PRESENT CONTINUOUS exercises

1. affirmative sentences fill in the blanks exercise
2. negative sentences fill in the blanks exercise
3. questions fill in the blanks exercise

About PRESENT CONTINUOUS tense

The present continuous tense is formed with the subject plus the present particle form (-ing) of the main verb and the present continuous tense of the verb to be: am, is, are . This tense is a grammatical tense that can be used to describe when an action happened, or may happen. You can use it to describe both events that are happening in the present – right now, while you are talking about something.

The form is: Subject + Be + Verb with ING.

Positive/affirmative sentences - e. g.

She is working at the moment.
I am playing football now.

Negative forms of present continuous are used to talk about things that are NOT happening at the time of speaking. To create a negative sentence with the present continuous, add not after the auxiliary to be or shorter way of negative form of not to be is: isn't, aren't, I'm not .

The form is: Subject + Be + Not + Verb with ING.

Negative sentences - e. g.

He is not working very hard.
You are not driving fast enough.

Present continuous questions are created by moving the verb BE to the beginning of the sentence. It's simple and easy here are the rules:
To Be + subject + verb with ING?

Questions - e. g.

Am I going on holiday this summer?
Is she playing football at the moment?

VERB PLAY in PRESENT CONTINUOUS

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTIONS
I	I am playing	I am not playing	Am I playing?
He, She, It	He is playing She is playing It is playing	He isn't playing She isn't playing It isn't playing	Is he playing? Is she playing? Is it playing?
We, You, They	We are playing You are playing They are playing	We aren't playing You aren't playing They aren't playing	Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing?

VERB WATCH in PRESENT CONTINUOUS

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTIONS
I	I am watching	I am not watching	Am I watching?
He, She, It	He is watching She is watching It is watching	He isn't watching She isn't watching It isn't watching	Is he watching? Is she watching? Is it watching?
We, You, They	We are watching You are watching They are watching	We aren't watching You aren't watching They aren't watching	Are we watching? Are you watching? Are they watching?