{"id":1944,"date":"2017-03-01T09:29:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2017-03-01T09:29:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:29:29","slug":"present-continuous-tense-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/present-continuous-tense-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Present continuous tense overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>present continuous tense<\/strong> is used to talk about things that are happening at the moment of speaking. For example, I am working on my computer at the moment. What are you doing? You are learning grammar.<\/p>\n<p>Form: <strong>Subject + is \/ am \/ are + -ing form of the verb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What<strong> is your mother doing<\/strong> now? <strong>Is she cooking<\/strong>? No, she<strong> is watching<\/strong> TV.<\/li>\n<li>What<strong> is your sister doing<\/strong> at the moment? She<strong> is doing<\/strong> her homework.<\/li>\n<li>What<strong> is your brother doing<\/strong> now? He <strong>is playing<\/strong> in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>is your father doing<\/strong> now? He <strong>is fixing<\/strong> his car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that you have become familiar with this tense form talk about other things you know are happening now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What<strong> are the birds doing?<\/strong> The birds <strong>are chirping.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>What is the baby doing? The baby <strong>is sleeping.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>What <strong>are the children doing?<\/strong> The children <strong>are playing<\/strong> cricket in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>are you doing<\/strong> now? You <strong>are learning<\/strong> about the present continuous tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Suggested activity<\/h2>\n<p>Take a story book with lots of pictures. Go through the pages and ask yourself questions based on the pictures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the girls doing now? They are singing.<\/li>\n<li>What are the birds doing now? They are flying in the sky.<\/li>\n<li>What is the cat doing now? It is chasing a mouse.<\/li>\n<li>What is the fox doing? The fox is trying to catch the rabbit.<\/li>\n<li>What are the boys doing? Are they flying kites? No, they are playing cricket.<\/li>\n<li>What is the girl holding in her hand? Is she holding a bird? No, she is not holding a bird.<\/li>\n<li>What is the girl doing? The girl is carrying a pail of water.<\/li>\n<li>She is holding a puppy in her hand. The puppy is howling in pain because it has hurt its leg.<\/li>\n<li>What is the old man doing?<\/li>\n<li>Is he sleeping? No, he is not sleeping. He is sitting under a tree.<\/li>\n<li>What are the dogs doing? Are they chasing a cat? No, they are not chasing a cat. They are fighting over a bone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you recognize the present continuous tense form? It is formed with <strong>is \/ am \/ are + -ing form of the verb.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use <strong>is<\/strong> when the subject is a singular noun or a third person singular pronoun (he, she, it).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She<strong> is running.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Father<strong> is jogging.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>He<strong> is playing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It<strong> is raining.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The dog<strong> is barking.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mother <strong>is reading.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use <strong>are<\/strong> when the subject is a plural noun or a plural pronoun (we, you and they).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They<strong> are working.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The child<strong> is sleeping.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The girls <strong>are dancing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You <strong>are disturbing<\/strong> me.<\/li>\n<li>We<strong> are waiting<\/strong> for you.<\/li>\n<li>The birds<strong> are singing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use <strong>am<\/strong> when the subject is the first person pronoun <strong>I.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I <strong>am working<\/strong> on my computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The present continuous tense is used to talk about things that are happening at the moment of speaking. 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