Hello again. So now we move on to the second tense in the present which is called the present continuous, okay. So how to form this tense? You put the verb to be in the present simple. So I am, you are, he she is and we are, they are. Okay the verb to be in the present simple and you add an IMG of the verb that you want to use.
Okay? So for example, there's a mistake there. Okay, so I am playing football. Okay, I am playing football. I am talking. That's what I am doing.
Now. I am talking. Okay. And you are listening to me. So that's perfect. Okay.
So us you are listening. With the verb listen. Plus IMG to me. Okay. In the Negative this time the verb to be is the auxiliary verb okay the auxiliary verb it just means that it helps you to choose what tense so that the listener understands what you are talking about okay. So, you always you make the auxiliary negative.
So in this case, I am not drinking water. I am not talking. You are not listening to me, okay. That's not good. You, you should listen to me. Okay, good and for a question then you just like a normal question.
You invert, okay. You invert the, the ISO I am drinking water, for example, and you've changed to my drinking water. My Talking and are you listening to me? Okay, that's a good question. Are you listening? Are you listening to me?
Yes. I think you are good okay. So when we use the present continuous Okay, it's four things happening now. Okay or around now yeah so and for example now what am I doing now? I am drinking water. Okay.
So what what are you doing now? Think about in your head What are you doing? You Are you listening to me? Yeah, you are learning English Okay, perfect you are learning English and then we also have this meaning of things that can Continue. Okay, so the name has the present continuous. So that kind of gives you a clue there's often a clue in the in the title, okay?
Something that helps you clue. So, and things that continue. So as I am doing my homework, okay? If you say this I am doing my homework, okay? You're not finished yet. You're like, Okay, I'm doing my homework, but I'm not finished.
Okay. And that's it for the present continuous. We'll see you in the next video.