Affirmative
- We're studying English
- They're working now
- We're going to the cinema later
- I'am living in San Jose
Present Progressive Tense
Uses of the present progressive
- Actions that happening at the moment of speaking (now, at the moment)
- Temporaly situations
- Future arrangements
Grammar Structure
| Affirmative | Subject + Vbe + Ving + Complement |
| Negative | Subject + Vbe + Not + Ving + Complement |
| Question | Wh + Vbe + Subject + Ving + Complement + ? |
Time expressions
- Listen
- Look
- Quiet
- Now
- Right now
- At the moment
- Tomorrow
- Tonight
- next week
- This - There
Rules
There are spelling variations with the verbs ending in:
- "consonant + e" we cut the "e" and add "ing"
- "vowel + consonant" we double the consonant and add "ing"
Examples
Negative
- We aren't studying English
- They aren't working now
- We aren't going to the cinema later
- I'am not living in San Jose
Interrogative
- Are we studying English?
- Are they working now?
- Are we going to the cinema later
- Am I living in San Jose