Questions in the Present Continuous

1. Questions without question words in the Present Continuous

Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Yes/No	Subject	Auxiliary (+ n’t)
Are	you	cooking	dinner?	Yes, No,	I I	am. am not.
Is	Susan	playing	tennis?	Yes, No, No,	she she she	is. is not. isn’t.
Are	they	working	hard?	Yes, No, No,	they they they	are. are not. aren’t.

Question word	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Answer
What	are	you	doing	tonight?	I am going to the cinema.
Where	is	Susan	going?		She is driving to work.
Why	are	they	standing	over there?	They are standing there because they want to buy concert tickets.

► Use is with the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), am with the 1st person singular (I) and in all other persons are.

Add –ing to the infinitive.