Present Continuous

Hi Kids!! Today we are going to talk about the Present Continuous Tense.

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about something that is happening at the moment of speaking.

Structure of Present Continuous:

Personal Pronoun + verb TO BE + verb + -ing* + complements.

I am sitting near to you

*Note this spelling rules

with most verbs, add –ing go-going with verbs ending in –e, drop the –e and add –ing take-taking with verbs ending in a short vowel and one consonant, double th e consonant. sit-sitting

Present continuous – negative

To make the negative we add not after the verb be.

Present continuous – questions

a) To make questions in the present continuous we put Am, Is or Are in front of the subject.

He is taking the photo -

Is he taking the photo?

b) For Wh questions we add the question word at the beginning.

When are you going shopping?

Why is he taking a photo?

What are they doing?

Present continuous – short answers

To make short answers, we use only the verb to be, NOT the –ing form. The verb to be is in the full form.

Is she wearing her school uniform? Yes, she is (NOT Yes, she is wearing.)

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