Present Continuous tense

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Present Continuous tense

Resources

https://www.eslbase.com/grammar/present-continuous

https://www.native-english.ru/grammar/present-continuous

UNIT

Questions

To make present continuous questions we can use subject-auxiliary inversion. This means that we swap around the position of the auxiliary verb and the subject.

Am I typing on my computer? Are they laughing at the dog? Are you swimming in the pool?

Negative

I am not typing on my computer. They are not laughing at the dog. You are not swimming in the pool.

To make a negative present continuous sentence, we use an auxiliary verb (which we already have) and “not”.

Affirmative

I am typing on my computer. They are laughing at the dog. You are swimming in the pool.

Assesment/Test

Where is Ann? She .... in the kitchen.

1. am cooking
2. is cooking
3. cooks
4. are cooking

They .... in the park now.

1. walking
2. is walking
3. are walking
4. walk

Look! It .... heavily.

1. is snows
2. are snows
3. are snowing
4. is snowing

It's Tom. He .... his car.

1. fixes
2. fixing
3. is fixing
4. is fix

I .... for you.

1. wait
2. is waiting
3. am waiting
4. are waiting

Listen! The baby .... now.

1. isn't crying
2. aren't crying
3. am not crying
4. not crying

I .... my mother at 5.

1. is not meeting
2. are not meeting
3. 'm not meeting
4. not meeting

We .... TV at the moment.

1. aren't watching
2. not watching
3. isn't watching
4. 'm not watching

Nick and Ann .... dinner now.

1. aren't having
2. isn't having
3. is not having
4. not having

She .... a warm scarf.

1. not wearing
2. are not wearing
3. is not wearing
4. am not wearing

Formation

am/are/is + present participle

Information

Present continuous is used to talk about something that is happening at the time of speaking. The action is not finished. Present continuous is used to talk about repeated actions around the time of speaking.