Past Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

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Forming the Present Continuous

The present continuous of any verb is composed of two parts - the present tense of the verb to be + the present participle of the main verb.



(The form of the present participle is: base+ing, e.g. talking, playing, moving, smiling)

Affirmative

Subject + to be+ base + ing

She is talking

Negative

Subject +to be +not +base +ing

She is not/ (isn't) talking

Interrogative

to be +subject base +ing

Is she talking?

Affirmative

I am going

You are going

He, she, it is going

We are going

You are going

They are going

Negative

I am not going

You aren't going.

He, she, it isn't going

We aren't going

You aren't going

They aren't going

Interrogative

Am I going?

Are you going?

Is he, she, it going?

Are we going?

Are you going?

Are they going?

Principles of using the Present Continuous Tense

• 1. used to talk about something that is doing or going on while talking

  They are swimming in the pool. (They are swimming in the pool.)

  He is having breakfast. (He is having breakfast.)

  ** We can add the word just in front of V ing to emphasize that it is ...

  He is just having breakfast.

• 2. used to say events that will happen in the near future or must be so, often used with verbs moving

  My dad is going to Tokyo on Friday. (My dad is going to Tokyo on Friday)

  I'm flying to Milan in September. (I'm flying to Milan in September)

  Remember: Some verbs cannot be ingested in the Present Continuous.They are called Stative Verbs, such as hear, see, feel, understand, love, etc.

After reading the principles of use Now let's look at the timeline, is this true as it says, or is this tense used to inform events that are taking place?

Timeline

• Black is a dull past.

• Orange is a bright present

• Pink is a bright future

• The white arrow is an event (as of now)

• A dash represents a short time (for the Continuous Tense).

• The white dotted line is the length of time an event has taken place.

• The yellow dash is the period during which the event continues.

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