PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Affirmative
What are they doing?
She is dusting.
They are cooking.

verb to be + main verb + ing

(am / is / are)
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Negative

He is not doing the washing up.

They are not doing the laundry.

verb to be + not + main verb + ing

(am not/ isn’t / aren’t)
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Interrogative

Is he mowing the lawn?

Is she cleaning the floor?

verb to be + subject + main verb + ing + object

GERUND
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

• to describe an action in progress or temporary

action in the present.

• with the time expressions:

now, at the moment, today,
tonight, this evening.

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 Rules and form
• verbs ending in –e:
– drop the -e and add -ing.
E.g.: dance – dancing
• one syllable verbs (consonant + vowal +consonant)
– double consonant + -ing.
E.g.: swim – swimming / cut - cutting
• verbs ending in -ie
– change to -y + -ing .
E.g.: lie – lying
die - dying
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