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School of Arts and Science
Foreign Language Department
English Grammar I
Present Progressive
Presented by : Keiry Zuleyma Rivas Arias Clemencia Isabel Rivas Funes
Gerardo Barrios University
What is the present Progressive?
A verb construction (made up of a present form of the verb "to be” plus a present participle) that conveys a sense of ongoing action at the present time.
According to “Richard Nordquist”
According to “Betty Schrampfer Azar”
She is waiting for you
She is waiting for you, since yesterday.
She is going to wait for you, until tomorrow.
Progressive Aspect
Linguists as Betty Azar, call it:
Continuous Aspect
Tom is Reading Tom is reading a book
Progressive
Aspect Continuous
Aspect
Present Progressive Structure
I am Studying
Verb “to be”
-Ing, Form Present
Participle
1. Start-starting – finish-finishing - wash –washing
2. Ride – Riding 3. See- Seeing 4. Tie-Tying
5. Beg – Begging 6. Play – Playing
Spelling rules.:
Present Participle and Present progressive
She is CookingCooking
Actions taking place at the moment of speaking (now).
Actions taking place only for a limited period of time.
Present Progressive Uses, According to “Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy”
He is playing Soccer
Jane is helping in his brother's firm this week.
Repeated actions
Actions taking place around now (but not at the moment of speaking)
She is always helping people.
I am studying for my exams.
To refer to gradual processes of change
Planned actions: future reference
This plant is growing very fast....We need another pot
I'm going to the theatre tonight
Temporary situations
To describe current trends.
She is staying with her friend for a week
People are becoming less tolerant of smoking these days
To talk about something happening around the time of speaking, but not necessarily at the time of speaking.
Now she is having a bath… But she is an important writer. She is writing a book on global warming.
There are 3 forms to use the present progressive: Affirmative
Negative
Question (WH- Yes/No)
Present Progressive Forms, According to
“University Victoria”
Subject+ “To be”+ -Ing form
Affirmative
She is eating
Add not or n’t
Negative
He is not eating
Contracted
He isn’t eating
Moving the verb “To be” to beginning
YES/No question?
Am I eating?
Adding the WH- word
WH-Question?
What am I eating?
Why is she eating?
Where are they eating?
When are they eating?
Who is eating?
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