ENGLISH TENSES THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

ENGLISH TENSES

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

A. USE

1. The Present Continuous tense is usually used to express continuing, ongoing actions which are taking place at the moment of speaking or writing. Those actions are already going on at the moment of speaking.

Take your umbrella with you, it's raining.
Right now, I'm going home.
The children are sleeping at the moment.

2. The Present Continuous tense can be used about future happenings.


What are you doing next week?
I'm travelling tomorrow.

B. SIGNAL WORDS / TIME MARKERS

now,
just,
at the moment,
look !, 
still
at 3 p.m.
right now,
at present,
today,
these days,
nowadays,
currently,
presently
in this moment
this year/ month/ week...,
tonight, tomorrow,
next week / month...,

C. STRUCTURE

Positive Structure:

I	am
You	are
He	is
She	is	working
It	is
We	are
They	are

Negative Structure:

I	am
You	are
He	is
She	is	not working
It	is
We	are
They	are

Question structure:

Am	I
Are	You
Is	He
Is	She	working?
Is	It
Are	We
Are	They

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