2. AFFIRMATIVE : VERB TO BE + VERB- ING
Example
I am speaking
you are speaking
he / she / it is speaking
we are speaking
they are speaking

3. NEGATIVE IS / ARE + NOT + VERB -ING
I am not studying
you are not studying
he / she / it is not studying
we are not studying
they are not studying

4. INTERROGATIVE AM/IS/ARE + VERB-ING …?
Am I living in Madrid?
Are you living in Madrid?
Is / she,he,it living in Madrid?
Are we living in Madrid?
Are they living in Madrid?

5.  Silent e is dropped.
example: come - coming
but: agree – agreeing
 After a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is
doubled. Consonant+vowel+consonant
Example: sit – sitting
 After a vowel, the final consonant l is doubled in
British English (but not in American English).
example: travel - travelling (British English)
but: traveling (American English)
 Final ie becomes y.
example: lie - lying

6. Right now
Look! Colin is playing football now.
For several actions happening at the same
time
Colin is playing football and Anne is watching
TV.
Arrangement for the near future
I am watching a film tonight.

7.  At the moment
 At this moment
 Today
 Now
 Right now
 Listen!
 Look!

8.  State: be, cost, fit, mean, suit
example: We are on holiday.
 Possession: belong, have
example: Sam has a cat.
 Sense : feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch
example: He feels the cold.
 feelings: hate, hope, like, love, prefer, regret, want, wish
example: Jane loves pizza.
 brain work: believe, know, think, understand
example: I believe you.
 Introductory clauses for direct speech: answer, ask,
reply, say
example: “I am watching TV,“ he says.

9.  Mary and Joe ( to be )____________________ in a clothes shop at the
moment.
 They ( to look) ________________________ at some jeans.
 Joe only ( to have) _______________________________one very old
pair of jeans.
 So he ( to want to) ____________________________ buy a new pair
of jeans now.
 Right now, he ( to try)_______________________________a pair of
blue jeans.
 ´These jeans (to fit) _____________ very well ´ he ________(to say)
 But why (not/to try/you )_________on another pair?
 Great! Those are perfect ! How much ( to cost/ they)
________________________?

10.  James (live) _____________in a little village.
 He (be)_____________ in his last year at school.
 After school, James (want)_____________ to become a banker.
 So this week, he (do) _____________a practical course in a bank.
 There (be) _______a bank in a nearby town, but James (have)
_________________to take the bus to get there.
 The bus (leave) at 5.30 in the morning and
(return)________________ at 8.15 in the evening.
 James (not / like) __________________ to spend so much time in
town before and after work, waiting for the bus.
 Therefore, this week he (stay)_____________ with his aunt, who
(live) _______________in town.
 James usually (wear)_____________ jeans and t-shirts, but while
he (work) ______________for the bank now, he
(wear)________________ a suit and a tie.

11.  Mary and Joe ( to be )__are__________ in a clothes shop
at the moment.
 They ( to look) _are looking____________ at some jeans.
 Joe only ( to have) has___one very old pair of jeans.
 So he ( to want to) __wants to______ buy a new pair of
jeans now.
 Right now, he ( to try)_____is trying_______a pair of blue
jeans.
 ´These jeans (to fit) ____fit_________ very well ´ he (to
say)
 But why (not/to try/you )_don´t you try on another pair?
 Great! Those are perfect ! How much ( to cost/ they) _do
they cost_______________________?