PPESENt CONTINUOUS TENSE We use it to talk about actions and things that are happening now. Itis standing. : Itisrunning. : Itissitting. : Itis sleeping. To make the present continuous we add -ing to the base form of the verb. mag For most verbs we just add -ing. Cl » sa sia ‘When the verb ends in -e, then eap snes ns eG write | writing ‘When the verb ends in a Consonant run ‘running | with a vowel before it, we double the Consonant and add -ing. sit ‘sitting There are some verbs that can't be There are some verbs that we usually be continuous. Here are —_—ihate use with can or can't and not some common examples wow with the present continuous love feel hear need see smell think taste want TT CONTIN ©anglomaniacy.plPPESENt COMUNUOUS. POSITIVE FOPM ‘We make the positive form of the present Continuous with the Verb to be (am, are, is) and the main Verb with the suffix -ing. to sleep Bam ho aba, | som sion fou are sleepin SUBJECT to BE VERBsing fe is sien 3 she is sleeping itis sleeping we are sleeping you are sleeping they are sleeping to dance lam dancing you are dancing he is dancing she is dancing itis dancing we are dancing you are dancing they are dancing Short Forms, mre mess on ore ee ‘When we write a short form, we replace the missing letter (or letters) with * called an lam sitting you are sitting he is sitting she is sitting itis sitting we are sitting you are sitting they are sitting @\anninmanters ntPPESENt COMINUOUS. NEGAVE FOPM ‘To make the negative, we put noe after am, are or is. Then comes the main Verb with the suffix -ing. to sleep I'm not sleeping you aren't sleeping he isn't sleeping she isn't sleeping itisn't sleeping we aren't sleeping you aren't sleeping they aren't sleeping am * not = ‘m not BoM (+ alot) I'm not dancing you aren't dancing he isn't dancing she isn't dancing it isn't dancing we aren't dancing you aren't dancing they aren't dancing LONG FORM lamnoteating. — I'mnot eating, You are not sleeping. You aren't sleeping. He is not reading, He isn't reading, I'm not sitting you aren't sitting he isn't sitting Itisn't hiding. she isn't sitting itisn't sitting Sheisnotkeeping. Sheisn't keeping. It is not hiding. We are not driving. We aren't driving. You are not swimming, You aren't swimming, we aren't sitting you aren't sitting Theyre wiring: they aren't sitting They aren't winning.