STRUCTURE AND USES. 1.STRUCTURE (affirmative) SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB TO BE (am/is/are) VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) terminado en “- ing” complements Ellaestácorriendo.

Presentación del tema: "STRUCTURE AND USES. 1.STRUCTURE (affirmative) SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB TO BE (am/is/are) VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) terminado en “- ing” complements Ellaestácorriendo."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 STRUCTURE AND USES

2 1.STRUCTURE (affirmative) SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB TO BE (am/is/are) VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) terminado en “- ing” complements Ellaestácorriendo en el parque Sheisrunningin the park

3 1.Mi primo está trabajando ahora. My cousin is (My cousin´s) working now. 2. Estamos esperando el autobús. We are (We´re) waiting for the bus. 3. Estoy tomando un café. I am (I´m) having a coffee. 4. Están estudiando en la biblioteca. They are (They´re) studying at the library.

4 1.STRUCTURE (negative) SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB TO BE (am/is/are) + NOT VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) terminado en “- ing” complements Ellano estácorriendo en el parque Sheis notrunningin the park

5 1.Mi primo no está trabajando ahora. My cousin is not (isn´t) working now. 2. No estamos esperando el autobús. We are not (aren´t) waiting for the bus. 3. No estoy tomando un café. I am not (I´m not) having a coffee. 4. No están estudiando en la biblioteca. They are not (aren´t)studying at the library.

6 1.STRUCTURE (interrogative) AUXILIARY VERB TO BE (Am/Is/Are) SUBJECT VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) terminado en “- ing” complements? ¿Estáellacorriendo en el parque? Issherunning in the park?

7 1.¿Está trabajando mi primo ahora? Is my cousin working now? 2. ¿Estamos esperando el autobús? Are we waiting for the bus? 3. ¿Estoy tomando un café? Am I having a coffee? 4. ¿Están estudiando en la biblioteca? Are they studying at the library?

8 2. USES To say what we are doing at the time of speaking. (Para decir lo que estamos haciendo en el momento de hablar).  John is making a cake at the moment.  Your friends are repairing my motorbike.

9 To talk about temporary actions which are not routines or habits. The action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking (Para hablar de acciones temporales que no son rutinas o hábitos. La acción no tiene porque estar ocurriendo en el momento de hablar)  I´m reading a really good book at the moment. (someone speaking on the phone)  Peter is learning Spanish. (because he wants to go to Spain. Perhaps he isn´t learning Spanish at the time of speaking)

10 To talk about arrangements in the future (Para hablar de citas, con valor de futuro).  A: What are you doing on Saturday evening? B: I´m going to the theatre.  Mark is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning.