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. |
2 Questions with question words in the Present Continuous
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.
Explanations
- Present Continuous – Overview
- Diagram of the Present Continuous
- Form of the Present Continuous
- Do & Have as Main Verbs in the Present Continuous
- Questions in the Present Continuous
- Signal Words for the Present Continuous
- Short Forms and Long Forms in the Present Continuous
- Spelling of Verbs in the Present Continuous