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Presente Continuo

El presente progresivo se utiliza para acontecimientos que están ocurriendo en o en torno a este momento particular en el tiempo, o para indicar que algo es temporal, o para hablar de situaciones que van cambiando, y también para hablar sobre planes en el futuro.

La estructura básica del afirmativo del presente continuo: (somebody=alguien; somewhere-algún sitio; something=algo)

	suj	aux	verbo
	I	am	eating	something.	Estoy comiendo algo.
	You	are	talking	to somebody.	Estas hablando con alguien.
	He	is	listening	to something.	Está escuchando algo. (él)
	She	is	reading	something.	Está leyendo algo. (ella)
	It	is	going	somewhere.	Va a algún sitio.
	You	are	looking	at something.	Mirais algo.
	We	are	wearing	something.	Llevamos algo puesto.
	They	are	sitting	somewhere.	Están sentados en algún sitio.

Nota: Con el presente continuo se utilizan dos verbos: la forma correspondiente del verbo "to be" como verbo auxilar y la forma básica del verbo (el infinitivo) como verbo principal (más "ing").
Nota: Normalmente, simplemente se añade "ing" al verbo para formar el verbo principal (Llamado "presente participio" por unos y forma "-ing" por otros). En los verbos de una sola sílaba que acaban en una vocal y una consonante, se dobla la consonante: "sit" = "sitting". En los verbos que acaban en una vocal, una consonante y "e", se quita la "e" y se reemplaza con "ing": "write" = "writing", "rate" = "rating", "like" = "liking".

La estructura básica del negativo del presente continuo:

suj	aux		verbo
I	am	not	eating	something.	No estoy comiendo algo.
You	are	not	talking	to somebody.	No estas hablando con alguien.
He	is	not	listening	to something.	No está escuchando algo. (él)
She	is	not	reading	something.	No está leyendo algo. (ella)
It	is	not	going	somewhere.	No va a algún sitio.
You	are	not	looking	at something.	No mirais algo.
We	are	not	wearing	something.	No llevamos algo puesto.
They	are	not	sitting	somewhere.	No están sentados en algún sitio.

Nota: Contracciones: Se suele contraer "It is" con "it's", "it is not" con "it's not" o "it isn't", "you are" con "you're", "we are not" con "we're not" o "we aren't", "that is" con "that's", "that is not" con "that's not" o "that isn't", etc. (Nota: "I am not" solamente se contrae con "I'm not").

La estructura básica del interrogativo del presente continuo: (anywhere = alguna o cualquier parte, anybody = cualquiera, alguien, anything = cualquier cosa, algo)

	aux	suj	verbo
	Am	I	eating	something?	¿Estoy comiendo algo?
	Are	you	talking	to somebody?	¿Estas hablando con alguien?
	Is	he	listening	to something?	¿Está escuchando algo? (él)
	Is	she	reading	something?	¿Está leyendo algo? (ella)
	Is	it	going	somewhere?	¿Va a algún sitio?
	Are	you	looking	at something?	¿Mirais algo?
	Are	we	wearing	something?	¿Llevamos algo puesto?
	Are	they	sitting	somewhere?	¿Están sentados en algún sitio?

Nota: La palabra "some" y "any" a veces significan lo mismo. La principal diferencia es que "some" se suele utilizar para afirmativas y "any" para negativas y interrogativas.
Nota: En el presente continuo interrogativo simplemente se intercambia el verbo "to be" con el sujeto para hacer la pregunta.

La estructura básica de las respuestas cortas del presente continuo (e iguales a las del verbo "to be"):

	Af.					Neg.
	Yes,	I am.				No,	I'm not.
	Yes,	you are.				No,	you aren't. (you're not)
	Yes,	he is.				No,	he isn't. (he's not)
	Yes,	she is.				No,	she isn't. (she's not)
	Yes,	it is.				No,	it isn't. (it's not)
	Yes,	we are.				No,	we aren't. (we're not)
	Yes,	you are.				No,	you aren't. (you're not)
	Yes,	they are.				No,	they aren't. (they're not)

Ejercicios de presente continuo – Present Continuous tense Exercices

Using the Present Continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets. For example:
He _________ hard. (to work)
He is working hard.
We ____________ anxious. (to feel)
We are feeling anxious.
1. I _______________ the questions. (to answer)
2. You ________________ boots. (to wear)
3. We ______________ for work. (to look)
4. She ______________ her friend. (to call)
5. He _______________ a house. (to build)
6. They _______________ supper. (to cook)
7. We ______________ a story. (to tell)
8. You ______________ for the bus. (to wait)
9. I _______________ a book. (to read)
10. They _______________ berries. (to pick)
Answers

