Grammar week 2.1 Present Continuous

Present Continuous

The Present Continuous Tense is used for something happening NOW. Examples:

Positive

I am looking at the teacher.

You/We/They are looking at the teacher.

He/She/It is looking at the teacher.

Negative

I'm not looking at the teacher.

You/We/They aren't looking at the teacher.

He/She/It isn't looking at the teacher.

Question

Am I looking at the teacher?

Are you/we/they looking at the teacher?

Is he/she/it looking at the teacher?

The present continuous can also be used when talking about future arrangements. Examples:

Tom: Are you doing anything next week?

Nick: Yes, I'm travelling to Italy on holiday.

As in the previous example, we will use the Subject “I”, the Verb “To play”, and the Object “Cards”.  The grammatical structure for the present continuous looks like this.

Subject + Verb to be + Verb + ing + Object

The actual sentence is…

I am playing cards.