Present Continuous Tense

Verb to be
I’m not
I am You aren’t
You are He isn’t
He is She isn’t
She is It isn’t
It is You aren’t
You are We aren’t
We are They aren’t
They are
Examples:
The teacher is reading a book.
She isn´t reading a magazine.
Is she reading a book?

The children are listening to a story.

They aren´t listening to music.
Are they listening to music?
 Verbs in present participle. Verbs ending with -ee
For many verbs we make the ING form Just add -ING
by simply adding -ING to end of the verb. •agree - agreeing
•eat - eating Verbs ending with -e •flee - fleeing
•speak - speaking Drop the -e and add ING •see - seeing
•cook - cooking •hope - hoping
•start - starting •ride - riding Verbs ending with -ie
•do - doing •make - making Change the -ie to -y and add -ING
•stay - staying •write - writing •die - dying
•fix - fixing •tie - tying
•try - trying •lie - lying

Verbs ending with one vowel and one

For two syllable verbs
consonant (with the exception of w, x, and y) If the 2nd syllable is stressed ,
If the 1st syllable is stressed,
For one syllable verbs double the consonant and add ING
just add ING
double the consonant and add -ING •admit - admitting
•answer - answering
•jog - jogging •prefer - preferring
•offer - offering
•sit - sitting •begin - beginning
•listen - listening
•run - running
•visit - visiting
•stop - stopping
Conjunctions