2. Use An action that is going on at the moment of speech. It expresses a temporary (short term) action.

3. Verb Forms I am He She is Gerund It You They are We

4. Examples I am eating my breakfast now. He is working on a new project. They are painting their house.

5. Negatives and Questions Negatives By adding not to verb to be. am not - is not - are not Examples. I am not listening to music. I am watching TV. He isn’t working on a new project. Questions By swapping the position of verb to be and the subject Examples. Are you listening to music? Yes, I am. / No, I am not What are you listening to?

6. Signal Words now at the moment right now still * Note that these are only some examples of signal words that can be used with present progressive.