present progressive and past progressive

1. FACULTAD FILOSOFIA, LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE
LA EDUCACION
CARRERA INGLES
ALUMNA: ROSA TITUAÑA
QUITO- ECUADOR
2012

2.  An action in present in a especific moment
STRUCTURE:
S +am/ is/ are + V-ING + Complement
Subject
I am
You are
He
She is + V-ING + Complement
It
You are
they

3.  This moment
 Now
 Right now
 This very moment
 At the moment

4.  Caren is eating with her parents right
now.
 I am studing in my bedroom now.
 They are traveling to Mexico this
moment.

5. STRUCTURE:
 S + am/is/are + not + V-ING +
Complement
Example:
 My mother is not traveling right now.
 My mother ist´n traveling right now.

6.  I ……………….. am not/
 You……………… are not/aren´t
 She………………..is not / isn´t
 He ……………. ….is not / isn´t
 It …………………..is not / isn´t
 We………………… are not/aren´t
 You………………... are not/aren´t
 They………………..are not/aren´t

7.  Am/is/are + S + V-ING + Complement
 Example:
 Is your brother playing tennis now?
 Yes, he is
 No, he is not

8. What + S + am/is/are + V-ING + C ?
 What is your mother cooking now?
 She is cooking vegetables now.
 Who is your mother cooking now with?
 She is cooking with my sister now.

9.  Play…………………. Playing
 Die……………………dying
 Stop………………….stopping
 Smoke……………..smoking
 Go…………………….going

10.  What names, adress
 Who persons
 Where places
 Which things
 When time
 Whose owner
 How manner

11.  Expresses action that was in progress in a
certain time the past.
 S + was/ were + V-ING + C. (positive)
Example:
I was watching tv at 10:00 last night.

12.  Actions in progress in the past when it is
interrupted by another action, the action
that interrupteds is in simple past.
Example:
we were having dinner when the dorbell
rang.

13.  Expresses two actions happening at the
same time.
Example:
I was doing my homework while my
mother was cooking dinner.

14. STRUCTURE:
 S + was/ were + V-ING + C. (positive)
I was watching a movie at night.
 S + was/ were/ not + V-ING + C.
(negative)
I was not watching a movie at night.
 was/ were/ + S + V-ING + C. (question)
Were you watching a movie at night?