UNIVERSIDAD TCNICA DE MACHALA

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EMPRESARIALES

ESCUELA DE ADMINISTRACIN CARRERA DE ADMINISTRACIN DE EMPRESAS

GRUPO N5 TEMA
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
INTEGRANTES:
ARCOS BRAVO DAVID DOUGLAS MUOZ P . JORGE P . CONSTANTE SNCHEZ CARLOS MANUEL TENEZACA CUENCA LUIS EDUARDO

VEGA HERRERAMIGUELAMGEL

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE OR CONTINUOUS IS USED IN ENGLISH TO DISCUSS ONGOING SITUA TIONS THA T HA VE STARTED BUT HA VE NOT YET COME TO AN END: IT'S RAINING (ITS RAINING). THIS VERB IS OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE SITUA TIONS THA T WE HA VE BEFORE OUR EYES AND WE KNOW THA T ADULTS DEVELOP AS WE SPEAK. THEREFORE, VERY OFTEN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE IS ACCOMPANIED BY ADVERBS ORADVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS AS NOW, A T THE MOMENT ,A T PRESENT , CURRENTL Y ETC.

FORMS CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:

The Present Progressive or Continuous form is a verbal consisting of the assistant TO BE conjugated depending on the subject of the sentence, and the form of the present participle of the main verb (V + ing).

AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT + TO BE (AM, IS, ARE) + (VERB + ING) + COMPLEMENT

The negative form of the Present Progressive is the negative form of the verb TO BE accompanied by the present participle of the main verb: NEGATIVE
SUBJECT + TO BE (AM, IS, ARE) + NOT + (VERB + ING) + COMPLEMENT

Since the Present Progressive verb TO BE contains as an auxiliary, the interrogative form is obtained by reversing the order of the auxiliary and the subject: INTERROGATIVE
TO BE (AM, IS, ARE) + SUBJECT + (VERB + ING) + COMPLEMENT + ?

SPELLING RULES FOR THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

When the verb ends in " e normally "and" falls before the ending- ing:

1 2 3

make - making ; take - taking

When it is a verb monosyllabic finish one vowel followed by a consonant, the final consonant is doubled before the ending- ing : stop - stopping , sit -sitting , win - winning .

When is a verb whose bisilbico is the second syllable, the final consonant is doubled before the ending - ing:
begin - beginning ; prefer - preferring .

 There are no changes when the verb ends in a vowel or consonant + y:

play - playing ; study - studying

The verbs ending in-ie change this by a vocal group and before the ending- ing :

die dying

USE:
1) Actions happening at the moment of speaking

Peter is reading a book now.

2) Fixed plan in the near future

She is going to Basel on Saturday. 3) Temporary actions His father is working in Rome this month. 4) Actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions) My friend is preparing for his exams. 5) Trends

More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.
6) Repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever) Andrew is always coming late.