Monday, October 1, 2007

Present Progressive or Present Continuous

Signal words

Use

Form

Examples
affirmative

Examples
negative

Examples
interrogative

now

at the moment

Look!

Listen!

something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it

future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)

to be (am/are/is) + infinitive + -ing

I'm working.

I'm not working.

Am I working?

He's working.

He isn't working.

Is he working?

I'm going.

I'm not going.

Am I going?

He's going.

He isn't going.

Is he going?

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