This document defines and provides rules for using the present continuous tense in English. It explains that the present continuous is used to talk about activities happening now or temporary situations. It gives the affirmative, negative, and question forms, which involve using the verb "be" plus the present participle form of the main verb ending in "-ing." The document also lists spelling rules for regular and irregular verbs when forming the "-ing" ending in the present continuous tense.

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Miss. Diana Bravo Rico
LENGUA EXTRANJERA

3. Definition
 We use the present continuous to talk about activities
happening at the moment of speaking.
 We can also use this tense for other kinds of temporary
situations, even if the action isn't happening at this moment.
 For temporary or new habits.

4. Affirmative
Subject + V. B. + verb (base form)+ -ing.
I am working.
He is playing.
We are sleeping.

5. Spelling Rules
 If the verb ends with consonant we add only the –ing.
E.g.: Walking, Reading, acting.
 If it ends with a vowel we eliminate the vowel and we add -ing.
E.g.: Write = writing, skate= skating.
Exception to the rule: Be= being Go= going Do= doing
NOTE: If we have a verb ending with double vowel, we keep it and we add the –ing.
E.g.: See= seeing

6. More Rules
 Verbs ending in IE, we eliminate it and place instead a Y plus the –ing.
E.g.: Die= Dying Lie= Lying
 If we have a verb with one syllable endind in consonant, vowel, consonant,
we double the last letter and add -ing.
E.g.: Swim= swimming, run= running.
 Exception to this rule: verbs ending with -Y, -W, -X, we keep them and we
add -ing.

7. Negative
Subject + VB. + not + verb (base form) + -ing.
I’m not working at the post office.
We’re not palying videogames.
He isn’t studying spanish.

8. Question
VB. + Subject + VBF. + -ing. ?
Are you talking to me?
Is it working?
Are they eating?