The document discusses the present continuous tense in English. It notes that the present continuous is used to describe temporary or repetitive actions happening now. It provides examples of its use and lists signal words that indicate the present continuous. The document also covers the formation of the present participle ("-ing" verb form), exceptions to this formation, and the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the present continuous tense.

1. Tenses (II) – Present
continuous (1)

2. Use
 Temporary events and actions.
E.g: - I’m reading a mistery novel.
 To stress the repetetiveness of an action.
E.g: - She’s always crying!
 Signal words:
• at the moment
• at this moment
• today
• now
• right now
• Listen!
• Look!
• (...)

3. Use
 Exceptions.
• Silent e  is dropped (NOT APPLY FOR –ee)
E.g: come – coming / agree – agreeing
• After a short, stressed vowel  final consonant is doubled
E.g: sit – sitting
• After a vowel, the final consonant “l” is doubled
E.g: travel - travelling
• Final “ie”  becomes “y”
lie - lying

4. Affirmative form
I am  “am”  I
you are  “is”  he, she, it and the
he/she/it is singular form of nouns
we are
 “are”  you, we, they and
you are
the plural form of nouns
they are
 Subject + verb “to be” + verb –ing + ...
E.g: - I am watching TV.

5. Negative form
 We put “not” between the form of be and the verb –ing. (subject + verb “to
be” + NOT + verb –ing + ...)
E.g: I’m not watching TV.

6. Interrogative form
 We swop the places of subject and the form of be. (verb “to be” + subject +
verb –ing + ...?)
E.g: Are you watching TV?