TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF COMMERCE VIRGINIA GÓMEZ

CIENAGA - MAGDALENA- 2026

TEACHER: CARMEN ESCOBAR ACOSTA AREA: ENGLISH

NAME_______________________ GRADE 7th DATE_________

In English grammar, the continuous tenses are used to describe

ongoing or continuous actions, events, or states at a specific

time.

They indicate that an action is in progress or happening at a

given moment.

There are three continuous tenses: present continuous, past

continuous, and future continuous.

(En gramática inglesa, los tiempos continuos se utilizan

para describir acciones, eventos o estados continuos o en curso

en un momento específico. Indican que una acción está en

progreso o sucediendo en un momento dado. Hay tres tiempos

continuos: presente continuo, pasado continuo y futuro continuo.)

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN ENGLISH IS USED TO TALK ABOUTH THE MOMENT WE SPEAK

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + verbo+ing+ COMPLEMENT

I am talking with my friend(Estoy hablando con mi amigo)

He is eating in the restaurant(Está comiendo en el restaurante)

NEGATIVE FORM

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be)+ (not) + verbo+ing+ complement

I’m not talking with my friend (No estoy hablando con mi amigo)

He’s not [He isn’t] eating with my friend(No está comiendo.)

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Verbo auxiliar (to be) + sujeto + verbo+ing?

Are you talking?(¿Estás hablando?)

Is he eating?(¿Está comiendo?)

RULES (REGLAS DEL PRESENT CONTINUOUS)

Para formar el present continuous usamos el verbo auxiliar «to be» y el verbo principal en infinito, al que agregamos el sufijo «-ing». Sin embargo, el resultado varía según la raíz del verbo:

1- Verbos que terminan en consonante: solo añadimos el sufijo -ing

EXAMPLE: read ___ reading

work ___ working

2- Verbos que terminan en vocal: se suprime la vocal y se reemplaza con -ing

EXAMPLE: write __ writing

come__ coming

Exceptions: be__ being; go> going

3- Verbos que terminan en vocal doble: se mantienen las vocales y se añade -ing

EXAMPLE : SEE> SEEING

4- Verbos que terminan en -y: se mantiene las vocales y se añade -ing.

EXAMPLE : PLAY___ PLAYING

5- Verbos monosilábico terminado por la secuencia consonante-vocal-consonante: se dobla la última consonante y se añade -ing

EXAMPLE : RUN__RUNNING

SWIM__SWIMMING

EXCEPTION : los verbos terminados en -y, -x -w NO doblan la última consonante (blow>blowing; fix> fixing)

6- Verbos terminados en -ie: se sustituye -ie por una -y + -ing.

EXAMPLE: DIE ___ (morir)DYING

LIE ___ ( mentir)LYING

USAGE:

Describes actions or events that are happening at the

present moment or around the current time.

SE UTILIZA PARA:

El Present Continuous se emplea en inglés para:

1-Describir acciones que están sucediendo al mismo

tiempo que hablamos.

EX: He is having dinner right now.

2-Hablar de cosas que están ocurriendo en la actualidad,

aunque no sea necesariamente cuando hablamos, en

este mismo momento. En este caso, se utilizan

expresiones de tiempo como currently, lately o these

days. Ej: He is currently looking for a flat.

3-Situaciones temporales o que están cambiando

progresivamente.

EX: I’m getting better and better at speaking English .

4-Hábitos nuevos o temporales que normalmente suelen

ser molestos y van acompañados de always.

EX: My flat mate is always leaving the kitchen in a mess!

5-Hablar de eventos ya definidos que ocurrirán en un

futuro próximo. Su uso indica que es bastante seguro

que lo planificado sucederá.

EX: I’m going to the cinema tonight.

PALABRAS MARCADORAS DE TIEMPO

Present Continuous se utiliza con ciertas palabras

y frases que señalan un

momento específico y conocido en el tiempo en

que ocurre la acción.

now – ahora

right now – justo ahora

still – todavía

currently – actualmente

at the moment – en este momento

at present – actualmente

this morning – esta mañana

this evening – esta tarde

this afternoon – esta tarde

today – hoy

tonight – esta noche

these days – estos días

nowadays – hoy en día

GOD BLESS YOU—DIOS TE BENDIGA
SUCCESS - ÉXITO

Good job!

TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF COMMERCE VIRGINIA GÓMEZ

CIENAGA - MAGDALENA- 2026

TEACHER: CARMEN ESCOBAR ACOSTA AREA: ENGLISH

NAME_______________________ GRADE 7th DATE_________

EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA PARA ACCIONES QUE ESTABAN PASANDO EN UN MOMENTO ESPECÍFICO EN EL PASADO. PARA FORMAR EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA EL VERBO AUXILIAR “TO BE” EN PASADO Y EL VERBO+ING.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:
CUANDO EXISTE UNA ACCIÒN QUE SE INTERUMPE O MODIFICA CON
OTRA
EXAMPLE: ANA CAME WHEN I WAS SLEEPING

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE:

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)

He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)

They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLE :

I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)

He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)

They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
WAS /WERE+ SUBJECT + VERB + ING?
Was he sleeping yesterday at 8 am? (¿Estaba durmiendo ayer a las 8 am?)
Respuestas cortas:
Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.
-Were they wearing blue jackets on saturday
Saturday?
(¿Estaban vistiendo chaquetas azules sàbado
Respuestas cortas:
Yes, we were. / No, we weren’t
USE
El pasado continuo se utiliza en varias situaciones:
1-Para describir una acción que estaba ocurriendo en
un momento concreto del pasado: I was reading a book at eight o'clock last night.
2-Para hablar de dos o más acciones que estaban
ocurriendo simultáneamente: She was singing while hewas playing the guitar.

3-Para establecer el contexto en una historia: It was

raining, and the wind was howling.

4-Para mostrar que una acción fue interrumpida por otra:

I was walking to work when I met John.

-I was reading a book when the phone rang.

-They were watching a movie at the theater yesterday.

-She was cooking dinner while he was setting the table.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE:

What Is Future Continuous Tense?

1-The future continuous tense is a verb tense that shows an action happening over a period of time in the future.
“I will be dancing all night” is an example of the future continuous tense

2-The Future Continuous tense is often used in English as a way to talk about something happening at a given point in the future.

RULES?

The Future Continuous tense can be used to create positive and

negative sentences or a question sentence (interrogative sentence).

THE STRUCTURE IS:

The future continuous tense is formed with 'will + be + -ing form

of the verb.'

subject	+	auxiliary verb WILL	+	auxiliary verb BE	+	main verb

AFFIRMATIVE:

SUBJECT + WILL + BE + PRINCIPAL VERBS+ING +COMPLEMENT

For example:

She will be studying tomorrow.

She will be acting at the theater tonight.

He will be selling all the fruits this afternoon.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES:

SUBJECT + WILL +NOT / BE + PRINCIPAL VERBS +ING +COMPLEMENT

To form a negative sentence in the future continuous tense,

we use the words

“will not” or “won’t” and “be” plus the present participle of the

actionable verb.

SUBJECT + WILL +NOT / BE + PRINCIPAL VERBS +ING +COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE:

I will not be going to school this time.

He won’t be swimming tonight.

QUESTIONS:

To form a question in the future continuous tense, use the

words “will” and

“be” plus the subject and the present participle of the

actionable verb.

WILL+ SUBJECT+BE + PRINCIPAL VERBS +ING+COMPLEMENT?

EXAMPLE:

Will they be attending the party next week?

Will we be watching a film tonight?

sentences with the Future Continuous tense:
subject auxiliary verb auxiliary verb main verb
+ I will be working at 10am.
+ You will be lying on a beach tomorrow.
- She will not be using the car.
- We will not be having dinner at home.
? Will you be playing football?
? Will they be watching TV?

	subject	auxiliary verb		auxiliary verb	main verb
+	I	will		be	working	at 10am.
+	You	will		be	lying	on a beach tomorrow.
-	She	will	not	be	using	the car.
-	We	will	not	be	having	dinner at home.
?	Will	you		be	playing	football?
?	Will	they		be	watching	TV?

