Present Continuous
Wat is
structure
examples: 1. I am eating dinner..
2.She is studying for her exams. 3.They are playing soccer in the park.. 4.We are watching a move. 5.He is working on his project. 6.You are learning english.
shapes
The present continuous generally refers to situations or actions that are being carried out at the moment and, as in Spanish, learning this verb tense is essential to have fluency and expression in any conversation in English.
subject I , he, she , it ,we, you , they
verb+ing
am , are , is
complement It's where and how things happen
verb to be
three ways
+affirmative
-negative
?interrogative
+I am eating breakfast . -I am not eating breakfast
? Am I eating breakfast..
Explication
in the negative form (not) is added so that it is understood what not is
In the interrogative form, the pronoun is changed to the auxiliary, for example i am -> am i
in the affirmative
the subject is put in the auxiliary the evrbo and ing is added and then the complement goes
ING
ing is used for the verb since ing means (ando,endo,iendo)
for example play=playing jump=jumping dance=dancing
