PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Present Continuous uses to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment.

It can also be used to show that something is not happening now.

Examples:

1.You are learning English now.

2.You are not swimming now.

3.Are you sleeping?

4.I am sitting.

5.I am not standing.

Sometimes, Present Continuous Tense is used to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress; however, we might not be doing it at this exact second.

Examples:

1. I am studying to become a doctor.

2. I am not studying to become a dentist.

3. I am reading the book Tom Sawyer.

continue Sometimes, Present Continuous is also used to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future.

Examples:

1. I am meeting some friends after work.

2. I am not going to the party tonight.

3. Is he visiting his parents next weekend?

4.Isn't he coming with us tonight?

Not all of verbs can be used in present continuous form, such as verb “know”. It is cannot be changed into “knowing”, but it is possible in gerund form

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE POSITIVE FORM

We make the Present Continuous tense with the correct form of the verb to be (am/is/are) and the -ing form of the main verb.

Examples:

1. I am playing football.

2. You are standing up.

3. He is listening to the music.

4. She is swimming.

5. It is playing with the ball.

6. We are going home.

7. They are running.