Present Continuous 2 (LESSON)

We form Present Continuous questions like this:

Questions

Singular

Am I crying?

Are you crying?

Is she/he/it crying?

Plural

Are we crying?

Are you crying?

Are they crying?

We do not usually use the Present Continuous to talk about thoughts or opinions:

I like winter season. (NOT I'm liking winter season.)

I know this song. (NOT I'm knowing this song.)

We do not usually these following verbs in the Present Continuous:

VERBS TO MEMORIZE:

hate, believe, want, remember, understand, need, know, mean, love, like, forget, prefer

There are some rules about the verb think and have:

to express opinions, we cannot use "think" in the Present Continuous:

I think she's beautiful. (NOT I'm thinking he's nice.)

to talk about an action, we can use "think" in the Present Continuous:

She's thinking about her exam.

to talk about possessions, we cannot use "have" in the Present Continuous:

I have a ticket. (NOT I am having a ticket.)

to talk about actions, we can use "have" in the Present Continuous:

I'm having lunch. They're having fun together.

We ask "How are you?" by using three common questions in the Present Continuous:

How 's it going?

How are you getting on?

How are you doing?

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