The Simple Present Continuous Tense

Affirmative
I

and

negative form

You We They He She It

am m are re

playing

is s

am not I m not You are We not They arent playing He is not She isnt It

Put the verb to eat in the affirmative form of the present continuous

Affirmative
I'm eating youre eating .. hes eating shes eating its eating .. were eating you re eating they re eating

Put the verb to eat in the negative form of the present continuous:

Negative
Im not eating you arent eating .. he isnt eating she isnt eating it isnt eating .. we arent eating you arent eating they arent eating

Interrogative form
am m not are arent is isnt

Am

I you we playing? they he she it

I
We They He She It

Are

Is

Make questions in the present continuous and then answer

it. Use the verb to eat:

Interrogative
Am eating Am I eating ? Are eating Are you eating ? Is eating Is he eating ? Is eating Is she eating ? Is eating Is it eating ?

Short answers
Yes, I am. / I am No, Im not. Im not

Yes, she is. / she is No, she isnt. she isnt

.

Are eating Are we eating ? Are eating Are you eating ? Are eating Are they eating ?

Yes, we are. / we are No, we arent. we arent

play

At the moment, Im playing football.

Right now, he is playing football

1. Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking. Now Im doing the washing up. She is working very hard at the
2. Temporary situations. Im staying with a friend at

Uses of the Present Continuous I

moment.

the moment.

Uses of the Present Continuous II

3. Changing or developing situations. His English is getting better. Its getting colder. 4. Fixed arrangements in the near future. They are getting married next

week.

SOME VERBS CANT APPEAR IN THE ING FORM Some verbs cannot appear in the ing form. They are called stative verbs:
Like, love, hate, prefer, want, dislike * be, *have Remember, know, understand, suppose, wish See, sound, hear, Need

Exceptions to stative verbs

Some stative verbs might appear in the ing form, with a change in meaning:
Be Be when it is used in the continuous it means behaving or acting You are stupid = its part of your personality You are being stupid = only now, not usually Have have (stative) = own

I have a car

Im having a party / a picnic / a bath / a good time / a break

have (dynamic) = part of an expression

VERB + ing (spelling rules)

1. To listen + ing = listening 2. To write + ing = writing 3. To die + ing (-iey) = dying BUT: To study + ing = studying To play + ing = playing
4. To put + ing = putting 5. To travel + ing = travelling

Make ing forms of each verb given. begin rub listen lie swim study happen get use admit try decide come put

ing forms
beginning rubbing listening lying swimming studying happening

getting using admitting trying deciding coming putting