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Look at Grammar Box 1 and study the structure of the present continuous tense.
Grammar Box 1
Present continuous tense structure/Estructura del tiempo presente continuo
Form
Subject
Auxiliary verb
To Be in simple
present tense
Base form of
the main verb
+ ing
Complement
Af
¿
rmative
I
You
She
He
We
They
am
are
is
is
are
are
speaking
reading
writing
talking
cooking
running
to you.
a book.
a letter.
to his mom.
a cake.
fast.
Negative
I
You
She
He
We
They
am not
are not
is not
is not
are not
are not
driving
watching
walking
eating
playing
sleeping
fast.
TV.
slowly.
pizza.
basketball.
in the bed.
We create the present continuous tense by using verb
To Be
as an auxiliary verb
and adding -
ing
to the base verb. With most of the verbs we just add -
ing
to the base
form, but there are exceptions. Look at Grammar Box 2.