Present Continuos

Form[SUBJECT] + am / are / is (verb to be) + [verb -ING

(gerund)]

Example:• I am talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

• he, she, it is talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

• you, we, they are talking , eating, learning, doing,

going…

The verbs ending in -e

the "-e" end is replaced by "-ing“

Example:

• Use / using

• Have / having

Construction of the gerund

Bending of the final consonant in the formation of the gerund

For the bending is made must be fulfilled these three conditions:1. The word ends in a single consonant (other than r, w,

x or y) [example: set]2. The last consonant is preceded by a single vowel.

[Example: let]3. The word is monosyllabic or falls the accent on the

last syllable or word ending in "L“ Example:

• Get / getting• Set / setting• Forbid / forbidding

StructureAffirmative Sentences

[SUBJECT] + am / are / is (verb to be) + [verb -ING (gerund)]

Example:• I’m talking

• He’s eating

• They’re learning

Negative sentences

[SUBJECT] + am / are / is (verb "to be") + not + [verb + ING (gerund)]

Example:

• I’m not talking

• He’s not [He isn’t] eating

Questions

am / are / Is (verb to be) + [SUBJECT] + [verb + ING (Gerund)] + ?

Example:Is she sleeping at home? Yes, she is / No she isn’t

Are you warking in the house?Yes, I am / No I’m not

Is running in the school?Yes, it is / No it isn’t

Practice─ Hi, Carlos. Where are you going?

─ Hi Susan, I am going to school.

─ On saturday? What are you studying?

─ I'm studying the Italian language.

─ Really? Why? will Your travel to Italy?

─ Yes Susan, my family will travel to Rome in summer.

We'll going to visit my grandparents.

─ Thats so nice.

Members:

Ana Elizabeth García Gallegos

Iván Arturo Gómez Hernández

Kelly Johana Pérez Bocanegra

C.P 2 M1 GROUP: 745