3. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Structure in affirmative sentences:
Subject + am/are/is + verb-ing + rest of the
sentence
Examples:
I am reading now.
You are speaking by phone.
It is raining today.
We are living in London this year.
They are coming tomorrow.
4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
El Presente continuo (progresivo) se utiliza
para hablar de:
1) Acciones que se realizan en ‘este’ momento:
-I am learning English.
2) Acciones que comenzaron en el pasado y
todavía no han terminado:
-We are living in a rented house.
3) Planes que tenemos decidido realizar:
-I am working next weekend.
5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Reglas para añadir –ING:
En la mayoría de verbos se añade –ING sin
hacer ningún otro cambio:
laugh – laughing; rain – raining; work – working
Verbos acabados en Y:
se añade –ING directamente siempre
study – studying; lay – laying
6. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Reglas para añadir –ING:
Verbos acabados en –IE:
cambian I por Y y se añade -ING
lie – lying ; die - dying
Verbos acabados en consonante + E:
desaparece la E y se añade –ING
ride – riding; shine - shining
7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Reglas para añadir –ING:
En verbos acabados en CONS + VOCAL +
CONS:
se repite la última consonante:
Stop – stopping; get – getting; prefer – preferring;
begin – beginning
Excepto en verbos polisílabos cuya última
sílaba no sea acentuada:
Visit – visiting; happen - happening; develop -
developing
8. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Exercise. Make sentences in present
continuous
1) We / study English.
2) It / rain.
3) I / work at the factory.
4) They / drink too much.
5) Those children / play in the park.
6) His father / live alone at the moment.
7) You and your brother / build a bird’s nest.
9. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Answers:
1) We are studying English.
2) It is raining rain.
3) I am working at the factory.
4) They are drinking too much.
5) Those children are playing play in the park.
6) His father is living alone at the moment.
7) You and your brother are building a bird’s nest.
10. LITTLE / A LITTLE / FEW / A FEW /
A LOT / LOTS OF / PLENTY OF
Estas expresiones son adjetivos cuantificadores.
Señalan número o cantidad.
• Little / a little: Para nombres incontables, significa
‘poco’ o ‘una cantidad pequeña’:
Little time; a little time; little beer ; a little beer.
• Few / a few: Para nombres contables, significa ‘poco’
o ‘un número pequeño’:
Few coins; a few coins; few people; a few people.
• Few y Little = sentido negativo
• A few y A little = sentido positivo
11. LITTLE / A LITTLE / FEW / A FEW /
A LOT / LOTS OF / PLENTY OF
• A lot / lots of / plenty of: para nombres incontables y
contables en plural.
• A lot / lots of : mucho/a/s
Significan lo mismo pero lots of es mas informal
A lot of time; lots of time; a lot of people; lots of people.
• Plenty of: más que suficiente
There’s no need to hurry. We’ve got plenty of time.
We haven’t got space, there’s plenty of people here!
12. LITTLE / A LITTLE / FEW / A FEW /
A LOT / LOTS OF
Answers:
1) She isn’t popular. She has _____ friends.
2) I enjoy here, I have ______ friends and I
often meet with them.
3) Do you speak English? –Yes, ______. (so
we can talk)
4) I don’t go to England. I speak _____ English.
5) Hurry up! We have ______time.
13. LITTLE / A LITTLE / FEW / A FEW /
A LOT / LOTS OF
Exercise: Choose the best quantifier:
little - a little – few - a few
1) She isn’t popular. She has FEW friends.
2) I enjoy here, I have A FEW friends and I
often meet with them.
3) Do you speak English? –Yes, A LITTLE. (so
we can talk)
4) I don’t go to England. I speak LITTLE
English.
5) Hurry up! We have A LITTLE time.
