Categories: GrammarTenses

Present Continuous Tense in English

Present Continuous Tense indicate an action which is in progress at the time of speaking or at the present time.

Present Forms of the verb “to be”
I	am
He, She, It	is
You, We, You, They	are

POSITIVE FORM (+) :

Subject + BE ( am / is / are ) + Verb-ING

NEGATIVE FORM (-) :

Subject + BE ( am / is / are ) + NOT + Verb-ING

QUESTION FORM (?) :

BE ( am / is / are ) + Subject + Verb-ING

NEGATIVE QUESTION FORM (?):

BE ( am / is / are ) + NOT + Subject + Verb-ING

SHORT ANSWER FORMS ( + / – ) :

YES + Subject + am/is/are

NO + Subject + am/is/are + not

POSITIVE(+)	NEGATIVE(-)	POSITIVE QUESTION (?)	NEGATIVE QUESTION (?)
He is working	He is not (isn’t) working	Is he working	Isn’t he working
She is working	She is not (isn’t) working	Is she working	Isn’t she working
It is working	It is not (isn’t) working	Is it working	Isn’t it working
I am working	I am not working	Am I working	Aren’t I working
You are working	You are not (aren’t) working	Are you working	Aren’t you working
We are working	We are not (aren’t) working	Are we working	Aren’t we working
They are working	They are not (aren’t) working	Are they working	Aren’t they working

Note: Be aware of the use of the first individual person ‘ I ‘.
We use ‘ I ‘ in a negative question form ‘ Aren’t I’ instead of ‘ Am not I ‘.