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6 PRES CNT
The present continuous, or the present progressive. To begin with you might know this tense
the present continuous, by a different name. The present progressive, or just the progressive.
There's also the past Progressive or continuous and we'll talk about that later. In this course, I'm
only going to mention it by the continuous.

[00:00:20] So just know that progressive/continuous the same exact thing. So let's start by
looking at how to form it.

[00:00:28] How to form the present continuous.

[00:00:30] In a positive affirmative sentence, the order is subject then the verb to be, and then
the main verb ending in -ing. Here's how you conjugate with the different subject groups.

[00:00:43] I am doing eating traveling.

[00:00:46] He/she/it is doing eating traveling.

[00:00:50] We/you/they are doing eating travelling.

[00:00:54] But you should remember from earlier on, when learning to be, that we often
contract, push words together. So we can also say:

[00:01:04] I'm doing it I'm.

[00:01:06] I am become I'm.

[00:01:08] He's eating. He's.

[00:01:11] She's traveling to Rome.

[00:01:13] She's.

[00:01:14] It's moving its.

[00:01:17] We're going there. We're.

[00:01:19] You're sitting. You're.

[00:01:21] They're speaking they're.

[00:01:23] Present continuous in the negative. It's pretty simple to make the present continuous
negative. All you do is add not after the verb to be. Let's do it with the examples we just made.

[00:01:35] I'm doing it becomes I'm not doing it.

[00:01:38] He's eating becomes he's not eating.

[00:01:41] She's traveling to Rome becomes she's not traveling to Rome.

[00:01:45] It's moving becomes it's not moving.

[00:01:48] We're going there becomes we're not going there.

[00:01:51] What we use the present continuous for. We use the present continuous to describe
actions that are happening now at the moment of speaking. That does not mean the thing has
to be happening exactly when you are speaking or writing, but it is happening at that moment in
your story.

[00:02:10] Don't worry if this is still a little confusing we are about to look at some examples and
we will compare the present simple and present continuous more in a few lectures. Just know
that it is not a completed action or habit from the past. It is not something that will happen in
the future. It's something happening now.

[00:02:31] Can you please turn down the music? My parents are sleeping.

[00:02:35] I'm not reading the newspaper. I'm reading a fashion magazine.

[00:02:38] You can play with your friends after we're done eating.

[00:02:42] I love the shoes you're wearing today. Where did you find them?

[00:02:45] They're not coming right now. They will come this evening.

[00:02:48] Spelling rules. There are some simple spelling rules, but very important that will help
you in forming the -ing form of the verb we need for the continuous. Just so you know, these
sometimes change depending on if you speak British or American English, but both are correct
and you choose which spelling to use. As well always check with a dictionary to see if a verb is
regular or irregular before you memorize it.

[00:03:13] These rules work for the majority of verbs, but the English language has a very good
number of irregular verbs that will change slightly.

[00:03:21] Verbs that end in -e. If a verb ends in -e like to take, to write, to arrive. The E
disappears, we lose it. So they become taking, writing and arriving.

[00:03:36] Verbs that end in -n and -m. Verbs that end in n and m, like when, pin and swim will
get an extra n and m in the -ing form. So they become winning, pinning and swimming.

[00:03:53] Verbs that end in -ie. Many verbs that end in ie like lie, tie and die will lose their ie
and it will be replaced with just a -y. So lying, tying and dying. One Last Time one of the trickiest
things about English is irregular verbs.
[00:04:13] So when you learn a new verb check a dictionary and I offer my favorites in the first
section, even a lot of native speakers get confused with these verbs, so don't get upset when
you do. It's normal!