Present continuous tense.

Present Continuous Affirmative I'm sleeping You're sleeping He's sleeping She's sleeping It's sleeping We're sleeping You're sleeping They're sleeping Negative I'm not sleeping You aren't sleeping He isn't sleeping She isn't sleeping It isn't sleeping We aren't sleeping You aren't sleeping They aren't sleeping Interrogative Am I sleeping? Are you sleeping? Is he sleeping? Is she sleeping? Is it sleeping? Are we sleeping? Are you sleeping? Are they sleeping?

Present Continuous

Uses

Examples What are you doing? We are watching a horror film

Actions that are happening now

Acciones que estn ocurriendo en este momento (normalmente acompaado de adverbios como: now, at the moment, today, etc)

Actions that are happening at present, but not necessarily at this moment
Acciones que estn ocurriendo en el presente aunque no necesariamente en este momento (normalmente acompaados de adverbios como: these days, this year, etc)

I'm studying French at the Escuela de Idiomas this year

Future arrangements
Planes cercanos futuros

Sandy and I are having a birthday party together next weekend My little brother is always crying

Habitual actions with a negative sense

Acciones que se repiten habitualmente pero que son molestas o se mencionan con un sentido negativo (con el adverbio de frecuencia always)

EXERCISE. Write ten sentences in present continuous tense. Write them in affirmative, negative and interrogative form.