The document discusses the present continuous tense in English. It provides the structure of the present continuous tense using subjects like I, you, he, she, it, we and they followed by the verb "be" conjugated to the present tense and the verb ending in "-ing". It provides examples of the present continuous tense being used to describe actions happening now or at the present moment. It then discusses the negative form and questions using the present continuous tense.

1. FACULTAD FILOSOFIA, LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE
LA EDUCACION
CARRERA INGLES
ALUMNA: ROSA TITUAÑA
QUITO- ECUADOR
2012

2.  An action in present in a especific moment
STRUCTURE:
S +am/ is/ are + V-ING + Complement
Subject
I am
You are
He
She is + V-ING + Complement
It
You are
they

3.  This moment
 Now
 Right now
 This very moment
 At the moment

4.  Caren is eating with her parents right
now.
 I am studing in my bedroom now.
 They are traveling to Mexico this
moment.

5. STRUCTURE:
 S + am/is/are + not + V-ING +
Complement
Example:
 My mother is not traveling right now.
 My mother ist´n traveling right now.

6.  I ……………….. am not/
 You……………… are not/aren´t
 She………………..is not / isn´t
 He ……………. ….is not / isn´t
 It …………………..is not / isn´t
 We………………… are not/aren´t
 You………………... are not/aren´t
 They………………..are not/aren´t

7.  Am/is/are + S + V-ING + Complement
 Example:
 Is your brother playing tennis now?
 Yes, he is
 No, he is not

8. What + S + am/is/are + V-ING + C ?
 What is your mother cooking now?
 She is cooking vegetables now.
 Who is your mother cooking now with?
 She is cooking with my sister now.

9.  Play…………………. Playing
 Die……………………dying
 Stop………………….stopping
 Smoke……………..smoking
 Go…………………….going

10.  What names, adress
 Who persons
 Where places
 Which things
 When time
 Whose owner
 How manner

11.  Expresses action that was in progress in a
certain time the past.
 S + was/ were + V-ING + C. (positive)
Example:
I was watching tv at 10:00 last night.

12.  Actions in progress in the past when it is
interrupted by another action, the action
that interrupteds is in simple past.
Example:
we were having dinner when the dorbell
rang.

13.  Expresses two actions happening at the
same time.
Example:
I was doing my homework while my
mother was cooking dinner.

14. STRUCTURE:
 S + was/ were + V-ING + C. (positive)
I was watching a movie at night.
 S + was/ were/ not + V-ING + C.
(negative)
I was not watching a movie at night.
 was/ were/ + S + V-ING + C. (question)
Were you watching a movie at night?