PRESENT CONTINUO
or
PRESENT PROGRESS
TENSE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN TV SE
OUS
SIVE
ERIES
US
• to talk about actions t
now
I am teaching and you a
Someone is talking outs
A mobile phone is ringin
• to talk about somethin
(these days), but not n
You are studying at the
SE:
that are happening right
are listening to me.
side.
ng.
ng that is happening
necessarily right now
e Faculty of Economics.
FOR
Subject + to be + ve
Negatives and Questions in the P
Statement Yes/no W
question
I am eating. Wha
You are crying. Am I eating? Why
He is going. Are you crying? Whe
She is arriving. Is he going? Whe
It is sleeping. Is she arriving? Why
We are leaving. Is it sleeping? Whe
Are we leaving?
They are arguing. Are they arguing? Why
RM:
erb+ing
Present Continuous Tense
Wh- question Negative
at am I eating? I am not eating.
y are you crying? You are not crying.
ere is he going? He is not going.
en is she arriving? She is not arriving.
y is it sleeping? It is not sleeping.
en are we leaving? We are not leaving.
They are not arguing.
y are they arguing?
Questions an
Questions:
To be + subje
WH-word + to be + subj
Negatives:
Subject + to be + not + ve
nd Negatives
ect + verb + ing +...?
ject + verb + ing + ...
erb + ing ...
TIME EXPR
• now / right now
• nowadays
• at the moment
• this year / this term
• for the time being
• currently
• Listen! Look!....
RESSIONS
NON-CONTINU
• also called stative verbs
• not generally used in prog
• they refer to the things tha
generally doesn’t change)
• verbs about:
– thoughts
– possession
– emotions
– body senses
– other (opinion, definitio
UOUS VERBS
gressive tenses
at are true (the truth
)
on etc.)
List of non-con
ntinuous verbs:
PRESENT SIMPLE vs. P
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Any Que
present simple vs co
estions?
ontinuous exercises