Present Continuous Tense – Detailed Expression

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

Present Continuous Tense – Detailed Expression

Present Continuous Tense - Detailed Expression


POSITIVE (+)NEGATIVE (-)QUESTION (?)
I am startingI am not startingAm I starting
You are startingYou are not startingAre you starting
He is startingHe is not startingIs he starting
She is startingShe is not startingIs she starting
It is startingIt is not startingIs it starting
We are startingWe are not startingAre we starting
You are startingYou are not startingAre you starting
They are startingThey are not startingAre they starting




Present Continuous Tense - Detailed Expression

Positive Sentences

  • Sheis listening the music now.
  • We are learning English at this moment.
  • My mother is cooking dinner in the kitchen now.
  • At present, children are doing a lot of things that can not be done before.
  • She is having breakfast at the moment.
  • Look! A car is coming.

Negative Sentences

  • Sheis not listening the music now.
  • We are not learning English at this moment.
  • My mother is not cooking dinner in the kitchen now.
  • Children are not happily playing.
  • I am not having breakfast at the moment.
  • That car is  not coming here.

Question Sentences

  • Is she listening the music now?
  • Are they learning English at this moment?
  • Isyour mother cooking dinner in the kitchen now?
  • Are children happily playing?
  • Am having breakfast at the moment?
  • Is that car coming here?