◼️ Present Continuous Tense
(am/is/are + ing-form)
🔷 This tense is used in the following situations :
a) Action in progress :
I am writing this lesson.
Mina is singing.
(Singular noun and he, she, it - take is after them)
You are reading a poem.
b) Temporary activity :
Yasmin is studying English.
Rahman is staying with his uncle.
c) Future Action :
My brother is leaving Dhaka for New York next month.
Hamid is going to Bangkok tomorrow.
d) Emotional comment on present habit :
Kamal is always complaining.
📃 Examples of Present Continuous Tense in the following paragraphs:
a) The sun is setting. Small children are running home. Boys are rounding up the cattle. Birds are flying to their nests. The moazzin is calling the faithful to the evening prayer.
(Activities in progress)
b) Mr. Karim is living in the Middle East. He is working as an engineer. He is making a lot of money. (Temporary activities)
c) Mr. Kalam is going on pilgrimage next month. He is coming home after the pilgrimage. He is visiting his relatives a few days after his arrival.
(Future activities)
d) Mr Hakim is a querulous man. He is always complaining about his surroundings and grumbling about the political situation in the country. (Emotional comment)
🔷 The following verbs can't be used in the continuous tense:
i) Verbs of sensory perception : see, hear,
taste, small.
But in case of dating someone : I am seeing my doctor tomorrow.
ii) Verbs of mental perception : know, believe, doubt, understand, remember.
iii) Verbs of measurement : weigh, cost,
measure, equal
iv) Verbs of relationaship : have, own,
contain, belong
v) Verbs of emotion : want, desire, love,
hate, like, dislike
