1. Present Progressive, Past
Progressive, Simple
Past, Verbs, My Family Tree.
Carol Daniela
Pinzón Rendón.
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3. The present progressive is formed by combining the verb
"to be" with the present participle. (The present participle
is merely the "-ing" form of a verb.)
I am studying.
I am studying with María.
In English, present progressive can be used to describe
what is happening now, or what will happen in the future.
I am studying now.
I am studying with María tonight.
In Spanish, the present progressive is only used to describe
an action that is in the process of taking place. It
is not used for future actions.
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6. Positive Negative Question
I / he / she / it was speaking .
I was not speaking. Was I speaking ?
you / we / they were speaking .
You were not speaking . Were you speaking ?
Exceptions in spelling when adding ing Example
final e is dropped (but: e is not changed)
come – coming
(but: agree – agreeing)after a short, stressed
vowel, the final consonant is doubled
sit – sitting as final consonant after a vowel is
doubled (in British English)travel – travelling final I
e becomes y lie – lying
7. Use of Past Progressive
puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
Example: He was playing football.
two actions happening at the same time (in the
past)Example: While she was
preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.
action going on at a certain time in the past
Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone
suddenly rang.
Signal Words of Past Progressive
when, while, as long as
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11. Probably at first did not understand because
English verbs were divided into regular and
irregular.
Roughly regular verbs ending-ed English
have-when you change time past
participle, that means for example that
I play -I played I Study I studied
however absolutely irregular change its
base, and in some cases not change, ie;
I cut - I cut
I drink a coke -I drank a coke