Examples Of Continuous Tense Present Sentences And Meaning

An example of the present continuous tense sentence. (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA - Present Continuous Tense is a type of tense in English that must be studied. This tense serves to state events that are happening or taking place that are relatively close to talking. What are the examples of present continuous tense sentences? Check out the review below!

Quoted from the book Mahir Mastering 16 Tenses by M. Fakeh, the continuous tense presentation is useful to state an activity/acts/event that is currently happening when discussed. In addition, this tense is also used to state events that are currently happening around now at certain times or habits that are ongoing and continue.

Still quoted from the same book, below is the present continuous tense formula for positive, negative, and interrogative sentences.

Subject (I/You/He/She/It/We/They) + to be (am/is/are) + Verb -ing.

Example: I am drinking a coffee right now.

Subject (I/You/He/She/It/We/They) + to be (am/is/are) + not + Verb -ing.

Example: She is not eating at the restaurant at the moment.

To be (Am/Is/Are) + subject + Verb -ing?

Example: Are you listening the radio today?

For the record, in this tense we can also take advantage of time information, for example now, today, at this time, right now, at present, and at the moment.

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