present continuous and past continuous

Present continuous and past continuous

The Continuous Tense

• The continuous (or progressive) tense comprises two parts:

• The verb "to be"

• in the present, (am,is,are)

• in the past (was,were)

• Combined with the gerund of the main verb.

• playing

• It is a common verbal form in the English language, actually more common than the simple tense in the spoken language.

Verb To Be

Contractions of To Be are very frequent when we are speaking.

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I ____ sure.

• is

• are

• am

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We ____ from Spain.

• is

• are

• am

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I ____ happy.

• is

• are

• am

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My grandmother ____ 80 years old.

• is

• are

• am

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My uncle ____ in Japan.

• is

• are

• am

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Peter and Tom ____ bus drivers.

• is not

• are not

• not are

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It ____ a small house.

• is not

• are not

• not is

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I ____ at home.

• is not

• am not

• not is

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I ___

• were

• wer

• was

• wase

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you ___

• wer

• were

• was

• wase

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he ___

• was

• were

• were

• wase

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she ___

• wase
• where
• was
• were

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Paul __ my friend

• were

• been

• wered

• was

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My brother and I __ at Brazil last month

• were

• was

• been

• wered

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Angela __ a good teacher

• were

• was

• been

• wered

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eat

• e a t i n g

• e a t t i n g

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dance

• d a n c e i n g

• d a n c i n g

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fly

• f l y i n g

• f l i n g

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tie

• t y i n g

• t i e i n g

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study

• s t u d y i n g

• s t u d i n g

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swim

• s w i m i n g

• s w i m m i n g

Present Continuous (-ing)

an action happening at the moment or soon

Examples:

S + V to be + V ing + C .........I am going to New York.

S + V to be + NOT + V ing + C .......You are not going to new York.

V to be + S + V ing + C + ? Is He/She/It going to New York.

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What does this grammar tense serve for?

• Telling actions in specific moments

• Telling actions at other moment

• Telling actions in usual moments

• Telling actions at the moment

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What's the affirmative structure?

• S + V ing + V to be + C

• S + C + V to be + V ing

• S + V to be + V ing + C

• S + V to be + C + V ing

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How do you say in English "Ella està saltando lazo"?

• Is she jumping rope

• She is jumping rope

• She jumping is rope

• Is jumping she rope

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What's the negative structure?

• S + V ing + NOT + V to be + C

• S + V to be + NOT + V ing + C

• S + NOT + V to be + V ing + C

• S + V to be + V ing + NOT + C

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How do you say in English "Ellos no estàn mezclando harina"?

• They mixing not are flour

• They not are mixing flour

• They are not mixing flour

• Are they not mixing flour

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What's the interrogative structure?

• V to be + S + V ing + C + ?

• V to be + C + S + V ing + ?

• V ing + S + V to be + C + ?

• V ing + C + S + V to be + ?

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How do you say in English "¿Nosotros estamos tocando piano?"?

• We are playing piano?

• We playing are piano?

• Are playing we piano?

• Are we playing piano?

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Please be quiet. I _________________ (try) to do my homework.

• is trying

• am trying

• try

• tries

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She ________________ (walk) her dog at the moment.

• walking

• are walking

• walks

• is walking

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They _____________ (not + listen) at the moment.

• arent listening

• are not listening

• don't listen

• not listening

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She __________ when I entered the kitchen.

• is cooking

• was cooking

• cooked

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The athletes _________ very hard for the sports all last week.

• are practising

• was practising

• were practising

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The workmen ________ the roof the whole of last week.

• are repairing

• repaired

• were repairing

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I _________ my homework when Anis phoned.

• did

• was doing

• am doing

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When I came home, mom _________________ a meal.

• was cooking

• cooked

• was cooked

• cooking

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We ................... football when the bell rang.

• played

• were playing

• were played

• playing

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What ..................... when the rain started?

• do

• were do

• were you doing

• were you did