The document provides information about the present continuous tense in English. It gives examples of verbs in the present continuous affirmative and negative forms using the verbs "dance", "cook", "play", "read". It also discusses the use of the present continuous to talk about temporary actions happening at the present time and lists some common time expressions used with the present continuous tense.

1. The PRESENT CONTINUOUS

2. Present Continuous What are they doing now? eat // ice-cream She is eating an ice-cream dance They are dancing . have // a shower He is having a shower.

3. cry Is the boy crying ? Yes, he is . The boy is crying . cook // pancakes play // the violin Is the man cooking pancakes? No, he isn’t . The man is playing the violin. read // the newspaper Is she reading the newspaper? Yes, she is. She is reading the newspaper.

4. The Present Continuous AFFIRMATIVE I am danc ing You are danc ing He / She / It is danc ing We are danc ing You are danc ing They are danc ing Verb: Dance FORM: Verb TO BE (simple present) + MAIN VERB ending in -ING USE:  To talk about actions happening at or around the moment of speaking (temporary actions)

5. NEGATIVE I am not dancing You are not dancing He / She / It is not dancing We are not dancing you are not dancing They are not dancing INTERROGATIVE Am I dancing ? Are you dancing ? Is he / she / it dancing ? Are we dancing ? Are you dancing ? Are they dancing ? Verb: Dance The Present Continuous

6. SPELLING RULES Some verbs ending in –e drop the –e and take the –ing suffix writ e  writ ing tak e  tak ing but s ee  s eeing Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants , double the last consonant and take the –ing suffix sit  si tt ing swim  swi mm ing but open  open ing Verbs ending in –l , double the –l and take the –ing suffix trave l  trave ll ing Verbs ending in –ie , drop the –ie and take –y + ing lie  l y ing die  d y ing

7. TIME EXPRESSIONS Time Expressions used with the PRESENT CONTINUOUS are: now at the moment at present these days