Present Continuous Tense

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Present Continuous Tense

• FORM S AM/IS/ARE V-ING
• SIGN The Present Continuous usually goes with
  now, at the present, at the moment, at this
  time
• USES The Present Continuous is used
• - For an action in progress at the moment of
  speaking.
• EX He is waiting for you outside now.

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• - For something that is happening around the time
  of speaking but not necessarily at the moment of
  speaking.
• EX Im writing a novel at the moment.
• - For a changing situation.
• EX The world population is increasing so
  rapidly.
• - For a definite arrangement about the near
  future.
• EX We are visiting him this Sunday.

3

• - With always to express the speakers
  annoyance about something.
• EX Tom is always getting home late.
• - For a temporary action.
• EX Im walking to school today because my bike
  got punctured.

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• VERBS WITHOUT CONTINUOUS FORM
• The following verbs are not normally used in the
  continuous forms
• - Verbs of the senses feel (vi), hear, see,
  smell (vi), notice, look (vi), sound, taste (vi).
• - Verbs of feelings and emotions admire, detest,
  dislike, fear, hate, loathe, love, mind, want,
  wish.

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• - Verbs of mental activity agree, assume,
  believe, forget, know, perceive, realize, recall,
  recognize, remember, suppose, think, understand.
• - Verbs of possession own, have, belong,
  possess, owe.