Present Continuous

We use Present Continuous Tense:
- to talk about actions which are happening at the present moment, but will soon finish.
ex: I'm playing tennis now.
- for temporary situations:
ex: I'm reading a good book.
- annoying habits:
ex: You're always screaming too much.
- a situation which is changing:
ex: He's getting better with his English.

Time expressions for Present Continuous Tense: at the moment, these days, now, nowadays.
*notice that the time expressions can come at the start or at the end of the sentence!!
ex: She is watching TV at the moment.
     Paul is living to London these days.
     What are you doing now?

How to form Present Continuous:
Affirmative: 
S+ aux Be (am, is, are)+ Verb+ ING- He is cooking with his brother.
Negative:
S+ aux Be+ NOT+ Verb+ ING- He isn't cooking with his brother.
Interrogative: 
Aux Be+ S+ Verb+ ING- Is he cooking with his brother?

How to spell the Present Continuous:

a. Basic rule- add - ING to the base verb
ex: working, playing, eating

There are some exceptions, like:
1. if the verb ends in consonant+ stressed vowel+ consonant, double the last letter;
ex: stop- stopping, shop- shopping, begin- beginning, run- running etc.
2. if the verb ends in E, we remove it and add ING;
ex: write- writing, dance- dancing, prove- proving, come- coming etc.
3. if the verb ends in IE, change it in Y;
ex: lie- lying, die- dying, tie- tying
4. we add K to verbs ending in C;
picnic- picnicking

A simple conjugation with Present Continuous:
I am eating                          
You are eating
He is eating
She is eating
It is eating
We are eating
You are eating
They are eating


*We can't use this tense or any other continuous tense with state verbs.
( love, like, dislike, detest, prefer, adore, hate, wish, desire, imagine, forget, hear, smell, taste etc. )