El presente continuo (be + -ing)
«Como» puede ser «I eat» o «I'm eating»: cómo elegir.
Formación: am / is / are + verbo en -ing.
- I'm reading a book.Estoy leyendo un libro.
- Are you listening?¿Me estás escuchando?
- She isn't working today.Hoy no trabaja.
Verbos de estado
Algunos verbos normalmente no van en continuo, ni siquiera para «ahora»: know, understand, want, like, love, hate, believe, need, belong, seem.
Ortografía
make → making (se quita la e muda), run → running, sit → sitting (se dobla la consonante), lie → lying.
Test yourself
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Completa: Listen! The baby (cry).
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is crying -
Completa: I (not / understand) this word.
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don't understand -
Completa: She usually (drive) to work, but today she (walk).
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drives / is walking -
Ortografía: swim + -ing
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swimming