Present Progressive

Present Progressive(I'm working)

1. We form the Present Progressive in this way:

Positive
I	am/'m
You/We/They	are/'re	working now.
He/She/It	is/'s

Negative
I	am not/'m not
You/We/They	are not/'re not/aren't	working now.
He/She/It	is not/'snot/isn't

Questions
Where	am	I
Where	are	you/we/they	working now?
Where	Is	he/she/it

2. To make the -ing form, we add -ing:

walk → walking	go → going

There are some exceptions:

• verbs ending with -e:

-e→-ing:	come → coming

but: see → seeing

• verbs ending with -ie:

-ie→ying:	lie →*lying

• verbs ending with one vowel (a,e,i,o,u)and one consonant (b,c,d,f,g,k,l,m,n,p...):

-t→-tting:	sit→sitting	run→running

3. Look at this picture of Mike:

We use the Present Continuous for things that are happening now:

Where's Mike? ~ He's sitting outside.

We also use the Present Continuous for things that are happening for a period of time around now, but not at the moment we speak:

Mike is building his own house.

Other Source

• Englishpage Present Continuous