Present Continuous

Augusto Gonçalves Ribeiro

Estrutura e uso

- Expressa uma atividade que está sendo executada ou 

desenvolvida no momento da fala;

Subject  + to be + main verb + ing

I am teaching English now.

Estou ensinando inglês agora.

- Expressa ações que ocorrem por um determinado período ou atualmente;

Many people are going on a diet to keep in shape.

Muitas pessoas estão fazendo dieta  para manterem-se em

forma.

- Expressa ações futuras planejadas anteriormente;

My friends are visiting the Zoo next week.

Meus amigos estão visitando o zoológico semana que vem.

Exceptions

Verbos que não são usados no Present Continuous;

 love (amar)  forget (esquecer)  hate (odiar)      

need (precisar) like (gostar)  know (saber/conhecer)

prefer (preferir)  remember (lembrar)   

understand (entender)

Regras para o Present Progressive

- Acrescenta-se o ing no verbo principal (main verb). Exemplos:

work – working;   trabalhar -  trabalhando

sleep – sleeping;  dormir  dormindo

eat – eating;  comer  comendo

study – studying;  estudar  estudando

play – playing;  jogar  jogando

drink – drinking;  beber  bebendo

- Quando os verbos terminarem em –e, retira-se o –e, e adiciona-se o ing. Exemplos:

drive – driving;  dirigir  dirigindo

have – having;  ter  tendo

write – writing;  escrever  escrevendo

leave – leaving;  partir  partindo 

live – living;  morar  morando

take – taking;  tomar  tomando

- Quando o verbo terminar em –ie, retira-se o –ie, substituindo por y antes de acrescentar o ing. Examples:

lie – lying;  deitar, mentir  deitando

die – dying;  morrer  morrendo

tie – tying;  amarrar  amarrando

- Quando os verbos terminarem em consoante vogal consoante -CVC,  dobra-se a última consoante e adiciona-se o ing. Examples:

stop - stopping;   parar  parando

swim - swimming;   nadar  nadando

run - running;   correr  correndo

jog - jogging;   fazer   fazendo cooper

sit - sitting;   sentar  sentando 

cut - cutting;   cortar  cortando

- Contudo, quando os verbos tiverem mais de uma sílaba, a última tem que ser tônica (oxítona). Examples:

begin – beginning;  começar   começando

permit – permitting;  permitir  permitindo

limit – limitting;  limitar  limitando

- Caso contrário, não se dobra a última sílaba.

Ex: listen – listening  escutar  escutando

Affirmative form

I am teaching English  now. 
Eu estou ensinando inglês agora.

You are studying it right now.
Você está estudando-o neste momento.

Ralph is jogging in the park at the moment.
Ralph está fazendo cooper no parque no momento.

Tina is driving home at the moment. 
Tina está dirigindo para casa no momento.

The child is lying to its mother now.
A criança está mentindo para a sua mãe agora.

You and I are swimming in the pool now.
Você e eu estamos nadando na piscina agora.

David and you are planning to travel now.
David e você estão planejando viajar agora.

The children are playing in the garden now.
As crianças estão brincando no jardim agora.

Negative form

I am not teaching German now.

You are not having lunch right now.

Ralph is not jogging at the club now.

Tina is not driving to school at the moment.

The child isn’t lying to its father now.

You and I are not swimming in the lake  now.

David and you aren’t planning to study  now.

The children aren’t playing soccer now.

Interrogative form

Am I teaching French now ?

Are you working it right now ?

Is Ralph jogging in the park at the moment?

Is Tina driving home at the moment ?

Is the child lying to its friend now ?

Are you and I swimming in the sea now ?

Are David and you planning to travel now?

Are the children playing in the garden now?

Supply with the Present Continuous Tense

Sarah ______  __________ on the beach now.       (to run)

Mike and Bob______  __________  on the beach now.   (to run)

The baby ______  __________  the breast now.           (to take)

The babies ______  __________ the breast now.             (to take)

The child ______  __________ beach soccer now.   (to play)

The children ______  __________  soccer now.                (to play)

The girl ______  __________ right now.         (to cry)

The girls ______  __________ right now.            (to cry)

A man ______  __________ on the beach now.       (to jog)

Those men _____  __________ on the beach now. (to jog)

Sarah ______  __________ to music now.    (to listen)

Vickytoria ______  __________ to work right now.   (to begin)

A woman ______  __________ on the beach now.   (to lie)

Those women _____  __________ their shoes now.      (to tie)

Sarah ______  __________ a research now.  (to develop)

Vickytoria ______  __________ an e-mail right now.   (to write)

A woman ______  __________ on the beach now.   (not to lie)

Those women _____  __________ their shoes now.   (not to tie)

Sarah ______  __________ a research now.  (not to develop)

Vickytoria ______  __________ an e-mail right now.   (not to write)

That man ______  __________ lunch now.   (not to have)

Those men _____  __________ on the beach now.   (not to jog)

Sarah ______  __________ to music now.  (not to listen)

Vickytoria ______  __________ to work right now.   (not to begin)

That child ______  __________ breakfast now.   (not to have)

Those children _____  __________ at home now.   (not to play)

David  ______  __________ an e-mail now.  (not to send)

Vickytoria ______  __________ clothes now.   (not to buy)

I ______  __________ in the beach now.   (not to swim)

You and I______  __________ home now.   (not to drive)

The boy ______  __________ right now.   (not to tie)

The girls ______  __________ dinner now.   (not to have)

______ I  __________ in the beach right now ?  (to swim)

______ you and I__________ apples now ?   (to cut)

______ the boy __________ his shoes now ?  (to tie)

______ the girls __________ dinner now ?   (to have)

______ Fred __________ on the beach now ?  (to lie)

______ you __________ apples now ?   (to eat)

______ the boys __________ their shoes now ?  (to tie)

______ the girl _________ water at the moment ?   (to drink)

______  these flowers  __________ right now ?  (to die)

______ Kate __________ home at the moment?   (to drive)

______ the child __________ on the sofa now ?  (to lie)

______ the children __________ at the moment?   (to dig)