verbos terminados em e, substitui-se essa letra por ing:
HAVE => HAVING LIVE => LIVING WIRITE => WIRITING
Mas isso não acontece com be e os verbos terminados em ie:
BE => BEING DIE => DYING LIE => LYING TIE => TYING
Nos verbos de uma silaba (ou duas, desde que a última seja a sílaba tônica), terminados
em uma sequencia consoante-vogal-consoante, dobra-se a consoante final antes de se
acrescentar ing:
RUN => RUNNING STOP => STOPPING SWIM => SWIMMING
BEGIN => BEGINNING PREFER => PREFERRING OCCUR => OCCORRING
Mas quando a sílaba tônica do verbo for a primeira isso não ocorre:
OPEN => OPENING HAPPEN => HAPPENING