PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We form the present continuous used the verb to be and add ing to the base form the main verb.
For example: snow - snowing
rain -raining

We use the present continuous to talk:

-Actions happening now, at the moment of speaking
We use this tense with now, at present and at the moment:

She´s playing basketball now
He isn´t wrinting at the moment

-Most verb take ing after the base form of the main verb. Sleep- sleeping

-Verbs ending in a stressed vowel and a consonant double the consonant and take ing swim swimming

-Verbs ending in e disappear the e and take ing shine- shining

AFIRMATIVE FORM

Pronoun +verb to be + main verb +ing

I am sleeping

You are sleeping

He is sleeping
She is sleeping
It is sleeping

We are sleeping
You are sleeping
They are sleeping


NEGATIVE FORM

Pronoun+ negative form to be+ main verb +ing

contrations

I am not- (¨m not¨) sleeping
You are not (aren´t) sleeping

He is not - ( he isn´t) sleeping
She is not - ( she isn´t) sleeping
It is not -(it i sn´t) sleeping

We are not -(we aren´t) sleeping
You are not (you aren´t) sleeping
they are not -(they aren´t) sleeping

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Verb to be pronoun+ main verb +ing

SHORT ANSWERS

Am I sleeping ? -Yes, I am/ No, I am not

Are you sleeping ? - Yes, I am/ I am not


Is He sleeping?-Yes he is /no, he isn´t
Is She sleeping?- Yes she is/ No, she isn´t
It is sleeping? -Yes it is/ No, it isn´t


Are we sleeping ? Yes, we are/ No, we aren´t
Are you sleeping ? Yes, you are/ No, you aren´t
Are they sleeping?yes , they are/No, they aren´t

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes/present_continuous.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/present_cont.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3438