Present Continuous

Dear students,

We are studying "the Present Continuous" in our last unit.

1. We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening now.

Examples:
It is raining.
What are you doing Alejandro? Mum, I am watching TV / I'm watching TV.
What are you doing Carolina in your room? Mum, I am dancing / I'm dancing.
What are you doing Adrián? I am playing computer games with Diego.

2. We can also use the Present continuous Tense to talk about activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment.

Examples:
Elena is studying really hard for her exams this week.
Lennon is reading a really interesting book now.
Erika is studying french with her mum.
Rafa is learning English

3. The Present Continuous Tense is also used to talk about activities happening in the near future especially for planned future events.

Examples:
Angel D. and Anthony are coming for dinner tomorrow.
Eva is seeing my dentist on Wednesday.
Lucia, are you doing anything tonight?
Daniel R.and Victor aren't going on holiday next week.

You can listen an explanation in Spanish here:


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You can read some explanations here:

http://www.curso-ingles.com/gramatica-inglesa/pcontin.php
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html

Practice this here:

Exercise 0

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Have a nice weekend!
Bye