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Present continuous

Don't disturb me, I am working!

Things happening at the moment of speaking.

at the moment, now, today, these days, this week, this month.

I am explaining something to you.

I am reading I am not reading Am I reading?

You are reading You are not reading Are you reading?

He is reading He isn't reading Is he reading?

We are reading We aren't reading Are we reading?

You are reading You aren't reading Are you reading?

They are reading They aren't reading Are they reading?

So: use to be + verb-ing

Ik ben aan het lezen (Ik lig te lezen/ Ik sta te lezen/ Ik zit te lezen)

Hij is aan het zingen.

Zijn wij aan het werken?

A

Work we?

B

Do we work?

C

Are we working?

D

Answer D

Zij zijn niet aan het luisteren.

A

They are not listening.

B

They listen not.

C

They don't listen.

D

Answer D

Zij fietst niet altijd.(!)

A

She not always cycle.

B

She cycles not always.

C

She doesn't always cycle.

D

She in not always cycling.

Ik vraag je nu om te luisteren.

A

I ask you now to listen.

B

I am asking you now to listen.

C

I asking you to listen.

D

Answer D

Wij leren nu de NGSL woorden.

A

We learn the NGSL words now.

B

We do learn the NGSL words now.

C

We are learning the NGSL words now.

D

Answer D