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7 PRES CNT QS
Asking questions with the present continuous. To ask questions with the present continuous.
We use something called inversion. All that inversion means is that we change the order of to be
and our subject.

[00:00:13] So let's start by quickly reviewing how we form the positive affirmative form of the
continuous, and then look at how to turn it into a question.

[00:00:21] So let's get started. Here we go.

[00:00:24] I am going I'm going.

[00:00:27] He she it is working.

[00:00:29] We you they are playing.

[00:00:33] Now we're going to try forming some questions. So I want you to try first and then I
will give you the answer. Remember all we do is change the subject and the verb to be

[00:00:44] QUESTION ٠٠٠٠ going? With subject I.

[00:00:50] Am I going?

[00:00:51] QUESTION: ٠٠٠٠ working? Use subject he or she or it.

[00:00:56] Is he working? Is she working? Is it working?

[00:01:03] QUESTION ٠٠٠٠ playing? Use subject we you or they.

[00:01:09] Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing?

[00:01:13] Word order for asking questions with present continuous. Let's review the word
order, the order of the sentence when asking questions a little bit more. We'll also include the
question words that help us ask more detailed questions.

[00:01:25] First come question words. These are the words like who what where when why and
how. Then the verb to be. It is either conjugated as am is or are depending on the subject. And
then the subject of the sentence. Followed by the main verb, the main verb is the verb that ends
in -ing. It's the continuous. Here are a few more question examples.

[00:01:51] Where are you going today?

[00:01:53] Who are they working with?

[00:01:55] When is been arriving for lunch?

[00:01:57] Why is Paloma acting so rude?

[00:01:59] Why am I getting yelled at?

[00:02:01] Responding to questions. When you answer a question in the present continuous,
you respond with a short or long answer. The long answer means that you respond with a verb
in the continuous as well, often repeating much of the question you are answering. You try
answering these questions with a long answer. Later in the course we will focus more on the
specific grammar related to long and short answers.

[00:02:25] QUESTION: Are you eating right now? Yes, ٠٠٠٠ right now.

[00:02:30] Are you eating right now? Yes, I'm eating right now.

[00:02:33] QUESTION: Am I doing it correctly? No, ٠٠٠٠ it correctly.

[00:02:39] No, you're not doing it correctly.

[00:02:42] QUESTION: Is Mark coming to the party? Yes ٠٠٠٠ to the party.

[00:02:45] Is Mark coming to the party? Yes, Mark is coming to the party.

[00:02:51] Short responses. Short responses are simpler and easier to make. The choice is
completely yours if you want to respond with a short or long response as I described earlier. It
depends on the situation and if you feel like explaining something in more or less detail. Let's do
the same questions, but with a short response now

[00:03:09] QUESTION: Are you eating right now?

[00:03:11] Yes, I am.

[00:03:13] QUESTION: Am I doing it correctly?

[00:03:17] No, you're not.

[00:03:18] QUESTION: Is Mark going to come to the party?

[00:03:23] Yes, he is.

[00:03:24] Positive versus negative short answers. You might have noticed that we don't
contract in positive responses. But we do in a negative responses. Here's what I mean.

[00:03:34] Yes, I am. Yes he is, he is, it is.

[00:03:37] Yes, we are, you are, they are.

[00:03:40] But in the negative, no, I'm not. No, he's not. She's not, it's not. No, we're not, you're
not ,they're not.
[00:03:47] With these responses, we are contracting he is she is we are you are they are into
he's she's we're they're and then adding not. So we can shorten it that way, but we can also
contract is and not to get the exact same meaning, but by combining contracting two different
words.

[00:04:06] So we get: no I'm not. This doesn't change.

[00:04:10] No he isn't, she isn't, it isn't. No, we aren't, you aren't, they aren't.

[00:04:17] Let's compare it side-by-side now so you can see the options you have. You can either
contract the subject and to be, like he's/we're. Or you can contract the to be verb and not.

[00:04:31] No, I'm not. This doesn't change. No, he's not. No, he isn't.

[00:04:37] No she's not. No. She isn't. No it's not. No it isn't. No, we're not. No, we aren't. No
you're not. No, you aren't. No they're not. No, they aren't.

[00:04:51] This choice is completely yours to make so use whichever one you like more, or
ideally use both so that you can mix up, add a little bit more, to your English!