Present Continuous Tense

Form

Positive


Subject + am/ is/ are + Verb - INGShe is writing to her grandma now.

Negative


Subject + am/ is/ are + not + Verb – ING

Is not = isn’t

Are not = aren’tShe isn’t writing to her grandma now.

Question

Am/ is/ are + Subject + Verb – ING? 

Is she writing to her grandma now?

Usages

To talk about things which are happening at the moment of speaking

Don’t go out. It’s raining outside now.

To talk about things which occur again and again (a complaint)

He’s always talking in class.

To talk about things which are planned or arranged in the near future

I am leaving for London tomorrow.

To talk about things which are changing or developing

More and more English centres are mushrooming nowadays.

Signal words:

at the moment, now / just now / right now, look, listen