Estructura del Presente Continuo
| Sujeto | Auxiliar (to be) | Gerundio |
| I | am | walking, talking, reading, learning, doing, |
| He, She, It | is | walking, running, learning, doing, |
| You, We, They | are | listening, writing, learning, doing, running |
Frases afirmativas
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (“to be”) + gerundio (“-ing”)
Ejemplos:
- Are you listening? (¿Estás escuchando?)
- Is he eating? (¿Está comiendo?)
Frases negativas
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (“to be”) + auxiliar negativo (“not”) + gerundio (“-ing”)
Ejemplos:
- He’s not [He isn’t] eating. (No está comiendo.)
- They’re not [They aren’t] learning. (No están aprendiendo.)
Frases interrogativas
Verbo auxiliar (“to be”) + sujeto + gerundio (“-ing”)?
Ejemplos:
- Are you talking? (¿Estás hablando?)
- Is he eating? (¿Está comiendo?)
- Are they learning? (¿Están aprendiendo?)
