Negatives in the present continuous are formed by adding not or n't after the verb BE: Positive sentence do becomes doing ask becomes asking. Video lesson: Present Continuous for long Temporary situations and action with exampless The Past Continuous is used to talk about an action at one moment in the past or the general situation. Present perfect tense is also used for actions completed in the recent past, not very long time ago. one-syllable verbs. Forming the present continuous The present continuous of any verb is composed of two parts - the present tense of the verb to be + the present participle of the main verb. Complete overview of Present Continuous forms including positive forms, negative forms and question forms. silent 'e' When the verb ends with a silent e, drop the e and add-ing:. In the present continuous tense, negative forms are made using NOT, and question forms are made by changing the word order of the sentence. Some stative verbs can be used as action verbs so there are some exceptions. For example: 'smell' - It smells good. This page explains the rules. It is also called present progressive tense. continuous verbs. make becomes making take becomes taking . Give your students simple examples of the present continuous and practice turning them into negative statements using the negative form. The present continuous, in the affirmative form, is used to confirm situations that are going on around the moment of speaking.. Used as such, the "to be" verb works like an adjective: "The Mercedes is faster than the Fiat," or "The Mercedes is the fastest car on the lot. For example, I am eating the meal. The present perfect tense form of a verb has two parts: The present tense form of ‘to be’ – known as helping verb or auxillary verb; Past participle form of the main verb. The present continuous (also known as the present progressive) is a very common English verb form used to describe actions that are happening right now or during this period of time.About 5% of verbs in spoken English are in the present continuous tense. Translate lie in context, with examples of use and definition. The comparative or superlative form to make a comparison between people, places, objects, and ideas. Forming a negative . For short, one-syllable verbs, that end with consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC), we must double the last consonant and then add -ing: To make continuous verbs add-ing to the base verb:. 1. (The form of the present participle is: base+ing, e.g. Conjugate the English verb lie: indicative, past tense, participle, present perfect, gerund, conjugation models and irregular verbs. 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