Present Continuous Tense

Present Countinuous Tense Affirmative form singular plural I am working we are working you are working you are working he/she/it is working they are working

Present Countinuous Tense How to add –ing ending to the verb 1. wait/waiting (beating, carrying, enjoying) 2. write/writing (coming, having, making) 3. run/running (hitting, letting, putting) 4. begin/beginning (forgetting, upsetting, preferring) * -ic at the end of the verb changes to –ick: panic/panicking, picnic/picniking * tie/tying

Present Countinuous Tense Negative form singular plural I am not working we are not working you are not working you are not working he/she/it is not working they are not working

Present Countinuous Tense Interogative form singular plural am I working are we working are you working are you working is he/she/it working are they working

Present Countinuous Tense USE Actions or events which are in progress at the moment of speaking e.g. He’s talking to his girlfriend on the phone. *Adverbials: now, at the moment, just, still (to emphasise duration: He’s still talking to his girlfriend on the phone.)

Present Countinuous Tense USE Actions which may not have been happening long, or which are in progress for a limited period e.g. What is your dooughter doing these days? She’s studying English. 1. Such situations may not be happening at the moment of speaking. e.g. Don’t take thet ladder away. Your father’s using them.

Present Countinuous Tense USE 2. Temporary events may be in progress at the moment of speaking. e.g. The river’s flowing very fast after last night’s rain. 3. To describe current trends. e.g. People are becoming less tolerant of smoking these days.

Present Countinuous Tense USE To refer to actions planned for future. e.g. We’re spending next winter in Australia. For travel arrangements (associated with future arrival and depature), with verbs like arrive, come, go, leave e.g. He’s arriving tomorrow morning on the train.

Present Countinuous Tense USE The adverbs always, constantly, continually, forever, repeatedly can be used to describe continually repeated actions. e.g. I’m always hearing strange stories about him. When something happens too often (habitual annoying actions). e.g. He’s always interrupting.