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    The document provides examples of how to form the present continuous tense in English using the verbs "to be" and a verb with "-ing". It demonstrates affirmative, negative, and question forms using common verbs like "read", "sing", and "play". It also notes exceptions for verbs ending in "e", doubling final consonants after short vowels, and changing "ie" to "y" before "-ing". The examples are intended to illustrate proper present continuous tense construction and usage.

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    The document provides examples of how to form the present continuous tense in English using the verbs "to be" and a verb with "-ing". It demonstrates affirmative, negative, and question forms using common verbs like "read", "sing", and "play". It also notes exceptions for verbs ending in "e", doubling final consonants after short vowels, and changing "ie" to "y" before "-ing". The examples are intended to illustrate proper present continuous tense construction and usage.

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    The document provides examples of how to form the present continuous tense in English using the verbs "to be" and a verb with "-ing". It demonstrates affirmative, negative, and question forms using common verbs like "read", "sing", and "play". It also notes exceptions for verbs ending in "e", doubling final consonants after short vowels, and changing "ie" to "y" before "-ing". The examples are intended to illustrate proper present continuous tense construction and usage.

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    Present Continuous

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    The document provides examples of how to form the present continuous tense in English using the verbs "to be" and a verb with "-ing". It demonstrates affirmative, negative, and question forms using common verbs like "read", "sing", and "play". It also notes exceptions for verbs ending in "e", doubling final consonants after short vowels, and changing "ie" to "y" before "-ing". The examples are intended to illustrate proper present continuous tense construction and usage.

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    PRESENT

    CONTINUOUS
    Thiago Massaque Tavares
    past
    now future

    at the moment
    we speak
    AFFIRMATIVE

    PRONOUN VERB TO BE VERB + ING

    You are listening


    He is reading a book.
    He is singing a song.
    She is eating pizza.
    She is playing football.
    It is barking.
    They are talking.
    PRONOUN VERB TO BE VERB + ING AFFIRMATIVE

    I am speaking I am speaking.

    You are listening You are listening.

    He is singing He is singing.

    She is playing She is playing.

    It is barking It is barking.

    We are studying We are studying.

    They are talking They are talking.


    NEGATIVE

    PRONOUN VERB TO BE NOT VERB + ING

    You are not listening


    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

    I am reading. I am not reading.

    We put "not" between the "verb to be" and the verb+ing.

    He is studying. He is not studying.


    book?
    She is not reading a book.
    movement?
    He is not walking.
    study?
    They are not studying.
    QUESTION

    VERB TO BE PRONOUN VERB + ING ?

    Are you listening?


    AFFIRMATIVE QUESTION

    He is studying. Is he studying ?

    It is raining. Is it raining ?

    We change the order of "pronoun" and the "verb to be".

    We are playing. Are we playing ?

    They are eating. Are they eating ?


    Is he reading Harry Potter?
    He is reading Harry Potter?
    Is she studying?
    She is studying?
    Are they playing?
    They are playing?
    Exceptions with verb+ing

    01 A single, silent e at the end of the word is dropped before ing.

    Example: come - coming Example: take - taking

    I am coming home. I am taking a class.


    You are coming home. You are taking a class.
    He is coming home. He is taking a class.
    Is he coming home? Is he taking a class?
    a) useing
    use

    b) using

    a) smileing
    smile

    b) smiling
    Exceptions

    The final consonant after a short, stressed vowel is doubled


    02 before ing.

    final consonant

    Example: sit - sitting. I am sitting here.


    You are sitting here.
    He is sitting here.
    stressed vowel Is she sitting here?
    a) runing
    run

    b) running

    a) planing
    plan

    b) planning
    Exceptions

    03 An ie at the end of a word becomes y before ing.

    Example: lie - lying.

    I am lying now.
    You are lying now.
    He is lying now.
    Is she lying now?
    a) dieing
    die

    b) dying

    a) tieing
    tie

    b) tying

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