The Present Continuous Tense. Week 2

This video was made, a complete review of the correct grammatical structure of continuous present. The video starts by reviewing the correct way to form sentences in this tense: Subject + Verb "to be" + verb + ING Besides the video emphasizes on which cases to use the Present Continuous:

1) When we talk about something happening at the time of speaking.

2) To describe situations or actions which are in progress for a limited period.

3) When we need to talk about activities planned for the future.

4) To describe repeat actions with certain adverbs such as Always and constantly.

Some common expressions with the Present continuous are: at the moment, now, today, this week, tomorrow, this week, etc.

An important thing is that we don´t use this tense with state verbs, because they describe state, not an action. Some examples of state verbs are: love, like, remember, want, belong and prefer.

On the other hand the structure for the questions are: Verb "to be" + Subject+verb + ING.

The importance of this video was to review the use of tense;also be allowed to hear English pronunciation of many examples.

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