Usage of Present Continuous Tense
- Present Continuous Tense is used to express an action or event which is taking place at the present moment (I am studying English now)
- Present Continuous Tense is used for action or event which exists in the present but is not necessarily taking place at the moment of speaking (he is studying English in Pancasila International School )
- Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about things happening in period around now. (John is working hard today)
- Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about changes happening around now (the weather is changing unpredictably)
Affirmative
Subject
+ am /are/ is + Verb-ing
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I
am studying English
You/They/We
are studying English
He/she/my
friend/ is studying English
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Negative
Subject
+ am/are/ is + not + Verb-ing
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I
am not studying English
You/They/We
are not studying English
He/she/my
friend/ is not studying English
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Interrogative
Am/are/is
+ subject + verb-ing
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Am
I studying English
Are You/ they/ we
studying English?
Is He/she/my
friend/it studying English?
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Negative
interrogative
Am
not/are not/is not + subject + verb-ing
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Am
not I studying English
Are not You/
they/ we studying English?
Is not He/she/my
friend/it studying English?
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Notes:
The Shorted form
I am : I’m
You are : You’re
We are : We’re
They are : They’re
He is : He’s
She is : She’s
My friend is : My Friend’s
I am not : I’m not
You are not : You aren’t
We are not : We aren’t
They are not : They aren’t
He is no : He isn’t
She is not : She isn’t
My friend is not: My Friend isn’t
Short Answer Question of Present Continuous Tense
Present Continuous
Tense
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Question
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Short Answer
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Complete Answer
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Are
you Studying English?
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Yes
I am
No,
I am not
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Yes
I lam studying English
No,
I am not studying English
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Is
he studying English?
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Yes
he is
No,
he is not
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Yes
he is studying English
No,
he is not studying English
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