1. Present Continuous (I am doing)

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Intermediate English Grammar (1. Verb Tenses) Mind Map on 1. Present Continuous (I am doing), created by Carolina Damásio on 04/11/2021.
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1. Present Continuous (I am doing)
  1. 1.1. MAIN STRUCTURE: AFFIRMATIVE
    1. SUBJ + VERB TO BE + ( (to❌) VERB + ing)
      1. I + am + ___ing
        1. He/She/It + is + ___ing
          1. We/You/They + are + ___ing
          2. 1.2. USES
            1. IN
              1. 1. I'm in the middle of doing something
                1. 2. I've started doing something and I haven't finished yet, not necessaraly I'm doing that at that moment
                  1. 3. For temporary situations
                  2. WITH
                    1. ADJ: today, this week, this year
                      1. VERBS: get, change, become, increase, rise [rais], fall, grow, improve, begin
                        1. [ ] = pronunciation
                      2. NOT (normally) WITH
                        1. THIS VERBS: like, want, need, prefer; know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember; belong, fit, contain, consist, seem; see, hear, smell, taste
                      3. 1.3. INTERROGATIVE
                        1. QUESTION WORDS (OR NOT) + VERB TO BE + SUBJ + ( (to❌) VERB + ing) ?
                          1. What + is + he + doing ?
                          2. 1.4. NEGATIVE
                            1. SUBJ + VERB TO BE + not + ((to❌) VERB + ing)
                              1. IS NOT = ISN'T ; ARE NOT = AREN'T
                              2. It + is + not + raining
                              3. 1.6. IMPORTANT THINGS
                                1. How does it change? VERB + ing?
                                  1. 1. __y ➡️ do not change ➡️ ➕ ing ::: hurry - hurrying; study - studying; apply - applying; try - trying
                                    1. 2. __ie ➡️ ❌ie ➡️ ➕ y ➡️ ➕ ing ::: die - dying; lie - lying; tie - tying
                                      1. 3. __e ➡️ ❌ e➡️ ➕ ing ::: hope - hoping; smile - smiling; dance - dancing; confuse - confusing
                                        1. Exception: be - being; __ee: see - seeing; agree - agreeing
                                        2. 4. __(1 vower)+(1 consonant) (from 1 syllable words) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: stop - stopping; plan - planning; rub - rubbing
                                          1. OBS.: Y and W at the end of the words are not consonants!
                                          2. 5. __(1 vower) + (1 consonant) (IF is a more than 1 syllable word & final syllable is stressed) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: prefer - preferring; regret - regretting
                                            1. 6. __l ➡️ ➕ 1x l ➡️ ➕ ing ::: travel - travelling ; cancel - cancelling
                                              1. British English
                                          3. 1.5. INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE
                                            1. VERB TO BE + SUBJ + not + ((to❌) VERB ➕ ing)
                                              1. Are + we + not + playing ...in the park ?
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