THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

AFFIRMATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play INTERROGATIVE: Play

I am am not
‘m I ‘m not Am I
You are You are not you
We ‘re playing We aren’t Are we
They playing playing?
They they
He is
He is not he
She ‘s
She isn’t Is she
It
It it
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Totoro and Mary are sleeping

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Is he playing football at the moment?

No, he isn’t. He is running.
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• Add -ING to the end of the verb

• Exceptions:
 IfIfa
 the
the verbends
endsin
two-syllable
verb inaan
verb E we remove
consonant + vowel the +E
and add in a ING.
consonant,
ends consonant
we double+ the final consonant
Infinitive ING form
and add
vowel + consonant,
ING. we do InfinitiveING
Infinitive ING form
form
to happen happening
not double the final to stopto live stopping
living
to enter entering
consonant when the to have sitting
to sit having
stress is on the first to offer
to
to plan make
offering
making
planning
syllable. to
to suffer
to take suffering
get taking
getting
to swim swimming
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• Add -ING to the end of the verb

• Exceptions:
 IfBut,
 thewe
Ifthe doends
verb
verb not double
endsininIE wethe final consonant
change it to YING.
when the verb
consonant ends+inL,W, X or Y or when the
+ vowel
final syllable double
we normally is not emphasized.
the
Infinitive ING
ING form INGING form
form
form
final L and add ING. Infinitive
(UK) (US)
to lie
to fix fixing
lying
to travel travelling traveling
Note: In the US they do not totoenjoy
die enjoying
dying
double the L when the to marvel marvelling marveling
to snow snowing
to tie tying
accent is on the first syllable.
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• Add -ING to the end of the verb

• Exceptions:
 IfIfthe
theverb
verbends
endsininan
a stressed
unstressed vowel + R,
vowel + we
double
R, we do the final
not R and
double add
the ING.
final R and add ING.
Infinitive
Infinitive ING form
ING form

to offer referoffering
referring

to sufferdefer
suffering
deferring
to whisper whispering
 Make –ing forms of each verb given

• begin • get
• rub • use
• listen • admit
• lie • try
• swim • decide
• study • come
• happen • put
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1. Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking

Now I’m doing the washing up.
She is working very hard nowadays.
2. Temporary situations
I’m staying with a friend at the moment.
3. Changing or developing situations
His English is getting better.
It’s getting colder.
4. Fixed arrangements in the near future
They are getting married next week.
1. ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING
AT PRESENT

They are dancing right now.

 2. TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
They normally play tennis.

But this week they are skating.

 3. CHANGING SITUATIONS
Yesterday it was very sunny.

Today it’s raining more and more.

 4. FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS

They are celebrating a party next

weekend.
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TIME EXPRESSIONS:
Now, at the moment, today, nowadays, this week.

They are throwing snowballs now