PRESENT

PROGRESSIVE

Homero is driving the red car.

Structure in Negative Sentences:

Verb TO Verb +
+Subject + + NOT + + Complement
BE ING

Examples:
I am not walking.
You are not reading this book.
He/She/It is not eating.
We are not laughing.
They are not shouting.
We make negatives by putting not
or n’t after am, is or are:
✓ I’m not doing that.
✓ You aren’t dancing.
You’re not dancing.
✓ They aren’t coming to the party.
They’re not coming to the party.
✓ She isn’t going home until Monday.
She’s not going home until Monday.
Structure in Interrogative Sentences:

Verb TO Verb + Complement

+ Subject + + +
BE ING

Examples:
Am I walking?
Are You reading this book ?
Is He/She/It eating?
Are We laughing?
Are They shouting?
We make questions by putting am, is or
are in front of the subject:
✓ Are you listening?
✓ Are they coming to your party?
✓ When is she going home?
✓ What are you doing here?
Answers:
✓ Are you listening?
+ Yes, I am. - No, I´m not.
✓ Are they coming to your party?
+ Yes, they are. - No, they aren´t.
✓ When is she going home?
She is going home at 7:00 o´clock.
✓ What are you doing here?
We are studying english.
 TIME PHRASES
The following time phrases are common with this
use of the present continuous tense:

• for the time being /

• temporarily
• currently
• this_(week, month, year etc)____
Examples:
• We’re currently travelling around
Peru. (but we won’t stay there
forever).

• Maria’s temporarily living with her

parents. (but she plans to move to her
own place soon).

• She’s taking the train to

university for the time being (but will
go in the car with classmate as soon
as she can).
• John’s looking after his
grandparents this week (but next
week his sister is going to help out
and he will return home).

• They’re finishing their studies this

year (and will not study
next year).

• I am currently filling in for the

manager who is away on holiday
(but when she returns I’ll go back to
my old job).
Now, at present, at the moment, at
this time:
Examples:
 I'm living with my parents for/- now.
 I'm living with my parents for/at the
present.
 I'm living with my parents for/at the
moment.
 I'm living with my parents for/at this
time.
THANKS!…