WHAT ARE

THEY
DOING?
THEY ARE RUNNING
SHE IS LISTENING
• Present continuous tense is used
to describe a continued or an non-
going action of the present.These
actions are occurring exactly at
the time of speaking. It is called
progressive tense because it refers
to actions which are currently in
progress at the time of speaking.
• GRAMMAR STRUCTURE FOR PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
• Subject + verb to be + verb+ing

• She is eating fish.

Here is how we make the positive:
Positive Positive Short Form
I am sleeping I'm sleeping
you are sleeping you're sleeping
he is sleeping he's sleeping
she is sleeping she's sleeping
it is sleeping it's sleeping
we are sleeping we're sleeping
they are sleeping they're sleeping
It can also be form with a complement
• Examples:
• I am eating pizza.
• You are playing games.
• She is running in the park.
• He is traveling to NY.
Spelling rules in Present Continuous tense.
Verbs ended with -e make making
write writing
drive driving
Verbs ended with -ee agree agreeing
see seeing
Verbs ended with a consonant hit hitting
preceded by a vowel, double let letting
the consonant
put putting
run running
sit sitting
 Two-syllable forget forgetting
verbs:
the last
consonant is
prefer preferring
doubled when
the last
upset upsetting
syllable is
stressed
Verbs ended lie lying
with -ie
tie tying
 Verbs ended picnic picnicking
with -c

Verbs ended with -y carry carrying

enjoy enjoying

hurry hurrying
• We can make the negative by
adding 'not':
Negative Negative Short Form
I am not sleeping I'm not sleeping
you are not playing you aren't playing
he is not reading he isn't reading
she is not working she isn't working
it is not raining it isn't raining
we are not cooking we aren't cooking
they are not listening they aren't listening
• Interrogative in the present
continuous are also really,
really easy. Just like we made
the question with 'be' in the 
simple present , here we also
put 'am', 'is', or 'are' before
the subject to make a yes / no
question:
• Examples
• Am I eating chocolate?
• Yes,I am / No, I am not.
• Are you studying now?
• Yes,I am / No,I am not.
• Is he working?
• Yes, he is / No, he isn’t.
• For 'wh' questions, just put the question
word at the front:
• Wh Questions
• Why am I eating chocolate?
• Because I like eating chocolate.
• What are you studying now?
• I am studying English.
• When is he working?
• He is working from Monday to Friday.
•
• What is she doing?
• She is cooking lunch.
• Who are we meeting?
• We are meeting the boss.
 LET’S PRACTICE
• 1.  I _____ dinner right now.
• a. eat
 b. eating
 c. am eating
• 2. My sister _____ Spanish.
•  a. learn
 b. is learning
 c. learning
• Where ___ you ____( stay) tonight
• A. is / staying
• B. are / staying
• My sister ( clean)______  the bathroom.
• Look! They ( go)_______ inside.
• I ( wait)_______  in the car now.
• Mrs. Miller ( listen) ________ to CDs.
• We ( speak) ________  English at the
moment.
• Mandy ______ (leave)at nine.
• A. are living
• B. is leaving
• C. am leaving 
 WHAT IS HE DOING?

• HE IS MAKING / COOKING
CEVICHE
• Change it to negative
she is making pizza right now.

She is not making pizza.