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Quiz
We use the Present Continuous to:
- to describe an action that is going on at this moment
- to describe an action that happens every day
- to describe an action that happened yesterday
- to describe an action or event in the future, which has already been planned or prepared
The present continuous of any verb is composed of two parts:
- the present tense of the verb to be + the present participle of the main verb.
- the present tense of the verb to be + the past participle of the main verb.
- the past tense of the verb to be + the present participle of the main verb.
- the past tense of the verb to be + the past participle of the main verb.
When the verb ends in -e,
- we add -ing to the base form
- we double the -e
- we add -y and -ing
- we take off the -e and add -ing.
When the verb ends in a vowel followed by a single consonant and if the last syllable is stressed
- then the consonant is tripled.
- then the consonant is doubled.
- then we omit the consonant.
- then we add -e.
When the verb ends in a vowel + l,
- we triple the consonant.
- we omit the consonant.
- we double the consonant.
- We add -y