Zusammenfassung der Ressource
present continuous
- form
- To form the present continuous auxiliary verb "to be" and the gerund ( infinitive + "-ing ") is used the
verb.
- Structure
- Affirmative
- Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + gerund .
- example
- i am talking
- Negative
- Subject + auxiliary verb (to be) + auxiliary negative (no) + gerund .
- example
- i am not talking
- Question
- Auxiliary verb (to be) + subject + gerund ?
- example
- are you talking?
- uses
- 1. the present continuous used to talk about something what is happening when we talk.
- 2. We also use it to talk about something that is happening today but not necessarily as we speak. In
this case , time expressions as " currently" are used , " Lately " or " these days " .
- 3. We use the present continuous to talk about something that is already decided to be made in the
future next . Their use indicates that it is fairly certain that will happen as planned .