Exercises to learn English

Present continuous

FORM

All continuous tenses are formed with the auxiliary verb be in the tense required by the situation followed by the verb you are conjugating ending in -ing. In this particular case you need: present simple of be + V-ing.

Affirmative form (...am / are / is + V-ing...): Jeremy is reading a novel in his room.

Negative form (... am / are / is + not + V-ing...): Sandra is not doing her homework.

Interrogative form (...am / are / is + subject + V-ing...): Philip, are you doing your homework?

USES

The present continuous is used to speak about:

actions happening at the time you are speaking:

Look! The cook is cutting a carrot.

actions happening at about this time, but not necessarily at the moment of speaking:

Paul is reading "El Quijote". (Perhaps Paul is at the cinema at the time the speaker is uttering this sentence.)

future arrangements if you use present continuous plus a time expression:

We are meeting Jeremy at six o´clock.