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Huge Grammar mistake! in Ginpachi sensei wksheet



marciadnr
Portugal

Huge Grammar mistake! in Ginpachi sensei wksheet
 
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      





LuciaRaposo
Portugal

What worksheet is that?

23 Jan 2009     



mena22
Portugal

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