affirmative forms
I’m talking.
He/she/it’s talking.
You/we/they’re talking
negative forms
I’m not talking.
He/she/it isn’t talking.
You/we/they aren’t talking.
questions
Am I texting?
Is he/she/it texting?
Are you/we/they texting?
short affirmative answers
Yes I am.
Yes he/she/it is.
Yes you/we/they are.
short negative answers
No I’m not.
No he/she/it isn’t.
No you/we/they aren’t
affirmative form+example
We make the affirmative form of the present continous with the verb be and the -ing form of the verb.
For example: I’m talking.
negative form+example
We make the negative form of the present continous with verb be plus not and the -ing form of the verb.
For example: I’m not talking.
short forms+example
In spoken and informal written English, we use short forms.
For example: I’m writing.
He’s talking.
question form+example
We make the question form by inverting the verb be and the -ing form.
For example: Are you studying?
Are we doing this exercise?
question words before the verb be
What are you talking about?
Who are you messaging?
Why are they laughing?
Where do you going?