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Huge Grammar mistake! in Ginpachi sensei wksheet

marciadnr
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Huge Grammar mistake! in Ginpachi sensei wksheet
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Sorry, but what you are forming is the Present Participle. The Present Continuous is Verb to BE in the Present Simple + Present PAeticiple of the main verb. E.G. I AM + WRITING |
23 Jan 2009
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mena22
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Good afternoon M�rcia! You�re right when you say it is not the Pesent Continuous Tense, but I believe the contributor didn�t mean to say that, either, because in his description we can read that he wants to help pupils "to form present continuous verbs (notice, not tenses) by adding -ing suffix". So, what he wants his students to learn is the -ing form of the verbs, or the Present Participle, as you have said, and the exercise he chose proves that.
Now my question is: May it so happen that according to some linguistic theories which I am not familiar with (American, Australian for example) use that terminology -"Present Continuous Verbs" - instead of "Present Participles"? If anyone knows the answer, I would really like to know.
A nice day to you all!
mena |
23 Jan 2009
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