Iregular Verbs List

Infinitive
Simple Past
Past Participle
Spanish
arise
arose
arisen
surgir
be
was / were
been
ser
beat
beat
beaten
golpear
become
became
become
convertirse
began
begun
bet
bet/betted
bet/betted
apostar
bite
bit
bitten
morder
bleed
bled
bled
sangrar
blow
blew
blown
soplar
break
broke
broken
romper
bring
brought
brought
traer
build
built
built
construir
buy
bought
bought
comprar
catch
caught
caught
atrapar
choose
chose
chosen
elegir
come
came
come
venir
cost
cost
cost
costar
creep
crept
crept
arrastrarse
cut
cut
deal
dealt
dealt
dar, repartir
do
did
done
hacer
draw
drew
drawn
dibujar
dream
dreamt/dreamed
dreamt/dreamed
soñar
drink
drank
drunk
beber
drive
drove
driven
conducir
eat
ate
eaten
comer
fall
fell
fallen
caer
feed
fed
fed
alimentar
feel
felt
felt
sentir
fight
fought
fought
pelear
find
found
found
encontrar
flee
fled
fled
huir
fly
flew
flown
volar
forget
forgot
forgotten
olvidar
forgive
forgave
forgiven
perdonar
forsake
forsook
forsaken
abandonar
freeze
froze
frozen
congelar
get
got
got
tener, obtener
give
gave
given
dar
go
went
gone
ir
grind
ground
ground
moler
grow
grew
grown
crecer
hang
hung
hung
colgar
have
had
had
tener
hear
heard
heard
oír
hide
hid
hidden
esconderse
hit
hit
hit
golpear
hold
held
held
tener, mantener
hurt
hurt
hurt
herir, doler
keep
kept
kept
guardar
kneel
knelt
knelt
arrodillarse
know
knew
known
saber
lead
led
led
encabezar
learn
learnt/learned
learnt/learned
aprender
leave
left
left
dejar
lend
lent
lent
prestar
let
let
let
dejar
lie
lay
lain
yacer
lose
lost
lost
perder
make
made
made
hacer
mean
meant
meant
significar
meet
met
met
conocer, encontrar
pay
paid
paid
pagar
put
put
put
poner
quit
quit/quitted
quit/quitted
abandonar
read
read
read
leer
ride
rode
ridden
montar, ir
ring
rang
rung
llamar por teléfono
rise
rose
risen
elevar
run
ran
run
correr
say
said
said
decir
see
saw
seen
ver
sell
sold
sold
vender
send
sent
sent
enviar
set
set
set
fijar
sew
sewed
sewn/sewed
coser
shake
shook
shaken
sacudir
shine
shone
shone
brillar
shoot
shot
shot
disparar
show
showed
shown/showed
mostrar
shrink
shrank/shrunk
shrunk
encoger
shut
shut
shut
cerrar
sing
sang
sung
cantar
sink
sank
sunk
hundir
sit
sat
sat
sentarse
sleep
slept
slept
dormir
slide
slid
slid
deslizar
sow
sowed
sown/sowed
sembrar
speak
spoke
spoken
hablar
spell
spelt/spelled
spelt/spelled
deletrear
spend
spent
spent
gastar
spill
spilt/spilled
spilt/spilled
derramar
split
split
split
partir
spoil
spoilt/spoiled
spoilt/spoiled
estropear
spread
spread
spread
extenderse
stand
stood
stood
estar de pie
steal
stole
stolen
robar
sting
stung
stung
picar
stink
stank/stunk
stunk
apestar
strike
struck
struck
golpear
swear
swore
sworn
jurar
sweep
swept
swept
barrer
swim
swam
swum
nadar
take
took
taken
tomar
teach
taught
taught
enseñar
tear
tore
torn
romper
tell
told
told
decir
think
thought
thought
pensar
throw
threw
thrown
lanzar
tread
trode
trodden/trod
pisar
understand
understood
understood
entender
wake
woke
woken
despertarse
wear
wore
worn
llevar puesto
weave
wove
woven
tejer
weep
wept
wept
llorar
win
won
won
ganar
wring
wrung
wrung
retorcer
write
wrote
written
escribir

Regular Verbs List

There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of 600 of the more common regular verbs. Note that there are some spelling variations in American English (for example, "practise" becomes "practice" in American English).

