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Present Continuous
Affirmative Form
Formation: Subject + Am / Is / Are (Verb to be in present) + Gerund + Complement
Subjects Example First-Person Singular: Second-Person Singular: Third-Person Singular: First-Person Plural: Second-Person Plural: Third-Person Plural:
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You He She It We You They I am reading a book. You are reading a book. He is reading a book. She is reading a book. It is reading a book. We are reading a book. You are reading a book. They are reading a book.
Gerund Formation
The gerund verb is formed by adding the suffix –ING at the end of the word. However, there are some exceptions in spelling that you should remember. If the verbs ends in: Every consonant -E -IE We add: -ING -ING (omitting E) -YING (omitting IE) Examples: Boil – Boiling You Boil the eggs. He is boiling the eggs. Pack – Packing You pack now. She is packing now. Enjoy – Enjoying I enjoy the sun. We are enjoying the sun. Close – Closing They close their shop. We are closing our shop. Waste – Wasting I waste my time. He is wasting my time. Tie – Tying You tie your dog to the post. She is tying her dog to the post. Lie – Lying We lie you. I am lying to you. Exceptions Be – Being Verbs ending in –EE See – Seeing
Present Continuous Auxiliary Verb
The auxiliary verb which goes with present Continuous tense is the present form of the verb to be. In fact, every continuous tense has the verb to be auxiliary verb. For I, AM; for You, ARE, for He, She or It, IS; for We, ARE and for They, ARE. To form the negative auxiliary for the present continuous tense, we need to write down NOT after AM, IS or ARE. There are short forms for each of them. When we form interrogative sentences, we put AM, IS or ARE. just before the subject. Contrary to present simple, in present continuous we always keep the main verb in gerund. Subject + Aux I’m not You’re not He’s not She’s not It’s not We’re not You’re not They’re not Aux + not
You aren’t He isn’t She isn’t It isn’t We aren’t You aren’t They aren’t
Negative Form
Formation: Subject + Am / Is / Are (Verb to be in present) + Not + Gerund + Complement
Subjects Example First-Person Singular: Second-Person Singular: Third-Person Singular: First-Person Plural: Second-Person Plural: Third-Person Plural:
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You He She It We You They I’m not going home. / – You’re not going home. / You aren’t going home. He’s not going home. / He isn’t going home. She’s not going home. / She isn’t going home. It’s not going home. / It isn’t going home. We’re not going home. / We aren’t going home. You’re not going home. / You aren’t going home. They’re not going home. / They aren’t going home.
Interrogative Form
Formation: Am / Is / Are (Verb to be in present) + Subject + Gerund + Complement
Subjects Example Short Answers First-Person Singular: Second-Person Singular: Third-Person Singular: First-Person Plural: Second-Person Plural: Third-Person Plural
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You He She It We You They Am I cooking dinner? Are you cooking dinner? Is he cooking dinner? Is she cooking dinner? Is it cooking dinner? Are we cooking dinner? Are you cooking dinner? Are they cooking dinner? Yes , I am / No, I’m not Yes, you are / No, You’re not Yes, he is / No, He’s not Yes, she is / No, She’s not Yes, it is/ No, It’s not Yes, we are / No, We’re not Yes, you are / No, You’re not Yes, they are / No, They’re not
Present Continuous Uses
In general terms, we use present simple to talk about things in general or repeated actions, and present continuous to talk about temporary actions happening at or around the present. As we have there are several time expressions that generally go with each tense.
Present Simple Present Continuous
I go to the park every afternoon. He plays tennis twice a week. We don’t speak English. It doesn’t rain very much in the summer. What Do you do at weekends? Does she live in Paris? I am going to the park now. He is playing tennis at this moment. We aren’t speaking English during our trip. It isn’t raining very much this summer. What are you doing this weekend? Is she living in Paris?
Stative Verbs
We use continuous forms to talk about unfinished actions. Some verbs, are not normally used in this they represent actions which don’t have either a beginning or an end. Sense Verbs (Dis)like Verbs Thinking Verbs Others See Hear Sound Smell Taste Feel (Often with Can) I (can) hear a noise! I am hearing a noise! It smells good. It is smelling good. Like Dislike Love Want Hate Need Prefer He likes dogs. He is liking dogs. We don’t want to go. We aren’t wanting to go. Does she need anything? Is she needing anything? Know Think Realise Suppose Mean Understand Believe Remember She believes in Santa. She is believing in Santa. They don’t know. They aren’t knowing. Do you remember me? are you remembering me? Belong Fit Contain Consist Seem Have We don’t belong he We aren’t belongin It doesn’t contain n It isn’t containing n Does it fit you? Is it fitting you?
Present Continuous for Future Arrangements
We May Use present continuous to talk about arrangements for the near future, that is, actions that are very likely to come true. The use of the present continu future arrangements usually implies other people involved in the action. Also note that we use other time expressions (for the future), as: tomorrow, next weekend, in a few days, next month… I am meeting my friends on Saturday. She is giving a guitar course next week. You aren’t going to the party. He isn’t playing poker on Saturday night. Are they flying Madrid tomorrow? Are we visiting Grandpa the day after tomorrow?
