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.
- am cooking
- is cooking
- cooks
- are cooking
They .... in the park now.
- walking
- is walking
- are walking
- walk
Look! It .... heavily.
- is snows
- are snows
- are snowing
- is snowing
It's Tom. He .... his car.
- fixes
- fixing
- is fixing
- is fix
I .... for you.
- wait
- is waiting
- am waiting
- are waiting
Listen! The baby .... now.
- isn't crying
- aren't crying
- am not crying
- not crying
I .... my mother at 5.
- is not meeting
- are not meeting
- 'm not meeting
- not meeting
We .... TV at the moment.
- aren't watching
- not watching
- isn't watching
- 'm not watching
Nick and Ann .... dinner now.
- aren't having
- isn't having
- is not having
- not having
She .... a warm scarf.
- not wearing
- are not wearing
- is not wearing
- 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.
