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** Present Continous **   media type="custom" key="3735049"

The Present Continuous is used for actions that are happening around the present time. For example, "I am studying English" means that I am in the process of studying English now.

=__**Form**__=

The Present Continuous is formed by adding the verb "to be" and the -//ing// form


 * **Positive - FULL FORM**

I am studying You are studying She is studying He is studying It is studying We are studying You are studying They are studying ||~  ||~   ||~   ||~   ||~   || **Positive - SHORT FORM**

I'm studying You're studying She's studying He's studying It's studying We're studying You're studying They're studying ||

For negatives we simply add not after the auxilary verb "to be", for example: - I am playing - I am **not** playing.


 * **Negative - FULL FORM**

I am not studying You are not studying She is not studying He is not studying It is studying We are not studying You are not studying They are not studying ||~  ||~   ||~   ||~   ||~   || **Negative - SHORT FORM**

I'm not studying You aren't studying She isn't studying He isn't studying It isn't studying We aren't studying You aren't studying They aren't studying ||

For questions we invert the subject and auxiliary verb //to be//, for example: - **You are** playing - **Are you** playing?


 * **Questions**

Am I studying? Are you studying? Is he studying? Is she studying? Is it studying? Are we studying? Are you studying? Are they studying? ||

=__Usage__=

The Present Continuous is used for actions happening at the present time. For example:

- We are studying English. - You are using a computer.

The Present Continuous is also used for processes happening around the present time. For example:

- It is raining today. - I am working in Paris this month. - The world is turning.

The time period of the first sentence is today, the second sentence one month, and the third sentence forever, but all of these sentences are about processes that happen around the present. They started before the present, are happening now, and will continue after the present. This is a key idea of the Present Continuous.

The Present Continuous is also used for repeated actions or habits. Such repetition is seen as one continuing process. For example:

- I am getting up early this week.

Obviously I'm not getting up just one time for a whole week, but during one week I will get up early every day, so this can be seen as one process. The Present Continuous is also used for future arrangements at a particular time. For example:

- I'm going to Rome at 10.30 tomorrow. - She's coming to my apartment this evening.

=__Spelling__=

To make the -//ing// form, also known as the present participle, we usually add -//ing// to the verb. For example:

- study - studying - eat - eating - jump - jumping


 * For __verbs ending in -//e//__, we **leave out the -//e//** and add -//ing//. For example:

- write - writing: not media type="custom" key="3735119" - skate - skating: not media type="custom" key="3735121"


 * For __verbs ending in a vowel and a consonant__, we **usually double the last consonant** and add -//ing//. For example:

- run - running: not media type="custom" key="3735123" - cut - cutting: not media type="custom" key="3735125"


 * For __verbs ending in -ie__, we **change the -ie to -y** and add -ing. For example:

- lie - lying: not media type="custom" key="3735117"

