Present Continuous Review

The PC is used to express activities happening at the moment of speaking, other uses include:

• temporary activities
• future arrangement

Some examples of the PC in use:

• I'm studying at this school (but only for a short time).
• I'm visiting my family this summer. - A future plan
• We are waiting for my uncle.
• He's not swimming.
• Are you meeting David today?

Form

To correctly form the Present Continuous, master these topics:

1. Negative statements : "not" is added between the verb "to be" and the main verb.

• I am not hiding anything
• She isn't doing the dishes

2. Questions - the word order for questions is reversed. The verb "to be" comes before the subject.

• Are you playing football?
• Is he smiling?
• Are the Joneses having a barbecue?
• You are taking a break?
• Jane is walking her dog?

3 Conjugation of the auxiliary verb "to be"

• I am flying now
• I are flying now
• She is meeting her boyfriend
• She are meeting her boyfriend

4. Present participle formation. Present participle can be formed by adding -ing to base form the verb of the main verb

• go + ing = going
• try + ing = trying
• swim + ing = swimming
• run + ing = running
• get + ing = getting
• write + ing = writing
• take + ing = taking
• move + ing = moving