Nome:_______________________________________Data:___/___/____

 Present Continuous
O Present Continuous é um tempo verbal usado para indicar ações que
estão em progresso no presente; no momento da fala.
Como as frases com Present Continuous referem situações que ocorrem
no momento da fala, é comum observarmos a utilização de advérbios de
tempo nas frases.
Alguns advérbios de tempo comumente utilizados são now  (agora), at the
moment (no momento) e at present (no presente; atualmente).

Exemplos:
She is talking to her mom now. (Ela está falando com a mãe dela agora.);
Are they studying at the moment? (Eles estão estudando no momento?);
 Formação do Present Continuous
O Present Continuous  é composto por um verbo principal e um verbo
auxiliar.
Utiliza-se o verbo to be no Simple Present (presente simples) como
auxiliar e ao verbo principal, é acrescida a terminação –ing.

Ou seja, na construção frasal esse tempo verbal segue o seguinte

padrão de formação:

Sujeito + verbo to be + verbo com -ing + complemento

Exemplo:
She is watching TV. (Ela está assistindo TV.)

 Forma Negativa do Present Continuous

Na forma negativa, acrescenta-se o not  depois do verbo to be, ou seja, a
construção das frases negativas é feita da seguinte forma:

Sujeito + verbo to be + not + verbo com -ing + complemento

Exemplo:
She is not watching TV. (Ela não está assistindo TV.)

 Forma Interrogativa do Present Continuous

Na forma interrogativa, o verbo auxiliar to be aparece no início da frase. O
padrão da estrutura das frases interrogativas é o seguinte:

Verbo to be  + sujeito + verbo com -ing + complemento

Exemplo:
Is she watching TV? (Ela está assistindo TV?)
 Nas frases afirmativas, podemos usar as formas contraídas do verbo  to
be:
I am  – I’m
You are  – You’re
He is  – He’s
She is  – She’s
It is  – It’s
You are – You’re
We are – We’re
They are – They’re
Nas frases negativas, podemos usar as formas contraídas do verbo to
be + not:
I am not – I’m not
You are not –  You aren’t
She is not –  She isn’t
He is not –  He isn’t
It is not –  It isn’t
We are not  – We aren’t
You are not –  You aren’t
They are not  – They aren’t
1. Quando o verbo principal termina em –e e é precedido de consoante,
retira-se a vogal e acrescenta-se o –ing.
Exemplos:
 To dance (dançar) - dancing
 To take (pegar, tomar) - taking
 To make (fazer) - making
 To come (vir, chegar) - coming
Exceção: verbo to be - being
2. Quando o verbo termina com –ie, troca-se essa terminação por –y e
acrescenta-se –ing.
Exemplos:
 To die (morrer) – dying
 To lie (mentir) – lying
3. Quando o verbo é monossílabo ou dissílabo e segue o padrão de
consoante+vogal+consoante (CVC), duplica-se a última consoante.
Exemplos:
 To swim (nadar) – swimming
 To travel (viajar) – travelling
 To cut (cortar) – cutting
 To run (correr) – running
 To sit (sentar) – sitting
Exceção 1: quando a última consoante é w ou x, ela não é dobrada.
Exemplos:
 To snow (nevar) – snowing
 To fix (consertar) – fixing
Exceção 2: se a sílaba tônica for a primeira, não se dobra a letra final.
Acrescenta-se somente o –ing.
Exemplos:
 To open (abrir) – opening
 To happen (acontecer) – happening

Exercises
1- Write the following sentence in negative and interrogative forms.
I am making my own meal.
N: __________________________________________________________
I: ___________________________________________________________
2- Conjugate the verb to die (to die) in the Present Continuous:
I ______________________________________
You _____________________________________
He/She/It _________________________________________
We ___________________________________
You ___________________________________
They ___________________________________
3- Complete the sentences. Use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS of the verbs in
parentheses.
a. They _______________ dinner. (cook)
b. I_________________ a magazine. (read)
c. He _______________ now. (sleep)
d. Lisa ______________ a bike. (ride)
e. She _________________ her homework. (do)
f. We _______________ Spanish. (study)
g. Peter ________________ at a bank. (work)
h. He ________________a letter. (write)
i. They __________________ at the park. (run)
j. I ____________________ tennis. (play)
4- Rewrite in the negative form.
a. She is visiting her parents now.
___________________________________________________
b. They are going to London right now.
___________________________________________________
c. He is giving her a new job.
___________________________________________________
d. It is working very well.
___________________________________________________
e. Tom is doing his homework.
___________________________________________________
7- Rewrite in interrogative form.
a. She is washing her face.
____________________________________________
b. He is going home now.
____________________________________________
c. They are waiting for the bus.
____________________________________________
d. We are eating breakfast.
____________________________________________
e. My brother is playing soccer.
________________________________________
8- Which alternative is incorrect?
   ( a ) I am being evil with my son.
   ( b ) Do I being evil with your son?
   ( c ) Am I being evil with my son?
   ( d ) I am not being evil with my son.
9- Complete the sentences below with the verb to play in the present
continuous.
a. She_______________ video games.
b. You _______________ the piano.
c. I __________________ football.
d. We ________________ the guitar.
e. It _________________ ball.
f. They _______________ basketball.
g. You _______________ golf.
h. He ________________ rugby.
10 - Put the verb in parentheses in the Present Continuous
  a. The Children __________________ in the garden (play).
  b. She ______________________ fast today (drive).
  c. They _____________________ each other today (not talk).
  d. Be quiet please. The baby ______________________ (sleep).
  e. At the moment my wife _______________ the dogs and I
________________ the plants (feed/water).
  f. Why ______________ the letter again? Because I ____________ for
spelling mistakes (you read/check).
  g. The sky _________________ dark. You'd better take an umbrella (get).
  h. John _______________ at the momet. He _________________ a
comic book (not study/read)
  i. Where is Carla? She _______________ in the living room. What
_____________? She ________________ television (sit/she do/ watch)
  j. What a nice dress you ___________________ today (wear)
11- Choose the correct option.
 She is ___________ away from the police. (Run)
( ) Running
( ) Runing
( ) Runying
 We're not __________ to our parents. (Lie)
( ) Lieing
( ) Lying
( ) Ling
 Animals are _________ in Amazonia. (Die)
( ) Dying
( ) Dieing
( ) Ding
 They're __________ lots of money (Make)
( ) Making
( ) Makeing
( ) Makeyng
 She is _______ in her studies (Excel)
( ) Excelling
( ) Exceling
( ) Excellying
 Are you ___________ now? (Stop)
( ) Stoping
( ) Stopping
( ) Stoppying
 She is __________ Mike's brother. (Date)
( ) Dateing
( ) Dating
( ) Datying
  I am __________ tired today (Feel)
( ) Feeling
( ) Feelling
( ) Feling