Transcript singular plural

Present Continuous Tense
Present Countinuous Tense
Affirmative form
singular
plural
I am working
we are working
you are working
you are working
he/she/it is working they are working
Present Countinuous Tense
• How to add –ing ending to the verb
1. wait/waiting (beating, carrying, enjoying)
2. write/writing (coming, having, making)
3. run/running (hitting, letting, putting)
4. begin/beginning (forgetting, upsetting,
preferring)
* -ic at the end of the verb changes to –ick:
panic/panicking, picnic/picniking * tie/tying
Present Countinuous Tense
Negative form
singular
I am not working
you are not working
he/she/it is not working
plural
we are not working
you are not working
they are not working
Present Countinuous Tense
Interogative form
singular
plural
am I working
are we working
are you working
are you working
is he/she/it working are they working
Present Countinuous Tense
USE
• Actions or events which are in progress at
the moment of speaking
e.g. He’s talking to his girlfriend on the
phone.
*Adverbials: now, at the moment, just, still
(to emphasise duration: He’s still talking to
his girlfriend on the phone.)
Present Countinuous Tense
USE
• Actions which may not have been
happening long, or which are in progress
for a limited period
e.g. What is your dooughter doing these
days? She’s studying English.
• 1. Such situations may not be happening
at the moment of speaking.
e.g. Don’t take thet ladder away. Your
father’s using them.
Present Countinuous Tense
USE
• 2. Temporary events may be in progress
at the moment of speaking.
e.g. The river’s flowing very fast after last
night’s rain.
• 3. To describe current trends.
e.g. People are becoming less tolerant of
smoking these days.
Present Countinuous Tense
USE
• To refer to actions planned for future.
e.g. We’re spending next winter in
Australia.
• For travel arrangements (associated with
future arrival and depature), with verbs like
arrive, come, go, leave
e.g. He’s arriving tomorrow morning on the
13.27 train.
Present Countinuous Tense
USE
• The adverbs always, constantly,
continually, forever, repeatedly can be
used to describe continually repeated
actions.
e.g. I’m always hearing strange stories
about him.
• When something happens too often
(habitual annoying actions).
e.g. He’s always interrupting.