{"id":128,"date":"2017-04-18T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2019-10-24T21:33:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:03:06","slug":"present-continuous-tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/present-continuous-tense","title":{"rendered":"Present Continuous Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tense is used to represent a thing that happens\/happening when we speak about it. The format of a present continuous sentence is given below<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sub + is\/am\/are + verb + ing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Time Words<\/h3>\n<p>Normally the below forms of verbs are found in this type of sentence.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At present, at the moment, at this time, today, tonight, at this moment, at this evening, tomorrow morning, still, now, now a days etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eg:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My uncle is working in this factory at present.<\/li>\n<li>I am watching a movie now.<\/li>\n<li>Jose is travelling by a train today to attend a conference.<\/li>\n<li>He is still playing with the children.<\/li>\n<li>They are trying to solve the problem at present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Present continuous tense is also used to say about an event which is about to happen in the near future (an immediate future action) or a pre-planned event.<\/p>\n<p>Eg:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My sister is going to be married soon.<\/li>\n<li>My father is coming from Delhi tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Present continuous tense is also used to tell about a change in the habitual action or about a temporary action.<\/p>\n<p>Eg:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students usually go to school by bus but today they are going on foot.<\/li>\n<li>Uncle drinks coffee every evening but today he is drinking milk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Non-conclusive verbs or stative verbs<\/h2>\n<p>There are some verbs in English that cannot be written in the ing form or gerund. Such verbs are called as Non-conclusive verbs or stative verbs.<\/p>\n<p>So these verbs cannon be used in any of the continuous tenses (present continuous tense, past continuous tense, future continuous tense, present perfect continuous tense, past perfect continuous tense, future perfect continuous tense).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>start, agree, appear, believe, belong, close, contain, deserve, desire, differ, disappear, dislike, equal, except, feel, forget, forgive, hate, hear, imagine, keep, know, like, love, matter, mean, mind, notice, open, over, own, possess, recognise, refuse, remember, see, seem, smell, suppose, taste, think, tough, trust, understand, want, wish<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Prev: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/simple-present-tense\">Simple Present Tense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/present-perfect-tense\">Present Perfect Tense<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tense is used to represent a thing that happens\/happening when we speak about it. The format of a present continuous sentence is given below Sub + is\/am\/are + verb + ing Time Words Normally the below forms of verbs are found in this type of sentence. At present, at the moment, at this time, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":2080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-english"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7pDEj-24","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/simple-present-tense","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":0},"title":"Simple Present Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"April 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Simple Present Tense is used to represent habitual action, universal truth, things that never change etc. The form of a Simple Present Tense Sentence is given below. Sub + Present form of the verb + Obj Or Sub + do\/does + verb You can easily identify a simple Present tense\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/category\/english"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/present-perfect-tense","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":1},"title":"Present Perfect Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"April 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"If the result of a previously finished work still exist then it is said in Present Perfect Tense. i.e. this tense is used to say that an action has already completed just before we say about it. 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Sub + past form of the verb + obj or Sub + did + verb + obj Simple Past Tense should be used in sentences which contain time words which represent the past like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/category\/english"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":206,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/future-continuous-tense","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":4},"title":"Future Continuous Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"October 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Future Continuous Tense is used to say that an action will be continuing in the future at a fixed time. When we use the word \u201cWhen\u201d to connect two sentences to use future continuous tense, the sentence that comes along with when is used in simple present tense and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/category\/english"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":199,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/simple-future-tense","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":5},"title":"Simple Future Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"October 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Simple Future Tense is used to say that an action will occur in future or something will be done in future. 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