accept add admire admit advise afford agree alert

allow amuse analyse announce annoy answer apologise appear

applaud appreciate approve argue arrange arrest arrive ask

attach attack attempt attend attract avoid

back bake balance ban bang bare bat bathe battle beam

beg behave belong bleach bless blind blink blot blush boast

boil bolt bomb book bore borrow bounce bow box brake

branch breathe bruise brush bubble bump burn bury buzz

calculate call camp care carry carve cause challenge change charge chase cheat check cheer chew

choke chop claim clap clean clear clip close coach coil collect colour comb command communicate

compare compete complain complete concentrate concern confess confuse connect consider consist contain continue copy correct

cough count cover crack crash crawl cross crush cry cure curl curve cycle

dam damage dance dare decay deceive decide decorate delay delight

deliver depend describe desert deserve destroy detect develop disagree disappear

disapprove disarm discover dislike divide double doubt drag drain dream

dress drip drop drown drum dry dust

earn educate embarrass employ empty encourage

end enjoy enter entertain escape examine

excite excuse exercise exist expand expect

explain explode extend

face fade fail fancy fasten fax fear fence

fetch file fill film fire fit fix flap

flash float flood flow flower fold follow fool

force form found frame frighten fry

gather gaze glow glue

grab grate grease greet

grin grip groan guarantee

guard guess guide

hammer hand handle hang happen harass

harm hate haunt head heal heap

heat help hook hop hope hover

hug hum hunt hurry

identify ignore imagine impress improve include

increase influence inform inject injure instruct

intend interest interfere interrupt introduce invent

invite irritate itch

jail jam

jog join

joke judge

juggle jump

kick kill

kiss kneel

knit knock

knot

label land last laugh launch

learn level license lick lie

lighten like list listen live

load lock long look love

man manage march mark marry match mate

matter measure meddle melt memorise mend mess up

milk mine miss mix moan moor mourn

move muddle mug multiply murder

nail name

need nest

nod note

notice number

obey object observe

obtain occur offend

offer open order

overflow owe own

pack paddle paint park part pass paste pat pause peck pedal peel peep perform

permit phone pick pinch pine place plan plant play please plug point poke polish

pop possess post pour practise pray preach precede prefer prepare present preserve press pretend

prevent prick print produce program promise protect provide pull pump punch puncture punish push

question

queue

race radiate rain raise reach realise receive recognise record reduce reflect

refuse regret reign reject rejoice relax release rely remain remember remind

remove repair repeat replace reply report reproduce request rescue retire return

rhyme rinse risk rob rock roll rot rub ruin rule rush

sack sail satisfy save saw scare scatter scold scorch scrape scratch scream screw scribble scrub seal search separate serve settle shade share shave shelter

shiver shock shop shrug sigh sign signal sin sip ski skip slap slip slow smash smell smile smoke snatch sneeze sniff snore snow soak

soothe sound spare spark sparkle spell spill spoil spot spray sprout squash squeak squeal squeeze stain stamp stare start stay steer step stir stitch

stop store strap strengthen stretch strip stroke stuff subtract succeed suck suffer suggest suit supply support suppose surprise surround suspect suspend switch

talk tame tap taste tease telephone tempt terrify test thank

thaw tick tickle tie time tip tire touch tour tow

trace trade train transport trap travel treat tremble trick trip

trot trouble trust try tug tumble turn twist type

undress unfasten

unite unlock

unpack untidy

use

vanish

visit

wail wait walk wander want warm warn wash

waste watch water wave weigh welcome whine whip

whirl whisper whistle wink wipe wish wobble wonder

work worry wrap wreck wrestle wriggle

HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS

• What is the most important celebration in your country?
• How do you celebrate it?
• Which country would you like do you to go to, to celebrate a carnival?

READING

This carnival is celebrated in Barranquilla, Colombia. It starts on the first week of february. They have four famous celebrations. the battle of flowers, "la Gran Parada", the "Orchestra Festival" and the Vallenato Festival". Rhey finish the carnival with the death of "Joselito Carnival".

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CLEBRATION?	WHERE DO THEY CELEBRATE IT?	WHEN DO THEY CELEBRATE IT?	HOW DO THEY CELEBRATE IT?
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		On November 2nd
Barranquilla's Carnival

• regular verbs form their past by adding -ed. example. celebrate, decorate, exchange, arrive, distribute, visit.
• irregular verbs vary. You must learn them by heart. example: be-was/were; eat-ate; go-went; do-did, have-had; put-puy