�PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE �

Affirmative (+) : S + am/ is/ are + V-ing + O

Negative (-) : S + am/ is/ are + not + V-ing + O

Interrogative (?) : Am/ Is/ Are + S + V-ing + O ?

Notes : am not 🡪 S (I)

aren’t = are not 🡪 S (we/ you/ they/ Ns/es)

isn’t = is not 🡪 S (he/ she/ it/ N no s/es)

Keywords : now, at present, at the moment, right now,

currently

Eg : (+) : Mary is arriving at the airport with her

relatives and neighbors now.

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(-) : Mary isn’t arriving at the airport with her relatives

and neighbors now.

(?) : Is Mary arriving at the airport with her relatives

and neighbors now ?