The Adverbs of Time That Are Used in Future Continuous Tense:

To further specify what time the actions in question take place, we can add temporal adverbs. Some adverbs we can use with Future Continuous Tense are:

(Para especificar más a qué hora tienen lugar las acciones en cuestión, podemos agregar adverbios temporales. Algunos adverbios que podemos usar con el futuro continuo son)

Tomorrow

Tonight

Next week

Today

This week

This month

This year

This sunday

Next month

GOD BLESS YOU—DIOS TE BENDIGA
SUCCESS - ÉXITO

Good job!

Principal

EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA PARA ACCIONES QUE ESTABAN PASANDO EN UN MOMENTO ESPECÍFICO EN EL PASADO. PARA FORMAR EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA EL VERBO AUXILIAR “TO BE” EN PASADO Y EL VERBO+ING.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)

He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)

They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE :

I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)

He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)

They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

WAS /WERE+ SUBJECT + VERB + ING?

INTERROGATIVE FORM

EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA PARA ACCIONES QUE ESTABAN PASANDO EN UN MOMENTO ESPECÍFICO EN EL PASADO. PARA FORMAR EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA EL VERBO AUXILIAR “TO BE” EN PASADO Y EL VERBO+ING.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)

He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)

They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE :

I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)

He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)

They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

WAS /WERE+ SUBJECT + VERB + ING?

1-The future continuous tense is a verb tense that shows an action happening over a period of time in the future.
“I will be dancing all night” is an example of the future continuous tense

2-The Future Continuous tense is often used in English as a way to talk about something happening at a given point in the future.

sentences with the Future Continuous tense:
subject auxiliary verb auxiliary verb main verb
+ I will be working at 10am.
+ You will be lying on a beach tomorrow.
- She will not be using the car.
- We will not be having dinner at home.
? Will you be playing football?
? Will they be watching TV?

Principal

EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA PARA ACCIONES QUE ESTABAN PASANDO EN UN MOMENTO ESPECÍFICO EN EL PASADO. PARA FORMAR EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA EL VERBO AUXILIAR “TO BE” EN PASADO Y EL VERBO+ING.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)NEGATIVE SENTENCESSUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE :I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

WAS /WERE+ SUBJECT + VERB + ING?

INTERROGATIVE FORM

EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA PARA ACCIONES QUE ESTABAN PASANDO EN UN MOMENTO ESPECÍFICO EN EL PASADO. PARA FORMAR EL PASADO CONTINUO SE UTILIZA EL VERBO AUXILIAR “TO BE” EN PASADO Y EL VERBO+ING.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)NEGATIVE SENTENCESSUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE :I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

WAS /WERE+ SUBJECT + VERB + ING?

1-The future continuous tense is a verb tense that shows an action happening over a period of time in the future. “I will be dancing all night” is an example of the future continuous tense

2-The Future Continuous tense is often used in English as a way to talk about something happening at a given point in the future.

sentences with the Future Continuous tense: subjectauxiliary verb auxiliary verbmain verb +Iwill beworkingat 10am.+Youwill belyingon a beach tomorrow.-Shewillnotbeusingthe car.-Wewillnotbehavingdinner at home.?Willyou beplayingfootball??Willthey bewatchingTV?

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)

He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)

They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE :

I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)

He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)

They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

I was sleeping in my bedroom(Estaba durmiendo.)

He was writing my notes(Estaba escribiendo mis apuntes)

They were speaking french(Estaban hablando.)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + VERB + ING+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE :

I was not sleeping in my bedroom.( No estaba durmiendo.)

He was not writing my notes .(Él no estaba corriendo.)

They were not speaking french.(Ellos no estaban hablando.)

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

1-The future continuous tense is a verb tense that shows an action happening over a period of time in the future.
“I will be dancing all night” is an example of the future continuous tense

sentences with the Future Continuous tense:
subject auxiliary verb auxiliary verb main verb
+ I will be working at 10am.
+ You will be lying on a beach tomorrow.
- She will not be using the car.
- We will not be having dinner at home.
? Will you be playing football?
? Will they be watching TV?