PRESENT SIMPLE CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE CONTINUOUS

SUBJECT + AM / ARE / IS + VERB-ing + (Complements)

STATEMENT
You are listening to the radio
He is coming from school by car
You are being an animal

NEGATION
You are not listening to the radio
He is not coming from school by car
You are not being an animal

INTERROGATION
Are you listening to the radio?
Is he coming from school by car?
Are you being an animal?

TIME EXPRESSIONS: (If placed at the beginning, separated by commas)

• NOW / RIGHT NOW
• AT THE MOMENT
• TODAY
• THIS DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR, … CENTURY
• THESE DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS, … CENTURIES

USES:

• An action happening now: I am phoning from a call-box
• A temporary activity: She is watching a movie on TV
• Future arrangement: Peter is leaving tomorrow
• Simultaneous actions in the present: I am listening to the radio while I am having a bath
• With ALWAYS to show annoyance (irritation) or surprise: She is always laughing


STATIVE VERBS:• They cannot be used in the progressive form
• They are used to express feelings, likes and dislikes, possession and mental activities:

- LOVE, HATE, WANT
- LIKE, DISLIKE
- OWN, HAVE GOT
- THINK, REMEMBER, KNOW, UNDERSTAND, BELIEVE




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