Presente Progresivo/Continuo
El presente progresivo es usado cuando hablamos de:
¨ Acciones que estan ocurriendo en el momento que se habla:
Peter is reading a book now.
She’s listening to the radio.
She’s listening to the radio.
¨ Planificaciones realizadas para un futuro cercano:
She is going to Basel on Saturday.
¨ Acciones temporales
His father is working in Rome this month.
¨ Acciones que estan ocurriendo en el momento que se esta hablando:
My friend is preparing for his exams.
¨ Tendencias
More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.
¨ Acciones repetidas las cuales molestan al hablante (con always, constantly, forever)
Andrew is always coming in late. (I don't like it.)
Forma del Presente Progresivo/Continuo
Para formar el presente progresivo o continuo utilizamos la forma del verbo to be (am, are or is) y la forma infinitiva del verbo con –ing al final; ejemplo:
Oraciones afirmativas:
I am playing volleyball. He/she/it is playing volleyball.
We/you/they are playing volleyball.
We/you/they are playing volleyball.
NOTA: Utiliza am con I, is con he, she, it y con los demás pronombres are.
Oraciones Negativas:
I am not playing volleyball. He/she/it is not playing volleyball.
We/you/they are not playing volleyball.
We/you/they are not playing volleyball.
Preguntas:
En el presente progresivo se mueve el auxiliar (am, are o is) adelante del sujeto para formar una pregunta; ejemplo:
Am I playing volleyball? Is he/she/it playing volleyball?
Are we/you/they playing volleyball?
Verbos especiales en el presente progresivo
Existen verbos que normalmente no son utilizados en el presente progresivo como:
be, believe, belong, hate, hear, like, love, mean, prefer, remain, realize, see, seem, smell, think, understand, want, wish
A veces se utilizan estos verbos con el presente progresivo en las siguientes situaciones:
He's seeing his father tomorrow. (fixed date)
The group is seeing the sights of Paris. (see in connection with tourists)
They are having a great time in Kapstadt. (have as an activity verb)
What's the matter with you? What are you thinking? - (to be worried about sth.)
Formas largas y cortas del presente progresivo
long form
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short form
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I am reading
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I'm reading
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he is reading
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he's reading
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we are reading
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we're reading
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long form
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short form
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I am not reading
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I'm not reading
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he is not reading
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he isn't reading
or he's not reading |
we are not reading
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we aren't reading
or we're not reading |
Pasado Progresivo/Continuo
El pasado progresivo se utiliza cuando hablamos de:
¨ Acciones que estuvieron en proceso en un tiempo especifico del pasado:
Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
She was listening to the radio.
She was listening to the radio.
¨ Dos acciones que estaban ocuriendo en el mismo momento:
Anne was writing a letter while Steve was reading the New York Times.
¨ Junto al pasado simple:
While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone rang.
¨ Acciones repetitivas que irritant al hablante (with always, constantly, forever):
Andrew was always coming in late. (I don't like it.)
¨ Una acción que se estaba llevando a cabo y fue interrumpida por otra:
The ladies were talking when the accident happened.
Forma del pasado progresivo / continuo
Se utiliza la forma del verbo to be en pasado (was or were) y luego la forma infinita del verbo con –ing al final.
Oraciones afirmativas:
I/he/she/it was playing football.
We/you/they were playing football.
We/you/they were playing football.
NOTA: en oraciones afirmativas no se utilizan las formas cortas en el pasado progresivo.
Oraciones Negativas:
I/he/she/it was not playing football.
We/you/they were not playing football.
We/you/they were not playing football.
Se utilizan formas cortas en las oraciones negativas:
I/he/she/it wasn't playing football.
We/you/they weren't playing football.
We/you/they weren't playing football.
Preguntas:
En le pasado progresivo se coloca el auxiliar (was or were) se coloca adelante del sujeto.
Was I/he/she/it playing football?
Were we/you/they playing football?
Were we/you/they playing football?
Formas largas y cortas del pasado progresivo
negative (not after to be)
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long form
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short form
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I was not reading
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I wasn't reading
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he was not reading
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he wasn't reading
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we were not reading
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we weren't reading
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NOTA: solo se usa la forma corta en oraciones negativas, las oraciones afirmativas solo van en forma larga.
También es aplicaremos una regla mas cuando el verbo termina en -ie y en este caso suprimimos esta terminación y agregamos -YING
EJEMPLOS:
LIE (MENTIR) = LYING
DIE (MORIR) = DYING
EN ESTAS REGLAS TAMBIÉN ENCONTRAREMOS ALGUNAS POCAS EXCEPCIONES
BE = BEING
PLAY= PLAYING
DRAW= DRAWING
"Y" y "W" SON CONSIDERADAS SEMIVOCALES
REFERENCIA : http://worldvirtualteacher.blogspot.com/p/tiempos-verbales.html
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