PRESENT CONTINUOUS

/Progressive tense

OBJECTIVE
Sentence and its parts
Present Continuous/Progressive Tense
Examples of Continuous/Progressive Tense

Uses of Continuous/Progressive Tense

Form of Continuous/Progressive Tense
Types of Continuous/Progressive Tense

Tenses
Tense of a sentence gives you an idea of the

time when the incident mentioned in a

statement takes place. At the same time, it is
that critical factor that can most commonly
leads people to mistakes while framing a
sentence or while identifying the time of
events

Types of tenses
Present Indefinite Tense
Present Progressive Or Present Continues
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous

Past Tense
Past Progressive Or Present Continues
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous

Future Tense
Past Progressive Or Present Continues
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous

Present Continuous tense

It is used to express a continued or
ongoing action at present time. It
expresses an action which is in progress at
the time of speaking.
Rules. Auxiliary verb am or is or are is
used in sentence. 1st form of verb or base
verb + ing (present participle) is used as
main verb in sentence.

Examples

Example

Uses of Continuous/progressive
1) actions happening at the moment of speaking
Peter is reading a book now.
2) fixed plan in the near future
She is going to Basel on Saturday.
3) temporary actions
His father is working in Rome this month.

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4) actions happening around the moment of
speaking (longer actions)

My friend is preparing for his exams.

5) trends
More and more people are using their computers to
listen to music.
6) repeated actions which are irritating to the
speaker (with always, constantly, forever)

Andrew is always coming late.

Form of the Present Progressive/Continuous

We use a form of to be (am, are or is), the infinitive of

the verb and the ending ing.

to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + -ing

Forming The Present Progressive Tense

Affirmative
Subject

+ to be

+ base + ing

She

is

talking.

Subject

+ to be + not

+ base + ing

She

is not (isn't)

talking

to be

+ subject

+ base + ing

Is

she

talking?

Negative

Interrogative

Affirmative sentences:
Positive Sentence

Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb-ing (Present

participle) + object
Subject + am/is/are + (1st form of verb or base verb
+ ing) + object
Examples

I am playing cricket.
He is driving a car
They are reading their lessons.

Negative Sentence
. Negative Sentence

Subject + auxiliary verb + not + main

verb-ing (Present participle) + object
Subject + am/is/are + not + (1st form of
verb + ing) + object
.

 Examples.

I am not playing cricket.

He is not driving a car
They are not reading their lessons.

Interrogative sentence
In the Present Progressive we put the auxiliary (am,

are or is) before the subject

(Auxiliary - Subject - Verb - Rest).

Example
Am I playing volleyball?

Is he/she/it playing volleyball?

Are we/you/they playing volleyball?

Special verbs in Present

Continuous
Special verbs in the Present Progressive

There are verbs which are normally not used in the

Present Progressive, like:
be, believe, belong, hate, hear, like, love, mean, prefer,
remain, realize, see, seem, smell, think, understand,
want, wish
We sometimes use these words in the Present
Progressive in the following situations:

Continuous Tense
He's seeing his father tomorrow. (fixed date)
The group is seeing the sights of Paris. (see in

connection with tourists)

They are having a great time in Kapstadt. (have as an
activity verb)
What's the matter with you? What are you thinking?
- (to be worried about sty.)
If you are not sure with these verbs, use a good
dictionary.

Present Contiunous Tense Exercise

1. Meeta is _______ right now.

study
Studying
studied
Studies
2. _______ they going to Darjeeling today?
Is
Are
Do
Will

 1. Meeta is _______ right now.

study
Studying
studied
Studies
2. _______ they going to Darjeeling today?
Is
Are
Do
Will

3. ________ Sneha reading a novel?

Is
Are
Will
Does
4. ________ you buying this car for your father?
Is
Are
Do
Will

 5. Sunaina _______ participating in the dance

competition due to her illness.

will not
doesn't
isn't
aren't

6. Shreya is ________ stories to avoid the meeting.

make
Makes
making
made

 7. She is _______ her mother since morning for the

party.
help
Helped
helping
will help
8. Sudha is ___________ food.
cook
Cooked
cooking
cooks

 9. _______ you accepting his challenge?

Is
Are
Will
Do

10. The new shop is __________attractive discounts.

offer
Offers
offered

offering

 7. She is _______ her mother since morning for the

party.
help
Helped
helping
will help

8. Sudha is ___________ food.

cook
Cooked
cooking
cooks