English Course: Progressive Present

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Subject + am/is/are + 1 + ing go went gone
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I am going I am not going Am I going?
You are going You are not going Are you going?
He is going He is not going Is he going?
She is going She is not going Is she going?
It is going It is not going Is it going?
We are going We are not going Are we going?
You are going You are not going Are you going?
They are going They are not going Are they going?
Affirmative Subjetc + am/is/are + 1 + ing
I am going to New Yorw Estoy yendo a New York
He is going to New York El esta yendo a New York
Negative Subjetc + am/is/are + not + 1 + ing
I am not going to New York No estoy yendo a New York
He is not going to New York El no esta yendo a New York
Interrogative Am/Is/Are + subject + 1 + ing + ?
Am I going to New York? ¿Estoy yendo a New York?
Is he going to New York ¿El esta yendo a New York?

Uses of the present continuous.

Actions that occur at the moment of speaking.

Lucas is getting up now.

My wife is having lunch now.

Future plans have been confirmed.

The manager is meeting me tonight.

They are arriving tomorrow morning.

Actions that will take place in the near future and on which a firm resolution has been taken.

I am going to visit their office in Caracas next week.

Habitual actions with a negative meaning that carry always.

Mike is always talking nonsense.

He is always annoying his friends.

Usual expressions of the present simple

the next, at momet, now, in this week, on Sunday, this evening, tomorrow