Present Continuous Tense

In the Present Continuous tense, the action is on-going/ still going on and hence continuous. The present continuous tense is used to talk about actions that are happening at this current moment.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	AM / ARE / IS	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	am	watching	television.
You	are	watching	television.
He	is	watching	television.
Mohan	is	watching	television
The boy	is	watching	television.
She	is	watching	television.
Pooja	is	watching	television.
The girl	is	watching	television.
We	are	watching	television.
You	are	watching	television.
They	are	watching	television.
The children	are	watching	television.

Notice that we use

‘am’ with ‘I’,

‘is’ with ‘He’ and ‘She’

‘are’ with ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

Present Continuous Tense Exercise 1

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	AM NOT / ARE NOT / IS NOT	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	am not	playing	chess.
You	are not	playing	chess.
He	is not	playing	chess.
Mohan	is not	playing	chess.
The boy	is not	playing	chess.
She	is not	playing	chess.
Pooja	is not	playing	chess.
The girl	is not	playing	chess.
We	are not	playing	chess.
You	are not	playing	chess.
They	are not	playing	chess.
The men	are not	playing	chess.

Notice that we use

‘am not’ with ‘I’,

‘is not’ with ‘He’ and ‘She’

‘are not’ with ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

Present Continuous Tense Exercise 2

Present Continuous Tense Exercise 3

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

AM / ARE / IS	SUBJECT	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Am	I	reading	a book?
Are	you	reading	a book?
Is	he	reading	a book?
Is	Mohan	reading	a book?
Is	the boy	reading	a book?
Is	she	reading	a book?
Is	Pooja	reading	a book?
Is	the girl	reading	a book?
Are	we	reading	a book?
Are	you	reading	a book?
Are	they	reading	a book?
Are	the men	reading	a book?

Notice the structure of the interrogative statements. We use

‘am’ with ‘I’,

‘is’ with ‘He’ and ‘She’

‘are’ with ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

Present Continuous Tense Exercise

Present Continuous Tense

In the Present Continuous tense, the action is on-going/ still going on and hence continuous. The present continuous tense is used to talk about actions that are happening at this current moment.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	AM / ARE / IS	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	am	watching	television.
You	are	watching	television.
He	is	watching	television.
Mohan	is	watching	television
The boy	is	watching	television.
She	is	watching	television.
Pooja	is	watching	television.
The girl	is	watching	television.
We	are	watching	television.
You	are	watching	television.
They	are	watching	television.
The children	are	watching	television.

Notice that we use

‘am’ with ‘I’,

‘is’ with ‘He’ and ‘She’

‘are’ with ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

Present Continuous Tense Exercise 1

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	AM NOT / ARE NOT / IS NOT	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	am not	playing	chess.
You	are not	playing	chess.
He	is not	playing	chess.
Mohan	is not	playing	chess.
The boy	is not	playing	chess.
She	is not	playing	chess.
Pooja	is not	playing	chess.
The girl	is not	playing	chess.
We	are not	playing	chess.
You	are not	playing	chess.
They	are not	playing	chess.
The men	are not	playing	chess.

Notice that we use

‘am not’ with ‘I’,

‘is not’ with ‘He’ and ‘She’

‘are not’ with ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

Present Continuous Tense Exercise 2

Present Continuous Tense Exercise 3

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

AM / ARE / IS	SUBJECT	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Am	I	reading	a book?
Are	you	reading	a book?
Is	he	reading	a book?
Is	Mohan	reading	a book?
Is	the boy	reading	a book?
Is	she	reading	a book?
Is	Pooja	reading	a book?
Is	the girl	reading	a book?
Are	we	reading	a book?
Are	you	reading	a book?
Are	they	reading	a book?
Are	the men	reading	a book?

Notice the structure of the interrogative statements. We use

‘am’ with ‘I’,

‘is’ with ‘He’ and ‘She’

‘are’ with ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

Present Continuous Tense Exercise

Present Continuous Tense

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