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Friday, January 25, 2013

Present Continuous / Progressive

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In this post, we will discuss about Present Continuous / Progressive tense including its form and functions.


John is in his car. He is in his way to work.
  He is driving to work
This means he is driving now: “at the time of speaking”
This is the present continuous.


The form of the present continuous tense
The verb to be (in the simple present)
verb + ing

The affirmative forms of the present continuous:
I
am
eating.
’m
You, we, they
are
’re
He, she, it
is
's

The interrogative forms of the present continuous
Am
I
eating?
Are
you, we, they
Is
he, she, it
The negative forms of the present continuous
I
am not
eating.
’m not
You, we, they
are not
aren't
He, she, it
is not
isn't

The use of the present continuous tense
·         The present continuous is used to talk about actions happening at the time of speaking.
Example:
o    Where is Mary? She is having a bath. (Not she has a bath)
o    What are you doing at the moment in front of your screen? Don't you know? Well … you are reading this lesson. You are learning English.
·         The present continuous can also be used when an action has started but hasn’t finished yet.
Example:
o    I am reading a book; it’s a nice book. (It means = I am not necessarily reading it; I started reading it but I haven’t finished it yet
Special verbs
There are verbs which are normally not used in the present continuous.
Examples:
be, believe, belong, hate, hear, like, love, mean, prefer, remain, realize, see, seem, smell, think, understand, want, wish
It's not correct to say:
He is wanting to buy a new car.*
You must say:
He wants to buy a new car.

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