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THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS QUESTION AND NEGATIVE Uses of the present continuous In English the Present Continuous tense is usually used to express continuing, ongoing actions which are taking place at the moment of speaking or writing. In the examples given below, the verbs in the Present Continuous tense are underlined. E.g. Right now I am cooking supper. At the moment the plane is flying over the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The Present Continuous tense is often used in conversation. E.g." What are you doing?" "I am working on my English assignment" Occasionally, the Present Continuous tense is used to refer to a future event E.g. We are leaving tomorrow a. Question In the Present Continuous, the verb to be acts as an auxiliary. As is the case with other English

tenses, it is the auxiliary which is used to form questions and negative statements. To form a question in the Present Continuous tense, the auxiliary is placed before the subject. For example: Affirmative Statement Question I am working. Am I working? You are working. Are you working? He is working. Is he working? She is working. Is she working? It is working. Is it working? We are working. Are we working? They are working. Are they working?

c. Negative question To form a negative question the auxiliary is placed the subject, and the word not is placed after the subject. the auxiliary is placed the subject, and the word not is placed after the subject. However, when contractions are used, the contracted form of not However, when contractions are used, the contracted form of not follows immediately after the auxiliary. follows immediately after the auxiliary. Although there is no universally accepted contraction for am not, the expression aren't I? Is often used in spoken English. For example :

Affirmative statement N Negative statement I am working. I am not working. You are working. You are not working He is working. He is not working. She is working. She is not working. It is working. It is not working. We are working. We are not working. They are working. They are not working.

c. Negative question To form a negative question, the auxiliary is placed the subject, and the word not is placed after the subject. However, when contractions are used, the contracted form of not follows immediately after the auxiliary. Although there is no universally accepted contraction for am not, the expression aren't I? Is often used in spoken English. For example: Without Contractions With Contractions Am I not? {Aren't I} in spoken Are you not? Aren't you? Is he not? Isn't he? Is she not? Isn't she? Is it not? Isn't it? Are we not? Aren't we? Are they not? Aren't they?

Questions Complete with present continuous N&Q: 1. What ? (she / do) 2. I a letter. (write) 3.We breakfast. (eat) 4.. How's the weather? it ? (rain)

عمل عمل الطالبات عمل سميه سيد عيسى + تسنيم زكور +( طرح اسئلة ) سميه سيد عيسى + تسنيم زكور +( طرح اسئلة ) جودي غنوم ( جامع معلومات ) جودي غنوم ( جامع معلومات ) حنان مارتيني ( ناطق ) حنان مارتيني ( ناطق ) نورهان قجي ( منسق ) نورهان قجي ( منسق ) حنان عباس ( كاتب ) حنان عباس ( كاتب ) علا سحيل ( ضبط الوقت ) علا سحيل ( ضبط الوقت ) الاشراف إنعام مرتيني الاشراف إنعام مرتيني