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18 Cards in this Set
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Present Continuous
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Be + ing
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When you refer to a temporary situation or an activity in progress use the present progressive.
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TEMPORARY SITUATION: I am working in the library this term.
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ACTIVITY IN PROGRESS: She is studying right now.
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If you include a time reference, you can also use the present progressive to indicate future time.
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FUTURE TIME: My parents are coming tomorrow.
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The present progressive consists of the auxiliary verb be and the –ing form of the main verb. The auxiliary verb is marked for tense.
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When a one syllable word or a word with a stressed final syllable ends in a single consonant sound, double the last letter before adding – ing.
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One – syllable word: run - running
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Word ending in a stressed syllable: admit –admitting
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But mow ends in a vowel sound mow-mowing
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When a word ends with a consonant and the letter e, drop the e before adding –ing: come coming.
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The letter e is not dropped from words such as be, free, and see.
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Forming Contractions: Pronouns with the auxiliary Verb Be
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Contractions are often formed by combining a pronoun and the auxiliary verb be. You will often hear these contractions in conversation or see them in informal writing, but you will rarely find them used in formal contexts.
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Notice that an apostrophe indicates that a letter is omitted.
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Forming Negatives
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To make a present progressive verb negative, place not after the auxiliary verb.
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am not going/is not going/are not going
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Forming Yes/No Questions
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To form yes/no questions, begin the question with the auxiliary verb be .After the auxiliary verb, place the subject and the – ing form of the main verb.
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Statement: Prices are falling.
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Yes/no question: Are prices falling.
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Forming Wh-Questions
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In wh-questions, when the question word is the subject of sentence, the form of the question is similar to the form of statement.
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Statement: Someone is talking on the telephone.
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Wh-questions: Who is talking on the telephone?
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When the question word is any other part of the sentence, the auxiliary verb be comes after the question word and is followed by the subject and the –ing form of the main verb.
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Statement: They are going to the store.
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Wh-questions: Where are they going?
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Statement: He is writing a play.
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Wh-question: What is he writing.
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