PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

"We are learning about this tense"

"We are learning about this tense"

form

meaning

use

FORM: Affirmative

am

explaining the structure

HeSheIt

dancing with someone

is

YouWeThey

paying attention

are

FORM: Negative

am not

eating right now

HeSheIt

drinking soda now

is not

YouWeThey

are not

watching movies

FORM: Question

Am

understanding this explanation?

hesheit

Is

organizing the information?

youwethey

Are

enjoying the presentation?

spelling rules

flying

going

saying

vowel + consonant + e

takecomelose

taking a walkcoming right nowlosing weight

One syllable: consonant + vowel + consonant

cutting

stopping

swimming

fixing the TV.blowing the whistleplaying with a toy

Exceptionsx, w, y

liedie

lying about him

MEANING

USE

• To show that an ongoing action is happening now either at the moment of speech.

• To show that an action is going to take place in the near future.

• To show that an action is happening around the present