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Home » Present Continuous Tense Examples – All Four Forms

Present Continuous Tense Examples – All Four Forms

8th May 2020 By Edify English Leave a Comment

The following are Present Continuous Tense Examples in various forms which helps us to know various ways in which the tense is used in real-life communication. Before going to that, it is important to learn the structure and rules of present continuous tense.

Present Continuous Tense Examples

Structure: Sub + is/am/are + Verb 1 (V1) + ing + Obj

 

The following are the helping verbs that are formed for the personal pronouns in the present continuous tense.

 

Personal Pronoun Helping Verb
I am
We are
You are
He Is
She Is
It Is
They Are

 

 

 

 

Present continuous tense is used to denote an action that is currently happening.

  • I am currently working on a project.
  • The teacher is writing on the blackboard.
  • She is cooking
  • That man is mowing the lawn.
  • They are watching the picture.

Any action that is planned to happen in the near future is also written in the Present continuous tense.

  • I am meeting my professor after this lecture.
  • I am cooking my dinner tonight.

Forms of Present Continuous Tense

Like every tense, this tense also has four forms through which it can be expressed. The four are as follows:

Positive : Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object

Positive Interrogative : Is/am/are +Subject + V1 + ing + Object?

Negative : Subject + is/am/are + not + V1 + ing + Object

Negative Interrogative : Is/am/are + not + Subject + V1 + ing + Object?

If we take an example “He is walking on the pavement”, the four forms are as follows:

  1. He is walking on the pavement.
  2. Is he walking on the pavement?
  3. He is not walking on the pavement.
  4. Is he not walking on the pavement?

Some more examples of present continuous tense are as follows:

  1. They are watching a film together.
  2. The government is shutting down air travel.
  3. The teacher is going away.
  4. Scientists are researching for a cure to that disease.
  5. The cops are following that car.
  6. She is preparing dinner for the guests.

Exercise: Try to write the four forms of all the examples given above.

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