The Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about actions happening right now or around the present time. Here are four sentence structures with simple example sentences:
- Affirmative:
- Structure: Subject + am/is/are + verb (-ing) + object.
- Example sentences:
- She is reading a book.
- I am cooking dinner.
- They are playing outside.
- Negative:
- Structure: Subject + am/is/are + not + verb (-ing) + object.
- Example sentences:
- They are not playing football.
- He is not studying right now.
- We are not watching a documentary.
- Interrogative (Question):
- Structure: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb (-ing) + object?
- Examples sentences:
- Is he watching TV?
- Are you going to the market?
- Am I doing this correctly?
- Interrogative (Wh-Question):
- Structure: Wh-question word + am/is/are + subject + verb (-ing) + object?
- Example sentences:
- What are you doing now?
- Where is she going?
- Why are they laughing?