Present Continuos Tense
- The Present Continuous Tense describes an action in progress at the moment of speaking.
- It is formed with the present tense of to be plus the -ing form:
Positive sentence:
Subject Pronoun
I
You
He
She
It
You
We
They
+
Verb to be in present
am
are
is
are
+
Base Verb
+ ing
eating
drinking
cooking
reading
sleeping
singing
studying
teaching
+
_____________________
Negative Sentence:
Subject Pronoun
I
You
He
She
It
You
We
They
+
Verb to be in present
am
are
is
are
+
Not
not
not
not
not
not
not
not
not
+
Base Verb
+ ing
swimming
planting
watching
listening
drinking
playing
playing
playing
+
________
T.V.
to music
the piano
card
baseball
Question:
Verb to be in present
Am
Is
Are
+
Subject pronoun
I
she
they
+
Base Verb
+ ing
cooking
playing
sleeping
+
________?
?
cards?
?
Short Answers:
Yes,
Yes,
Yes,
Yes,
+
Subject pronoun
I
she
they
+
Verb to be in present
am
is
are
No,
No,
No,
No,
+
Subject pronoun
I’m
she
they
+
Verb to be in present
not
isn’t
aren’t
Questions with question words:
What + verb to be in present + subject pronoun + do + ing?
- What are you doing?
- What is he doing?
CONTRAST: WHERE AND WHAT (SB p.p. 20-21 WB p.p. 14-17)
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