Present Continuous

 

S+	am	+Ving		Виражає дію, що відбувається: 1) в момент мовлення (now, at the moment); 2) в даний період часу; 3) яку ви намірені здійснити в найближчий час.
is
are

Illustrative situation:

It’s autumn. The weather is bad. It’s raining heavily. People are hurrying along the street. A young man is standing at a bus stop. He is waiting for his girlfriend. She is late. She is not coming.

 

I’m (am) I’m not	standing.		Where	am	I	standing?
He	‘s (is) isn’t		is	he
She It		she it
We	‘re (are) aren’t		are	we
You		you
They		they
				Who is standing?

Remember:дієслова to love, to like, to hate, to want, to wish, to see, to hear, to feel, to notice, to know, to understand, to remember не вживаються в часах групи Continuous.