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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Actions in progress
Actions happening now
Temporary situations
Ex. The climate is getting warmer
Ex. I am making a sandwich
Ex. He is working in an office at the moment
Annoying actions
Ex. I am going to Italy next week
Planned events in the future
Ex. I am going to Italy next week
Verbs ending in mute E : ing
Es. writE - writ ING
Verbs ending in C : -KING
Es. panic - panic KING
Verbs ending in IE : Y ING
Es. dIE - d YING
-ING
SPELLING
RULES
1 syllable: double consonant+ing
Es. run - ru NNING
sit - si TTING
2 syllables:
stressed: double consonant+ing
NOT stressed: ing
admìt - admì TTING
commìt - commì TTING
tàrget - tàrget ING
vìsit - vìsit ING
Auxiliary verb
TO BE
TIME EXPRESSIONS
At the moment
Right now
Today
These days
This week/month/year
Currently
STATIVE VERBS
Verbs describing states and not dynamic actions
MENTAL ACTIVITIES, OPINIONS
Think, agree, believe, know, understand,
imagine,realise, recognise, forget
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
Love, (dis)like, prefer, hate ,wish, want
SENSE PERCEPTION
Feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch
AUXILIARIES
Be, have (possess)
OTHER STATES
Own, belong, seem, appear
THINK: I’m thinking about you (mental activity) / I think you’re right (opinion)
Some state
verbs can take
both forms
FEEL: I feel good (emotion) / I’m feeling the fabric of this scarf (touch, action)
HAVE: I have two brothers (possession) / I’m having fun- a shower - breakfast (action)
SEE: I can see you (sense percetion) / I’m seeing my friend now (action)
SMELL: It smells good (sense percetion) / I’m smelling the roses (action)
Colloquial form.
It means «mi sto
godendo qualcosa»