Presente Continuous: Explicación + Ejercicios
Present Continuous
El present continuous se usa para hablar de:
- 🔹 acciones que están pasando ahora mismo
- 🔹 situaciones temporales
- 🔹 cosas que ocurren en este momento
💙 Nota: En español equivale a nuestro gerundio: estoy comiendo, está estudiando…
¡úsalo igual que en español!
Formas del Present Continuous
El present continuous (presente continuo) se forma con:
🟢 Forma afirmativa
Ejemplos
- I am reading a book. → Estoy leyendo un libro.
- She is studying English. → Ella está estudiando inglés.
- They are playing football. → Ellos están jugando al fútbol.
🔴 Forma negativa
Sujeto + do + not + verbo (don’t de forma abreviada).
Para la tercera persona del singular (he, she, it) usamos does + not (doesn’t de forma abreviada) y el verbo principal NO lleva -s.
Ejemplos
- I am not working today. → No estoy trabajando hoy.
- He is not sleeping. → Él no está durmiendo.
- We are not watching TV. → No estamos viendo la tele.
❓ Forma interrogativa
Ejemplos
- Are you studying now? → ¿Estás estudiando ahora?
- Is she working? → ¿Está ella trabajando?
- Are they waiting? → ¿Están esperando?
💙 Recuerda: el verbo to be va delante.
🔵 Cómo formar el -ing
- La mayoría de los verbos solo añaden -ing al verbo principal.
(work → working / read → reading / play → playing) - Verbos que terminan en -e: quitamos la -e del final y añadimos -ing.
(make → making / write → writing / dance → dancing) - Verbos que terminan en consonante + vocal + consonante: doblamos la última consonante.
(run → running / sit → sitting / swim → swimming)
✍️ EJERCICIOS
Antes de ver las soluciones, coge tu libreta de inglés o una hoja, escribe las respuestas y luego compruebas si las tienes bien.
1. Elige la opción correcta.
- She (is / are / am) cooking dinner.
- They (is / are / am) running in the park.
- I (is / are / am) watching a series.
- He (is / are / am) driving to work.
- We (is / are / am) studying English.
- She is cooking dinner.
- They are running in the park.
- I am watching a series.
- He is driving to work.
- We are studying English.
2. Completa las frases con el present continuous.
- She ______ (write) a letter.
- They ______ (shop) in the city.
- He ______ (make) breakfast.
- We ______ (travel) by train.
- I ______ (sit) next to Anna.
- She is writing a letter.
- They are shopping in the city.
- He is making breakfast.
- We are traveling by train.
- I am sitting next to Anna
3. Ordena la frase.
- reading / is / he / a book
- are / playing / the children
- am / I / cleaning / my room
- is / working / she / today
- are / waiting / we / outside
- He is reading a book.
- The children are playing.
- I am cleaning my room.
- She is working today.
- We are waiting outside.
4. Traduce al inglés.
- Él está conduciendo.
- Estamos preparando la cena.
- Estoy limpiando mi habitación.
- Están esperando el autobús.
- Ella está escribiendo un mensaje.
- He is driving.
- We are preparing dinner.
- I am cleaning my room.
- They are waiting for the bus.
- She is writing a message.
5. Corrige el error.
- She is driveing to work.
- They is runing in the park.
- He is makeing lunch.
- I are shoping today.
- We are siting here.
- She is driving to work.
- They are running in the park.
- He is making lunch.
- I am shopping today.
- We are sitting here.
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