El presente progresivo es utilizado para acciones que están sucediendo en el momento que la persona lo esta narrando o cuando se inicio en un punto especifico en el pasado, esta sucediendo en este momento, y no sabemos cuando va a acabar.
Por ejemplo:
I am teaching English.
La estructura del presente progresivo es una combinación de dos verbos, uno es el verbo «to be» y el otro es el verbo que indica la acción, este terminando con «ing».
Subject + Verb To Be + Verb (ing) I am runing
La forma positiva de este tiempo gramatical es:
| AFFIRMATIVE | |
| I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are | I am learning English You are reading a book. He is playing video games. She is watching Netflix It is running in the park We are eating ice cream You are drinking sodas They are listening to the teacher |
La forma interrogativa es:
| INTERROGATIVE | |
| Am I Are You Is He Is she Is It Are We Are You Are They | Am I learning English? Are you reading a book? Is he playing video games? Is she watching Netflix? Is it running in the park? Are we eating ice cream? Are you drinking sodas? Are they listening to the teacher? |
Y la forma negativa es:
| NEGATIVE | |
| I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not We are not You are not They are not | I am not learning English. You are not reading a book. He is not playing video games. She is not watching Netflix. It is not running in the park. We are not eating ice cream. You are not drinking sodas. They are not listening to the teacher. |