Present Continuous Forms

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Question

I am speakin*. You are speakin*. We are speakin*. They are speakin*. He is speakin*. She is speakin*. It is speakin*.

I am not speakin*. You are not speakin*. We are not speakin*. They are not speakin*. He is not speakin*. She is not speakin*. It is not speakin*.

+m I speakin*? +re you speakin*? +re we speakin*? +re they speakin*? (s he speakin*? (s she speakin*? (s it speakin*?

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Use the Present Continuous with Normal Ver s to e!"ress the i#ea that something is ha""ening now$ at this very moment. It %an also e use# to show that something is not ha""ening now. &!am"les'

You are learnin* &nglish now. You are not swimmin* now. +re you sleepin*? I am sittin*. I am not standin*. (s he sittin* or standin*? They are readin* their oo(s. They are not watchin* television. What are you doin*? Why aren1t you doin* your homewor(?

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In &nglish$ )now) %an mean' this se%on#$ to#ay$ this month$ this year$ this %entury$ an# so on. Sometimes$ we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in the "ro%ess o* #oing a longer a%tion whi%h is in "rogress+ however$ we might not e #oing it at this e!a%t se%on#. &!am"les' ,-ll o* these senten%es %an e sai# while eating #inner in a restaurant..

I am studyin* to e%ome a #o%tor. I am not studyin* to e%ome a #entist. I am readin* the oo( Tom Sawyer. I am not readin* any oo(s right now. +re you workin* on any s"e%ial "ro/e%ts at wor(? +ren1t you teachin* at the university now?

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Sometimes$ s"ea(ers use the Present Continuous to in#i%ate that something will or will not ha""en in the near *uture. &!am"les'

I am meetin* some *rien#s a*ter wor(. I am not *oin* to the "arty tonight. (s he isitin* his "arents ne!t wee(en#? (sn1t he comin* with us tonight?

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The Present Continuous with wor#s su%h as )always) or )%onstantly) e!"resses the i#ea that something irritating or sho%(ing o*ten ha""ens. Noti%e that the meaning is li(e Sim"le Present$ ut with negative emotion. 0emem er to "ut the wor#s )always) or )%onstantly) etween ) e) an# )ver 1ing.) &!am"les'

She is always comin* to %lass late. He is constantly talkin*. I wish he woul# shut u". I #on2t li(e them e%ause they are always complainin*.

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It is im"ortant to remem er that Non3Continuous Ver s %annot e use# in any %ontinuous tenses. -lso$ %ertain non3 %ontinuous meanings *or 4i!e# Ver s %annot e use# in %ontinuous tenses. Instea# o* using Present Continuous with these ver s$ you must use Sim"le Present. &!am"les'

She is lo in* this %ho%olate i%e %ream. Not Correct She lo es this %ho%olate i%e %ream. Correct

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The e!am"les elow show the "la%ement *or grammar a#ver s su%h as' always$ only$ never$ ever$ still$ /ust$ et%. &!am"les'

You are still wat%hing TV. -re you still wat%hing TV?

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0ight now$ Tom is writin* the letter. Active 0ight now$ the letter is bein* written y Tom. Passive

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