1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN TV SERIESor
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
TENSE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN TV SERIES

2. USE: to talk about actions that are happening right now
I am teaching and you are listening to me.
Someone is talking outside.
A mobile phone is ringing.
to talk about something that is happening (these days), but not necessarily right now
You are studying at the Faculty of Economics.

3. FORM: Subject + to be + verb+ing
Negatives and Questions in the Present Continuous Tense
Statement
Yes/no question
Wh- question
I am eating.
Am I eating?
What am I eating?
You are crying.
Are you crying?
Why are you crying?
He is going.
Is he going?
Where is he going?
She is arriving.
Is she arriving?
When is she arriving?
It is sleeping.
Is it sleeping?
Why is it sleeping?
We are leaving.
Are we leaving?
When are we leaving?
They are arguing.
Are they arguing?
Why are they arguing?
Negative
I am not eating.
You are not crying.
He is not going.
She is not arriving.
It is not sleeping.
We are not leaving.
They are not arguing.

4. Questions and Negatives
To be + subject + verb + ing +...?
WH-word + to be + subject + verb + ing + ...
Negatives:
Subject + to be + not + verb + ing ...

6. TIME EXPRESSIONS now / right now nowadays at the moment
this year / this term
for the time being
currently
Listen! Look!....

7. NON-CONTINUOUS VERBS also called stative verbs
not generally used in progressive tenses
they refer to the things that are true (the truth generally doesn’t change)
verbs about:
thoughts
possession
emotions
body senses
other (opinion, definition etc.)

8. List of non-continuous verbs:

16. PRESENT SIMPLE vs. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

17. Any Questions?
present simple vs continuous exercises