The document discusses how to structure and use the present progressive tense in English. It begins by explaining that the present progressive is formed by combining the present simple form of the verb "to be" with the gerund (verb + -ing) form of the main verb. It then provides conjugated forms of "to be" and examples of verbs in the gerund form. Next, it gives example sentences in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It concludes by outlining some common uses of the present progressive and listing exceptions where some verbs are not used in the progressive form.

1. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
Elaborado por:
Sandrine Lafontant Diaz
Educación a Distancia
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2. HOW TO STRUCTURE THE “PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE”?
The present progressive is formed by two main verbs:
Verb BE (in present simple) + gerund form
In the following slides we Will see how to conjuate both verbs in a
present progressive form.

3. Verb BE
The first part of the structure is the verb BE, here we Will conjugate it
in the present simple:
PRONOUN AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I AM AM NOT AM I
YOU ARE ARE NOT = AREN’T ARE YOU
HE IS IS NOT = ISN’T IS HE
SHE IS IS NOT = ISN’T IS SHE
IT IS IS NOT ISN’T IS IT
WE ARE ARE NOT = AREN’T ARE WE
THEY ARE ARE NOT = AREN’T ARE THEY

4. GERUND FORM
In the second part of the structure we Will put the main verb in the
gerund form:
----- we only have to add “ing” at the end of the main verb ------
PRONOUN AFFIRMATIVE Gerund form
I AM Talking
YOU ARE Playing
HE IS Dancing
SHE IS Singing
IT IS Swimming
WE ARE Running
THEY ARE walking

5. EXAMPLES
SENTENCES
Affirmative I am walking to work.
Negative She isn’t eating pizza.
Interrogative Are you drinking some coffee?
Affirmative We are dancing salsa on the dance floor.
Negative They aren’t writing a letter.
Affirmative He is watching a movie.
Interrogative Is it biting the bone?

6. USES OF THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
The present progressive is used to:
- describe an action that is happening in the moment.
For example: You are using the Internet.
- Describe an action that is happening nowadays.
For example: Are you still working for the same company?
- Describe an future action or evento which is already planned.
For example: We are going to visit our grandparents this weekend.

7. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES
Some verbs cannot be conjugated in the present progressive because
they refer to a state not an action:
- Sensation : to feel, to hear, to see, to smell, to taste
- Opinion: to asume, to believe, to consider, to suppose
- Mental state: to forget, to imagina, to know, to understand
- Emotions: to fear, to love, to hate, to envy
- Measurements: to hold, to measure, to weight
- Other verbs: to look, to be, to seem

8. Créditos
Tecnológico nacional de México
Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Coordinación del Área de
Educación a Distancia