1KM - Grammar - Present Continuous (All Right)

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Present Continuous

Forms

1KM - Grammar (All Right)

Positive (+)

Negative (-)

Question (?)

Short (')

[Revision]

What is the present continous?

A

Something happened yesterday

B

Something happens often

C

Something happens tomorrow

D

Something happens right now

Present Continous

You use the present continuous when something is happening right now.

Examples:

• I am eating lunch.

• I am talking with my friends.

How to form the present continuous?

Form: to be (am / are / is) + verb + -ing

Exercises:

• I dance -> ....

• I listen -> ....

Positive Form (+) - Confirms Things

When? When I am explaining what I'm doing right now.

Previous examples:

• I am eating lunch.

• I am talking with my friends.

Short Form (')

When? To simplify sentences happening right now.

You can use it in positive, negative and question sentences.

Previous examples again:

• I'm eating lunch.

• I'm talking with my friends.

Negative Form (+) - Denies Things

When? When I'm denying something happening right now.

Form: to be (am / are / is) + not + verb + -ing

Examples:

• I'm not lying to you.

Question (?) - Questions things

When? When I'm questioning something happening right now.

Form: to be (am / are / is) + subject + verb + -ing

Example:

• Are they working?

Exercises Present Continuous

• Present continuous: I'm doing, I'm not doing, Are you doing? - Test-English

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