Do you wanna know how to use the present progressive and its diference with the present simple?

1. PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE

2. USE

3. 1. ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT OF
SPEAKING
Description of the activities happening right now.

4. My mother had a busy day, so she is
taking a rest now.

5. 2. FIXED PLAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE
◦A plan action arranged by the participants.

6. A: Look at the poster.
B: yea. It´s our change to present our dancing. We have to
training a lot.
A: We are training all these two weeks.

7. 3. TEMPORARY ACTIONS
◦It’s a situation that only has a certain period of
time.

8. ◦My aunt gets her degree as an account this year. She
needs to make the laboral practices, that’s why she is
working in the bank.

9. 4. ACTIONS HAPPENING AROUND THE MOMENT
OF SPEAKING (LONGER ACTIONS)
◦It’s an action that requires time to be
developed.

10. ◦A: Hello.
◦B: Hello, sorry but I can´t listen to you very well
because my cousin is training her dance and she is
making a lot of noise.

11. STRUCTURE

12. AFFIRMATIVE FORM:
SUBJECT AUX VERB (ING) COMPLEMENT
We are preparing some snacks.
My father is buying the soda for the party

13. RULE:
◦The auxiliary is the verb to be:
For I the auxiliary is am
For YOU, WE, THEY is are
For HE, SHE, IT is IS

14. ◦The verb is always with ING
play = playing
Write= writing

15. NEGATIVE FORM:
SUBJECT AUX NEG. VERB
(ING)
COMPLEMENT
You are n’t singing in the Festival
Miguel is n’t fixing the car

16. INTERROGATIVE FORM:
AUX SUBJECT VERB (ING) COMPLEMENT
are you buying the tickets?
is Fredy celebrating His birthday?