Republica
Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio
de la Defensa
Universidad
Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada
Básico de Ingeniería
Inglés I
Licda. Julie Landaez
Presente Progresivo/Continuo
El presente progresivo es usado cuando hablamos de:
¨ Acciones que estan ocurriendo en el momento que se
habla:
Peter is reading a book now.
¨ Planificaciones realizadas para un futuro cercano:
She is going to Basel on Saturday.
¨
Acciones
temporales
His father is working in Rome this
month.
¨ Acciones que estan ocurriendo en el momento que se
esta hablando:
My friend is preparing for his exams.
¨
Tendencias
More and more people are using their
computers to listen to music.
¨ Acciones repetidas las cuales molestan al hablante
(con always, constantly, forever)
Andrew is always coming in late. (I
don't like it.)
Forma del Presente
Progresivo/Continuo
Para formar el presente progresivo o continuo utilizamos la forma del
verbo to be (am, are or is) y la forma infinitiva del verbo con –ing al final;
ejemplo:
Oraciones
afirmativas:
I am playing
volleyball.
He/she/it is playing volleyball.
We/you/they are playing volleyball.
We/you/they are playing volleyball.
NOTA: Utiliza am con I, is con he,
she, it y con los demás pronombres are.
Oraciones
Negativas:
I am not playing
volleyball. He/she/it is
not playing volleyball.
We/you/they are not playing volleyball.
We/you/they are not playing volleyball.
Preguntas:
En el
presente progresivo se mueve el auxiliar (am, are o is) adelante del sujeto
para formar una pregunta; ejemplo:
Am I playing
volleyball? Is
he/she/it playing volleyball?
Are we/you/they playing volleyball?
Verbos especiales en el
presente progresivo
Existen verbos que normalmente no son utilizados en el presente
progresivo como:
be, believe, belong, hate,
hear, like, love, mean, prefer, remain, realize, see, seem, smell, think,
understand, want, wish
A veces se utilizan estos verbos con el presente progresivo en las
siguientes situaciones:
He's seeing his
father tomorrow. (fixed date)
The group is seeing
the sights of Paris. (see in connection with tourists)
They are having a
great time in Kapstadt. (have as an activity verb)
Formas largas y cortas del
presente progresivo
long form
|
short form
|
I am reading
|
I'm reading
|
he is reading
|
he's reading
|
we are reading
|
we're reading
|
long form
|
short form
|
I am not reading
|
I'm not reading
|
he is not reading
|
he isn't reading or he's not
reading
|
we are not reading
|
we aren't reading or we're not
reading
|
Pasado Progresivo/Continuo
El pasado progresivo se utiliza cuando hablamos de:
¨
Acciones que estuvieron en proceso en un tiempo
especifico del pasado:
Peter was reading a book yesterday
evening.
¨ Dos acciones que estaban ocuriendo en el mismo
momento:
Anne was writing a letter while Steve was
reading the New York Times.
¨
Junto
al pasado simple:
While we were sitting at the breakfast
table, the telephone rang.
¨
Acciones
repetitivas que irritant al hablante (with always, constantly, forever):
Andrew was always coming in late. (I
don't like it.)
¨ Una acción que se estaba llevando a cabo y fue
interrumpida por otra:
The ladies were talking when the accident happened.
Forma del pasado progresivo
/ continuo
Se utiliza la forma del verbo to be en pasado (was or were) y luego la
forma infinita del verbo con –ing al final.
Oraciones afirmativas:
I/he/she/it was playing
football.
We/you/they were playing football.
We/you/they were playing football.
NOTA: en oraciones afirmativas
no se utilizan las formas cortas en el pasado progresivo.
Oraciones
Negativas:
I/he/she/it was not
playing football.
We/you/they were not playing football.
We/you/they were not playing football.
Se utilizan formas cortas en las oraciones negativas:
I/he/she/it wasn't playing
football.
We/you/they weren't playing football.
We/you/they weren't playing football.
Preguntas:
En le pasado progresivo se coloca el auxiliar (was
or were) se coloca adelante del sujeto.
Was I/he/she/it playing football?
Were we/you/they playing football?
Were we/you/they playing football?
Formas largas y cortas del
pasado progresivo
negative (not
after to be)
|
|
long form
|
short form
|
I was not reading
|
I wasn't reading
|
he was not reading
|
he wasn't reading
|
we were not reading
|
we weren't reading
|
NOTA: solo se usa la forma corta en oraciones negativas,
las oraciones afirmativas solo van en forma larga.
EXERCISES
I)
Cambia
las oraciones a presente o pasado continuo usando el verbo entre paréntesis.
1.
I _______________________________ (study) English for
five years in London.
2.
Peter _______________________ (practice) the guitar
before the competition.
3.
Susan _____________________________ (drive) when the
accident happened.
4.
Daniela ________________________________ (teach)
language for ten hours.
5.
I ______________________________________________ (try)
to get a new job.
6.
The tourists _______________________________ (travel)
to London when the plane crashed.
II) Completa las siguientes oraciones
colocando el verbo en Presente
Continuo. Luego tradúcelas al español y escribe su forma interrogativa
y negativa. Observa el ejemplo:
Alice is showing her hat.
Alice está mostrando su sombrero.
Is Alice showing her hat?
Alice is not showing her hat.
Alice está mostrando su sombrero.
Is Alice showing her hat?
Alice is not showing her hat.
1. The tourists take photographs.
2. They repair the car.
3. The dog and the cat play in the garden.
4. Max sends you an e-mail.
5. I invite you to my birthday party.
III) Completa las siguientes
oraciones colocando el verbo en Pasado
Continuo. Luego tradúcelas al español y escribe su forma interrogativa y
negativa. Observa el ejemplo:
Alice was showing her hat.
Alice estaba mostrando su sombrero.
Was Alice showing her hat?
Alice was not showing her hat.
Alice estaba mostrando su sombrero.
Was Alice showing her hat?
Alice was not showing her hat.
6. The kids wash the hands.
7. The doctor talks to the nurse.
8. My friends open a new store.
9. Peter and Tom work in a pet shop.
10. I stay at the hotel.
IV) Observa el texto a
continuación, traduce y transforma la información a pasado continuo.
Tom (save)
..................... money for months to go to France
and yesterday he realized that he had enough, but when he (drive) ................... to the travel agency he remembered that he did not pay the rent, disappointed he turned round and went back home. He (get) .................. very angry when he thought that he could borrow some money and finally he could travel. |
