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Present Continuous appears in school exams and competitive exams like SSC and Bank PO English sections. Practising with exam-style questions improves accuracy and speed.

Present Continuous

Tenses elementary easy

Actions happening now or around now.

Tenses — Expressing time: present, past and future.

Rules

1. Form: am/is/are + verb-ing — She is reading. 2. Negative: am/is/are + not + verb-ing. 3. Question: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb-ing? 4. Uses: action in progress (I am cooking), temporary situations (He is staying with us), near future plans (We are leaving tomorrow). 5. State verbs do not normally take continuous: I like (not "am liking") this song.

Explanation

Present continuous shows an unfinished action at the moment of speaking. Pair it with now, at the moment, currently, today.

हिंदी में

Present continuous अभी चल रही क्रिया या नज़दीकी योजना के लिए है — am/is/are + क्रिया में -ing।

Examples

She is cooking dinner now. — वह अभी रात का खाना बना रही है।
We are moving to Pune next month. — हम अगले महीने पुणे जा रहे हैं।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"He is knowing the answer.","correction":"He knows the answer.","note":"State verbs do not take continuous."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Complete: "Be quiet! The teacher ___."

speaks
is speaking
spoke
speak

Answer: is speaking

💡 Happening now → is speaking.

Q2. Which sentence contains an error?

We are planning a trip.
He is believing in ghosts.
The plane is taking off.
I am learning to drive.

Answer: He is believing in ghosts.

💡 Believe is stative → "He believes in ghosts".

Q3. Fill in the blank: "___ you coming to the party tonight?"

Are
Is
Do
Does

Answer: Are

💡 Question about an arrangement → are + subject + -ing.

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Present Simple	elementary	Habits, facts and routines in the present.
Present Perfect	intermediate	Past actions connected to the present.
Present Perfect Continuous	intermediate	Actions that started in the past and continue to now.
Past Simple	elementary	Completed actions in finished time.
Past Continuous	intermediate	Actions in progress at a point in the past.
Past Perfect	intermediate	The earlier of two past actions.