Welcome to this tutorial.
Today we're going to talk about the present continuous tense.
Let's get started.
Now we use the present continuous what we talk about something happening at the time of speaking or
actions happening around now even though not at the moment of speaking.
Note that this tense also has some future meaning.
Have a look at the example over here.
Hey what are you doing.
I'm working on my thesis.
I am graduating this semester.
Note that in the sentence to present continuous tense is used to talk about something happening at the
moment of speaking and the future
now to form the present continuous tense.
We used to be plus four.
I N G the negative to be plus not plus verb I N G have a look at the examples b no positive sentence
she is sleeping on the couch in the living room negative form she is not sleeping on the couch in the
living room or he isn't sleeping there.
Question form where is he is he sleeping
now when words and an E to form the presence he was tense he get rid of the E and add i n g for example
like liking write writing and when a verb ends in a vowel plus consonant we double the continent plus
i n g for example sits sitting swim swimming and when a verb ends in I E return i e into y and then
add i n g as in ly lying Di dying we can also use the present continuous with phrases such as now.
Right now at the moment today this week etc. Have a look at the example over here I'm quite busy this
year as I'm trying to start my small business.
Note that we use the present continuous to talk about changing situations.
Have a look at the examples we know the population of the world increases very fast.
Note that the increase of the population of the world is a changing situation and so we must say the
population of the world is increasing very fast.