2. • 1. En la mayoría de verbos basta con añadir -ing.
eat → eating ask → asking go → going
2. Si el verbo acaba en -e , hay que quitar la e antes de añadir -ing.
• Take→ taking Wake→ waking write→ writing come→ coming da
nce→ dancing
3. Si el verbo acaba en -ie, hay que eliminar la ie y añadir -ying
• die→ dying tie→ tying lie → lying
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3. • 4. Si el verbo acaba en vocal + consonante, hay que doblar la
consonante antes de añadir -ing.
• Stop→ stopping swim →
swimming run→ running begin→ beginning
En UK los verbos acabados en l doblan la l.
travel→ travelling cancel → cancelling
¡Pero cuidado!
4.1. Si acaba en -y o -w no doblamos. Esto se debe a que en
fonética inglesa la y y la w se consideran semivocales.
• Play → playing buy → buying draw → drawing borrow →
borrowing
4. • 4.2. Si el acento no recae sobre la última sílaba*, no
doblamos.
listen→ listening remember → remembering
5. In most verbs, just add –ing
eat → eating ask → asking go → going
If the verb ends in -e, remove the e before adding -ing.
Take→ taking Wake→ waking write→ writing come→ coming dance→ dancing
If the verb ends in -ie, you have to remove the ie and add –ying
die→ dying tie→ tying lie → lying
If the verb ends in a vowel + consonant, the consonant must be doubled before adding -ing.
Stop→ stopping swim → swimming run→ running begin→ beginning
In UK verbs ending in l double the l.
travel→ travelling cancel → cancelling
6. • If it ends in -y or -w we do not double. This is because in English
phonetics y and w are considered semi-vowels.
Play → playing buy → buying draw →
drawing borrow → borrowing
If the accent does not fall on the last syllable *, we do not double.
listen→ listening remember → remembering
7. Oraciones present continuous
• 1: I was watching a movie
2: I was walking the dog
3: I was on vacation with my famil
4: I was working all weekend
5: I was eating pizza
6: I was admitted to the hospital
7: I was in the shower
8:I was driving
9:I was with my girlfriend at home
10: I was at the university with some friends
