PRESENT CONTINUOUS

or
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
TENSE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN TV SERIES
 USE:
• to talk about actions that are happening right
now
I am teaching and you are listening to me.
Someone is talking outside.
A mobile phone is ringing.

• to talk about something that is happening

(these days), but not necessarily right now
You are studying at the Faculty of Economics.
 FORM:
Subject + to be + verb+ing
Negatives and Questions in the Present Continuous Tense

Yes/no
Statement Wh- question Negative
question
I am eating. Am I eating? What am I eating? I am not eating.
You are crying. Are you crying? Why are you crying? You are not crying.
He is going. Is he going? Where is he going? He is not going.
She is arriving. Is she arriving? When is she arriving? She is not arriving.
It is sleeping. Is it sleeping? Why is it sleeping? It is not sleeping.
We are leaving. Are we leaving? When are we leaving?
We are not leaving.
Why are they arguing? They are not arguing.
They are arguing. Are they arguing?
 Questions and Negatives

Questions:
To be + subject + verb + ing +...?
WH-word + to be + subject + verb + ing + ...

Negatives:
Subject + to be + not + verb + ing ...
 TIME EXPRESSIONS
• now / right now
• nowadays
• at the moment
• this year / this term
• for the time being
• currently
• Listen! Look!....
 NON-CONTINUOUS VERBS

• also called stative verbs

• not generally used in progressive tenses
• they refer to the things that are true (the truth
generally doesn’t change)
• verbs about:
– thoughts
– possession
– emotions
– body senses
– other (opinion, definition etc.)
List of non-continuous verbs: