Present Continuous

Present Continuous​

One of the most common tenses used in everyday conversations.​

​Present continuous is also knows as "progressive".

Structure
Positive sentences.

Subject + AM/IS/ARE + Verb+ing

(continuous form)

He is doing his homework right now.

Multiple Select

Выберите вспомогательные глаголы, которые используются для образования Present Continuous Tense:

• is

• are

• does

• am

Structure
Negative sentences.

Subject + AM/IS/ARE + NOT+ Verb+ing

(continuous form)

I am not doing my homework now.

Multiple Choice

Назовите вспомогательный глагол, который используется в отрицательных предложениях в Present Continuous с местоимением THEY

• aren't

• don't

• isn't

• am not

Structure
Questions.

AM/IS/ARE + subject + Verb+ing

(continuous form)?

Are you doing your homework at the moment?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is Present Continous?

• He is repairing his car now.

• He is repairs his car.

• He is repaired his car.

• He has repaired his car.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is Present Continous?

• He works as a hotel animator.

• He worked as a hotel animator.

• Нe is working as a hotel animator these days.

• Нe has worked as a hotel animator these days.

How do we use the present continuous?
See the following slides!

Most often, we use the Present Continuous tense to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking.​




I am taking a shower now!

​Use #1

Present Actions

Please be quiet! The children are sleeping.

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​Use #2
Activities at the moment of speaking

This tense is also used for activities continuing only for a limited period of time

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I'm riding a bike to get to work because my car is broken.

​Use #3

Temporary Actions

Sometimes we use the Present Continuous to show that something is planned and will be done in the near future:

He's flying to Rome next Tuesday.

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​Use #4
Future (Personal) Arrangements and Plans

Multiple Choice

Заполните пробел: Not right now, I _______ to Sasha.

• are talking

• am talking

• am talk

• talking

Multiple Choice

Заполните пробел: She _____ to Moscow this summer.

• moving

• is moving

• are moving

• is move

Multiple Choice

Заполните пробел: My parents _______ a new apartment.

• am looking for

• looking for

• are looking for

• is looking for