Present Continuous Tense

Form

Positive	Subject + am/ is/ are + Verb - ING She is writing to her grandma now.
Negative	Subject + am/ is/ are + not + Verb – ING Is not = isn’t Are not = aren’t She isn’t writing to her grandma now.
Question	Am/ is/ are + Subject + Verb – ING? Is she writing to her grandma now?

Usages

To talk about things which are happening at the moment of speaking

Don’t go out. It’s raining outside now.

To talk about things which happen again and again (a complaint)

He’s always talking in class.

To talk about things which are planned or arranged in the near future

I am leaving for London tomorrow.

To talk about things which are changing or developing

More and more English centers are mushrooming nowadays.

Signal words:

at the moment, now / just now / right now, look, listen

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Present Continuous Tense

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