Zusammenfassung der Ressource
1. Present Continuous (I am doing)
- 1.1. MAIN STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE
- SUBJ + VERB TO BE + ( (to❌) VERB + ing)
- I + am + ___ing
- He/She/It + is +
___ing
- We/You/They + are +
___ing
- 1.2. USES
- IN
- 1. I'm in the middle of doing something
- 2. I've started doing something and I haven't finished yet, not necessaraly I'm doing that at that
moment
- 3. For temporary situations
- WITH
- ADJ: today, this week, this year
- VERBS: get, change, become, increase, rise [rais], fall, grow, improve, begin
- [ ] = pronunciation
- NOT (normally) WITH
- THIS VERBS: like, want, need, prefer; know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember;
belong, fit, contain, consist, seem; see, hear, smell, taste
- 1.3. INTERROGATIVE
- QUESTION WORDS (OR NOT) + VERB TO BE + SUBJ + ( (to❌) VERB + ing) ?
- What + is + he + doing ?
- 1.4. NEGATIVE
- SUBJ + VERB TO BE + not + ((to❌) VERB + ing)
- IS NOT = ISN'T ; ARE NOT = AREN'T
- It + is + not + raining
- 1.6. IMPORTANT THINGS
- How does it change? VERB + ing?
- 1. __y ➡️ do not change ➡️ ➕ ing ::: hurry - hurrying; study - studying; apply - applying; try - trying
- 2. __ie ➡️ ❌ie ➡️ ➕ y ➡️ ➕ ing ::: die - dying; lie - lying; tie - tying
- 3. __e ➡️ ❌ e➡️ ➕ ing ::: hope - hoping; smile - smiling; dance - dancing; confuse - confusing
- Exception: be - being; __ee: see -
seeing; agree - agreeing
- 4. __(1 vower)+(1 consonant) (from 1 syllable words) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing :::
stop - stopping; plan - planning; rub - rubbing
- OBS.: Y and W at the end of the
words are not consonants!
- 5. __(1 vower) + (1 consonant) (IF is a more than 1 syllable word & final syllable is
stressed) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: prefer - preferring; regret - regretting
- 6. __l ➡️ ➕ 1x l ➡️ ➕ ing ::: travel - travelling ; cancel - cancelling
- British English
- 1.5. INTERROGATIVE
NEGATIVE
- VERB TO BE + SUBJ + not + ((to❌) VERB ➕ ing)
- Are + we + not + playing ...in the park ?