PRESENT CONTINUOUS
FORMACIÓN DEL "PRESENT CONTINUOUS"
El "present continuous" de cualquier verbo se
compone de dos partes: el presente del verbo to be + el "present
participle" del verbo principal.
(Para
formar el "present participle": raíz+ing, e.g. talking, playing, moving,
smiling)
Afirmativa
Sujeto + to be + raíz + ing
She is talking.
Negativa
Sujeto + to be + not +
raíz + ing
She is not (isn't) talking
Interrogativa
to be + sujeto +
raíz + ing
Is she talking?
EJEMPLOS:
TO GO, "PRESENT CONTINUOUS"
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa
I am going I am not going Am I going?
You are
going You aren't going. Are you going?
He, she, it
is going He, she, it isn't going Is he, she, it going?
We are
going We aren't going Are we going?
You are
going You aren't going Are you going?
They are
going They aren't going Are they going?
Nota:
contracciones de las formas negativas: I'm not going, you're not going, he's
not going etc.
FUNCIONES DEL "PRESENT CONTINUOUS"
Como ocurre con todos los tiempos verbales del inglés, la
actitud del hablante es tan importante como el momento en que ocurre la acción
o el evento. Al emplear el "present continuous", nos estamos
refiriendo a algo que no ha terminado o está incompleto
EL "PRESENT CONTINUOUS" SE UTILIZA:
para describir una acción que está teniendo lugar en este
momento: You are using the Internet. You are studying English grammar.
para describir una tendencia o una acción que está
sucediendo en la actualidad: Are you still working for the same company? More
and more people are becoming vegetarian.
para describir una acción o evento futuros que ya están
programados: We're going on holiday tomorrow. I'm meeting my boyfriend tonight. Are they
visiting you next winter?
para
describir una situación o evento temporales: He usually plays the drums, but
he's playing bass guitar tonight. The weather forecast was good, but it's
raining at the moment.
con "always, forever, constantly", para describir
y enfatizar una sucesión de acciones repetidas: Harry and Sally are always
arguing! You're constantly complaining about your mother-in-law!
¡CUIDADO! Hay algunos verbos que no suelen emplear la forma
progresiva
VERBOS QUE NO SUELEN EMPLEAR LA FORMA PROGRESIVA
Los verbos de la siguiente lista suelen utilizar la forma
simple porque hacen referencia a estados, más que acciones o procesos.
SENSACIÓN /
PERCEPCIÓN
to feel*
to hear
to see*
to smell
to taste
OPINIÓN
to assume
to believe
to consider
to doubt
to feel (=
pensar)
to find (=
considerar)
to suppose
to think*
ESTADOS
MENTALES
to forget
to imagine
to know
to mean
to notice
to
recognise
to remember
to
understand
to look
(=parecerse a)
to seem
to be (en la mayoría de los casos)
to have(cuando significa "poseer")*
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