Definition: It describes the ongoing moment in the present.
Example: She is speaking on the phone.
Helping Verbs: Is/am/are
Sentence structure
- Positive = Subject + is/am/are + Present participle + Object
- Negative = Subject + is not/am not/are not + Present participle + Object
- Interrogative = is/am/are + Subject + Present participle + Object
- Negative Interrogative = isn’t/am not/aren’t + Subject + Present participle + Object?
Positive Sentences
- I am playing video games.
- She and I are doing our homework.
Negative Sentence
- They aren’t cleaning up their rooms.
- He isn’t studying at this moment.
Interrogative Sentences
- Am I coming to visit you?
- Are they traveling to an Asian country?
- Am I going with you?
Interrogative Sentences with (questions word)
- Why is she doing this to us?
- Where are they going tomorrow?
Negative Interrogative Sentences
- Isn’t she dancing to the Calm Down song?
- Aren’t Julia and her husband going to the party?
