Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous/ Progressive tense (Affirmative Form)
Subject I She He It You They We	To Be am is is is are are are	Verb+ ing sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now	When I say this sentence, I am in class. I am sitting. I am not standing. The action (sitting) is happening right now and I am saying the sentence at the same time.
			am, is, are = helping verbs sitting = the main verb
			am, is, are + -ing = the present continuous tense.

Present Continuous/ Progressive tense (Negative Form)
Subject I She He It You They We	To Be am is is is are are are	Not Not Not Not Not Not Not Not	Verb+ ing sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now sitting in the class right now	Note : Contractive To be + not à isn’t , aren’t

Present Continuous/ Progressive tense (Interrogative Form)
Question ( to be + subject + -ing)	Answer
Is she sleeping? Are you watching tv?	Yes, she is (she’s sleeping) No, she’s not No, she isn’t Yes, I am (watching tv) No, I am not No, I’m not
Q-word + to be + subject + -ing
Where is Mary sleeping? What is Ted watching? Why are you watching tv?	She is sleeping in bed Ted is watching a movie I am watching tv because I like this program.

Spelling of -ing
	End of verb	-ing form
Rule 1	A consonant + -e smile à write à	Drop the –e and add -ing smiling writing
Rule 2	One vowel + one consonant Sit à Run à	Double the consonant and add –ing Sitting running
Rule 3	Two vowels + one consonant Read rain	Add –ing ; do not double the consonant Reading raining
Rule 4	Two consonant Stand push	Add –ing; do not double the consonant Standing pushing

Exercise : Verb review

Direction : Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the simple present or the present progressive.

1.      I (sit) am sitting in the class right now. I (sit, always) always sit in the same seat every day.

2.      Ali (speak) __________ Arabic, but right now he (speak) __________ English.

3.      Right now we (do) __________ an exercise in class. We (do) __________ exercises in class every day.

4.      I’m in class now. I (look) __________ at my classmate. Kim (write) _________ in his book. Francisco (look) _________ out the window. Yoko (bite) __________ her pencil. Abdullah (smile) _________. Maria (sleep) __________. Jung-po (chew) __________ gum.

5.      The person on the beach in the picture on p.116 is Barbara. She’s an accountant. She (work) __________ for the government. She (have) ________ an hour for lunch every day. She (eat, often) __________ lunch in the park. She (bring, usually) _________ a sandwich and some fruit with her to the park. She (sit, usually) __________ on the bench, but sometimes she (sit) _________ on the grass. While she’s at the park, she (watch) _________ people and animals. She (watch) ________ joggers and squirrels. She (relax) _________ when she eats at the park.

6.      Right now I (look) _________ at a picture of Barbara. She (be, not) _________ at home in the picture. She (be) _________ at the park. She (sit) _________ on a bench. She (eat) __________ her lunch. A jogger (run) _________ on the path through the park. A squirrel (sit) _________ on the ground in front of Barbara. The squirrel (eat) _________ a nut. Barbara (watch) _________ the squirrel. She (watch, always) _________ squirrels when she eats lunch in the park. Some ducks (swim) _________ in the pond in the picture, and some birds (fly) _________ in the sky. A police officer (ride) _________ a horse. He (ride) __________ a horse through the park every day. Near Barbara, a family (have) __________ a picnic. They (go) _________ on a picnic every week.