Present continuous
USE
For actions that are happening NOW
For actions that are happening during THIS PERIOD of time
KEY WORDS
NOW/RIGHT NOW
AT THIS MOMENT
TODAY
THESE DAYS, etc
GRAMMAR RULES
Affirmative: subject + am/ is/ are + verb -ing
I am learning
Negative:
subject + am not (¨m not) / are not (aren´t) / is not (isn´t) + verb -ing
I´m not learning
Question: Am/ is/ are + subject+ verb -ing ?
Are you reading right now?
VERBS
Add -ING talkING
Ending in E, remove E and add ING comING
Ending IE change them to YING dYING
One syllable verbs ending in vowel + consonant, double the final consonant + ING runNING