Present Continuous Tense










































PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

We can use the present continuous tense for the action may not be happening exactly now, but it is happening just before and just after now, and it is not permanent or habitual.


• Structure for Present Continuous •





subjectauxiliary verbmain verb
subjectbebase + ing
Iamgoing.




• Structure for Negative sentence •





subjectauxiliary verbmain verb
subjectbe + notbase + ing
Iam notgoing.




• Structure for interrogative sentence •





auxiliary verbsubjectmain verb
besubjectbase form
AmIgoing?




We use the present continuous tense for:





action happening exactly now,
action happening around now,
action in the future.



USES OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE




For an action going on at the time of speaking:




Examples
She is singing(now)
The boys are playing hockey. (now)











For a temporary action which may not be actually happening at the time of speaking:




Examples
I am reading ‘Future Shock’. (but I am not reading at this moment.)










For an action that is planned or arranged to take place in the near in the future:




Examples
I am going to cinema tonight.
My uncle is arriving tomorrow.








It has been pointed out before that the simple Present is used for a habitual action. However, when the reference is to a particularly obstinate habit-something which persists, for example, in spite of advice of warning, we use the present Continuous with an adverb like always, continually, constantly.






Examples
My dog is very silly; he is always running out in to the road.








The following verbs, on account of their meaning, are not normally used in the Continuous form:







Examples
Verbs of perceptionsee, hear, smell, notice, recognize.
Verbs of appearingappear, look, seen.
Verbs emotionwant, wish, desire, feel, like love, hate, hope, refuse, prefer.
Verbs of thinkingthink, suppose, believe, agree, consider, trust, remember, forest, know, understand, imagine, mean, mind.

Have (=possess), own, possess, belong to, contain, consist of, be (except when used in the passive).





These verbs are used in the Simple Present. They may, however, be used in the continuous tenses with a change of meaning:







Examples
I am thinking of (=considering the idea of ) going to America.
Mr. Shah is minding (=looking after) the baby while his wife is out shopping.















PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE TABLE
AFFIRMATIVENEGATIVEINTERROGATIVE
I am going.I am not going.Am I going?
You are going.You are not going.Are you going?
We are going.We are not going.Are we going?
He/She is going.He/She is not going.Is he/she going?
They are going.They are not going.Are they going?







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