Present Progressive - Presente progresivo
| Present progressive tense is used to express that an activity is going on at the moment of speaking. | El presente progresivo es usado para expresar que una actividad está sucediendo al momento de hablar. |
Present Progressive: The action began in the past, and it is going on at the moment of speaking. Probably the activity will continue and end at some point in the future.
| For example, right at this moment, | Por ejemplo, en este preciso momento, |
| you are reading the English book. |
| Nevertheless, present progressive can be used in a slightly different sense, expressing activities of a more general nature or which will happen in a near future. Examples: | Sin embargo, el presente progresivo puede ser usado en un sentido ligeramente diferente, expresando actividades de una naturaleza más general o que sucederán en un futuro cercano. Ejemplos: |
| I am taking German classes this semester. |
| I am going shopping today. |
| A verb, inflected to form a progressive tense, has always the ending –ing. In most cases, it is enough to place –ing at the end of the verb. However, it is sometimes necessary to do other changes to the verb. If the verb ends in a silent e (as in take), remove it and then place –ing instead (as in taking). If the verb is short and ends in a consonant preceded by a stressed vowel (as in get), that consonant is doubled and then –ing is added (as in getting). In British English, if the verb ends in an l preceded by a vowel (as in model), the l is always doubled (as in modelling). An exception to this rule is the verb to deal. If ie are the letters the verb ends in (as in lie), replace them by y (as in lying).
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Un verbo, flexionado para formar el tiempo progresivo, siempre tiene la terminación –ing. En la mayoría de los casos es suficiente poner –ing al final del verbo. Sin embargo, en ocasiones es necesario efectuar otros cambios en el verbo. Si el verbo termina en e (como en take), remuévase la e y luego póngase –ing (como en taking). Si el verbo es corto y termina en una consonante precedida por una vocal acentuada (como en get), esa consonante es duplicada y luego –ing es agregado (como en getting). En el inglés británico, si el verbo termina en una l precedida por una vocal (como en model), entonces la l es duplicada (como en modelling). Una excepción a esta regla es el verbo to deal. Si ie son las letras en que termina el verbo (como en lie), se reemplazan por y (como en lying).
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| Subject + to be + present progressive verb + object |