Present Continuous Tense

We use the present continuous to talk about:

activities at the moment of speaking:

I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.

Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

​General rule: add -ing

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to do > doing / to study > studying

​General rule: add -ing

​to do > doing / to study > studying

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​Infinitive ending in a consonant (medeklinker) + e: - e + ing

​to have > having / to game > gaming

​General rule: add -ing

​to do > doing / to study > studying

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​Infinitive ending in a consonant (medeklinker) + e: - e + ing

​to have > having / to game > gaming

​​Infinitive ending in one stressed vowel (klinker) + one consonant: double + ing

​to swim > swimming / to run > running

We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of the subject:

Are you listening?

Are they coming to your party?

When is she going home?

What am I doing here?