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terça-feira, 24 de agosto de 2010

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE


Use
1) actions happening at the moment of speaking
  • Peter is reading a book now.
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2) fixed plan in the near future
  • She is going to Basel on Saturday.
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3) temporary actions
  • His father is working in Rome this month.
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4) actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions)
  • My friend is preparing for his exams.
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5) trends
  • More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.
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6) repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)
  • Andrew is always coming late.
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Signal words
  • now, at the moment, Look! Listen!
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Form
  • to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + -ing
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Examples
Affirmative: 
  • I am playing football.
  • I'm playing football. You are playing football.
  • You're playing football.
 Negative:
  • I am not playing football.
  • I'm not playing football. You are not playing football.
  • You're not playing football.
  • You aren't playing football.
 Questions:
  • Am I playing football?
  • Are you playing football?
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