esim. cut - cutting stop - stopping
esim. hope - hoping drive - driving
esim. tie - tying lie - lying
| KESTOPREESENS: Kestopreesensiä käytetään, kun halutaan ilmaista mitä tapahtuu parhaillaan, tai mitä tulee tapahtumaan lähitulevaisuudessa. Kestopreesens muodostetaan käytämallä olla-verbiä sekä pääverbin ing-muotoa. | ||||
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| THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE - POSITIVE | ||||
| I | am | waiting | (I’m waiting) | I’m waiting for my friend. |
| You We They | are | driving learning watching | (You’re driving) (We’re learning) (They’re watching) | You’re driving too fast! We’re learning English now. They’re watching TV. |
| He She It | is | wearing dancing raining | (He’s wearing) (She’s dancing) (It’s raining) | He’s wearing a new hat. She’s dancing beautifully, look! It’s raining hard at the moment. |
| THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE - NEGATIVE | ||||
| I | am not | drinking | (I'm not drinking) | I'm not drinking coffee, this is tea. |
| You We They | are not | playing working listening | (You’re not playing) (We aren’t working) (They aren’t listening) | You’re not playing tomorrow. We aren’t working, we’re resting. They aren’t listening to the teacher |
| He She It | is not | using wearing snowing | (He isn’t using) (She isn’t wearing) (It isn’t snowing) | He isn’t using the computer now, it’s free. She isn’t wearing a pullover. It isn’t snowing now. |
| THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE - QUESTIONS | |||
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| Am | I | driving | Am I driving too fast? |
| Are | you we they | going making speaking | Are you going to Helsinki tomorrow? Are we making many mistakes? Are they speaking French or German now? |
| Is | he she it | coming working raining | Is he coming to the party next week? Is she working this week? Is it raining at the moment? |
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| Lyhyen painollisen vokaalin jälkeinen konsonantti kahdentuu: esim. cut - cutting stop - stopping |
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| Pääverbin ääntymätön -e katoaa ing-pääteen edellä. esim. hope - hoping drive - driving | |
| Päverbin pääte -ie muuttuu ing-päätteen edellä y:ksi esim. tie - tying lie - lying |
| KYSYMYKSEN TEOSSA ON OIKEA SANAJÄRJESTYS TÄRKEÄ: | ||||
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| AM/ARE/IS | SUBJEKTI | PÄÄVERBI | AJANMÄÄRE | |
| Am | I | driving | too fast? | |
| Is | John | playing | tennis | tomorrow? |
| Are | you two | going | to London | next week? |
| Are | the Smiths | coming | home | on Tuesday? |
| Kun käytetään kysymyssanaa tai - fraasia (What, Where, How many, At what time, jne.) tulee tämä ensin, ja kysymyksen loppu muodostetaan käytämällä ylläolevaa järjestystä. | ||||
| KYSYMYS SANA/ -FRAASI | AM/ARE/IS | SUBJEKTI | PÄÄVERBI | LOPPUOSA |
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| Where | are | you | going | next week? |
| What | are | you | doing | now? |
| How many children | is | your sister | taking | to the party? |
| What | is | that dog | eating? | |
| On joitakin verbejä, joita ei saa käyttää kestopreesensissä. Esim. ei voi sanoa “I am knowing”, vaan meidän täytyy sanoa “I know”. | |||
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| Seuravia verbejä EI SAA KÄYTTÄÄ kestopreesensissä. | |||
| want like love hate | belong know need prefer | hear see mean understand | remember forget seem believe |