PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS QUESTIONS
YES/NO (CLOSE WH- (OPEN QUESTION)
QUESTION)
PRON + TO BE + VERB IN PRON + TO BE IN TO BE + PRON + GERUND WH + TO BE + PRON +
GERUND NEGATIVE + GERUND FORM + … + ? VERB IN GERUND FORM
+…+?
I am cooking now. I am not cooking at Are you cooking at the What time are you
the moment. moment? cooking?
Yes, I am//No, I am not When are you cooking?
She is cooking tonight. She isn’t cooking on Is she cooking this How is she cooking the
Sundays. Sunday? chicken?
Yes, she is//No, she isn’t Where is she cooking?

USAGE

1- Actions happening NOW

a. She is watching TV at the moment.
b. They are listening to music right now.
c. We are playing tennis at present.

2- Actions happening around the time of speaking (now or later)

a. I am reading a book this week.
b. They are sending the email later.

3- FIXED ARRANGEMENTS. A FIX ARRANGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU PLAN AND IS

100% SURE.
a. I am getting married on Dec 1st
b. I am traveling to New York on April 22nd
c. I AM TURNING 26 NEXT MONDAY.
GERUND RULES

1- ADD –ING IN GENERAL

a. Cooking
b. Watching
c. Brushing
d. Catching
e. Talking
f. Walking
2- DROP E AND ADD –ING.
a. TAKE taking
b. BAKE baking
c. FAKE faking
d. MAKE making
3- WHEN ENDING IN CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT, DOUBLE LAST CONSONANT
(EXCEPT W, X, Y)
a. STOPPING
b. SITTING
c. PLANNING
d. GETTING
e. SWIMMING
f. FIXING exception
g. TOWING exception
4- WHEN ENDING IN Y, ONLY ADD -ING
a. PLAYING
b. STUDYING
c. DRYING
d. CRYING
5- WHEN ENDING IN ie YOU DROP AND ADD –YING
a. DIE dying
b. TIE tying
TIME EXPRESSIONS
"Now, right now, at present, presently, for the time being, currently, at the moment, at the
present, nowadays, this year " are common time expressions used with this tense.F