PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 

A. Affirmative: Subject + is/am/are + ing with 1st form of Verb + object. B. Negative: Subject + is/am/are + not + ing with 1st form of Verb + object. C. Interrogative: Is/Am/Are + subject + ing with 1st form of Verb + object?

Conditions involving this tense:-

1. It is used to indicate the action which is in progress at the time of talk:

a. He is learning his lesson.

b. She is playing on the guitar.

2. To denote an immediate future when time is given:

a. I am leaving for Delhi by the night bus.

b. She is arriving here tomorrow morning.

3. Its use with ‘going to’ denotes near future:

a. When are you going to buy a new car?

b. We are going to visit them next month.