PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1.

present tense that refers to an action happening at the moment of

speaking, used with time expressions NOW, AT THE MOMENT. We
also use it to talk about fixed future arrangements, things we have
planned to do in the near future.
I am talking.
You are talking.
He is talking.
She is talking.
We are talking.
You are talking.

I am not talking.
You are not talking.
He is not talking.
She is not talking.
We are not talking.
You are not talking.

Am I talking?
Are you talking?
Is he talking?
Is she talking?
Are we talking?
Are you talking?

They are talking.

They are not talking.

Are they talking?

we form present continuous with an auxiliary verb to BE in the present

(AM, ARE, IS) and by addingING to the infinitive

Y always stays the same at the end of the verb (play - playing)

if a verb ends in e, it is removed when adding -ing form

(drive - driving, ride - riding, move - moving)

Example sentences
I am writing a report now. What are you doing?
I am going home from work. Where are you going?
I am meeting my friend for lunch.
Next week she is going to Spain for holidays.
They are going to the cinema this evening.
Oh no, it is raining! I don't have an umbrella.
Put the verbs into Present Continuous
In this photograph there are many people. This man _____________________ (wear) jeans
and a T-shirt and he ______________________ (drink) some wine. The woman next to him
_____________________ (talk) to her friend who _______________ (enjoy) to party. The
girls ____________________ (dance) and there is a boy who ______________________

(play) the piano. All the people ______________________ (smile) because they
_________________________ (have) fun.
2. Write the verbs in either present simple or continuous.
We always ___________________ (go) to Marbella for holidays.
Tom _________________________ (work) at the moment. He cant answer the phone.
____________ you ____________ (drink) coffee now?
_____________you______________ (not work)?
What _______________ you _______________ (do) now? ~ I
______________________ (write) homework.
We never _____________________ (buy) in this shopping center, but now we
_______________________ (drive) nearby and we _____________________ (go) there.
Peter never _____________________ (smoke), but he ___________________ (smoke)
a cigar right now.

3. Write the verbs in the correct form, present simple or present continuous.

I always _____________________ (have) coffee in the morning, but today I

_______________________ (feel) sick so I _____ _________________ (drink) tea. My brother
______________________ (not be) in the kitchen with me at the moment he
__________________________ (sleep). My cat _______________________ (run) in the garden. It
always _____________________ (run) around the garden. My parents ____________________
(sit) in the living room and ________________________(read) the newspaper. They
always_____________________(read) the nespaper on Sunday mornings At least the
weather ____________________ (be) great the sun _______________________ (shine) and it
___________________________(not rain). It often ________________ (rain) here. But not today!