PRESENT CONTINUOUS

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

I ‘m working I ‘m not working Am I working?
you ‘re working you aren’t working Are You working?
he ‘s working he isn’t working Is He working?
she ‘s working she isn’t working Is She working?
it ‘s working it isn’t working Is It working?
we ‘re working we aren’t working Are We working?
you ‘re working you aren’t working Are You working?
they ‘re working they aren’t working Are they working?

STRUCTURES

(+) SUJ + V-TO BE PRESENT + V-BASE FORM+ -ing + C

(-) SUJ + V-TO BE PRESENT NEG + V- BASE FORM+ -ing + C

(?) V-TO BE PRESENT + SUJ + V BASE FORM + -ing + C + ?

USES: USEFUL EXPESSIONS:

- habits I smoke (habit) always

usually
- general truths London is a large city (general truth) often
sometimes
- repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and occasionally
wishes: I work in London (unchanging situation) rarely
never
- To give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred
days of the Week
meters, then you turn left.
times of the Day
- To express fixed arrangements, present or future:
Your exam starts at 09.00 every day/week / year

- To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, in winter / spring,…

when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday. once a day
twice a week