PPRESENTRESENT P PROGRESSIVEROGRESSIVE T TENSEENSE

RULESWE USE THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE WHEN THE ACTION IS:

- happening at or around the time of speaking (now)- temporary (but not necessarily now)- changing+ fixed arrangements (near future), distancing…

FORMS+ AFFIRMATIVE - NEGATIVE ? INTERROGATIVE

I am I a

m Am IYou

are

Youare Are

youWe hard today. We hard today. we hard today?They

working this week. The

ynot

working this week. they

working this week?

Heis

on a project. He

is

on a project.

Ishe on a

project?She She sheIt It it

WH- QUESTIONSam I

are

youWher

e we hard today?

- they

working this week?

Whyis

he on a project?

sheit

SHORT ANSWERS

YES,

I AM.

YES,

he

IS.NO,

I ‘M NOT.

NO,

he

ISN'T.you she you sh

ewe ARE

. it we AREN'T. itthey

they

KEY WORDSnow at the moment currently presently today this evening this weekNOTE: ‘always’ can be used with a progressive form to mean very often/too much (when something is irritating)