Helping English

Present Continuous Tense: is used to express continuous action or state of being.

Formula:

              Subject + be (is, am, are) + present participle (verb with ing) + complement

Cues: now, at the moment, these days, right now

Present Continuous for future arrangements

 English speakers often use the present continuous tense to talk about future arrangements. 

Examples:

1. Where are you going, Jim?
2. Hurry up! Our bus is coming.
3. These days he is working on a new project.
4. I wonder what they are doing now.
5. He says he is coming to London next week. (future)

Exercise:  

1. Where is my backpack? It _______________ (lie) on your desk.  [is lying] 
2. Are you free? No, I ________________(write) an important email. [am writing]
3. The bus no. 9 has is here. _________you ________(come) or __________you _________(wait) for a 14?  [Are …coming / are…waiting]
4. It is a Friday evening,  and everybody is at home. Mr. Jim ___________(read) a newspaper, children ______________(do) their homework, and Mrs. Jim _________(cook) dinner. [is reading/ are doing/ is cooking]
5. Mr. Tom is up  and is ___________(get) ready  for the office, and right now he _______________( shave) [ is getting / is shaving]