| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | |||||||||
| I you he she it we you they | am
are
is
are
are
are
| playing | I you he she it we you they | am not
are not
is not
are not
are not
are not
| playing | Am
Are
Is
Are Are Are | I you he she it we you they | playing? | |||
The Present Continuous is formed with the Present Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle (the Infinitive + ing).
The negative is formed by putting not after the auxiliary verb to be in the Present Indefinite + the Present Participle.
The interrogative is formed by inverting subject and the auxiliary verb to be in the Present Indefinite + the Present Participle.
Exceptions when adding 'ing':
· Silent e is dropped. (but: does not apply for -ee)
Example: come – coming but: agree - agreeing
· After a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled.
Example: sit - sitting
· After a vowel, the final consonant l is doubled in British English (but not in American English).
Example: travel - travelling (British English)but: traveling (American English)
· Final ie becomes y.
Example: lie – lying
USAGE
The Present Continuous is used to denote:
1) actions happening at or around the moment of speaking: She is looking for a better job.
2) temporary situations: They are staying at this hotel at present.
3) repeated actions with "always, constantly, continually, forever" expressing annoyance or criticism: She' s always interrupting me!
4) fixed arrangements in the near future: The Browns are visiting us tonight.
5) changing or developing situations: His English is getting better.
| The following time expressions can be used with the Present Continuous a) signal words describing actions happening now: now, right now, just now, for now, for a little while, at the moment, still, at present, presently (= now) b) signal words describing actions in the future: today, tonight, this week/ month/ year/ summer, tomorrow, next week, etc. |
Stative verbs
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Some verbs (such as be, have, imagine, look, see, smell, taste, think, etc) are stative with one meaning and non-stative with another meaning.
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