Remember It
The verb to be - 
Read this
Present continuous form = am/is/are + verb + ing (something is happening NOW)
Learn It
In the negative: add not after am/is/are (something is not happening NOW).
I'm not ......ing. | He/she/it isn't .....ing. | You/we/they aren't .....ing.
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"I'm not sitting. I'm standing." |
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"He's not (he isn't) standing. He's sitting." |
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"She's not (she isn't) running. She's walking." |
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"It's not (it isn't) walking. It's running. " |
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"They're not (they aren't) working. They're playing. " |
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"We're not (we aren't) watching television. We're surfing the Net." |
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standing |
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sitting |
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walking |
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running |
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playing |
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working |
Spelling Tip:
Using a dictionary
Dictionaries come in many sizes and kinds. Small dictionaries are called pocket or compact, larger dictionaries are often called shorter and very large dictionaries are often called greater.
Small dictionaries are useful for finding everyday spellings and meanings. Some dictionaries have pictures to show the meanings of words. They are good for checking words that can be confused:-
| horse n a four-legged animal with hooves .... hoarse adj. of the voice, rough or croaking. |
In a dictionary after the word they tell you what kind of word it is in italics:-
| adj. | adjective |
| adv. | adverb |
| conj. | conjunction |
| interj. | interjection |
| n | noun |
| prep. | preposition |
| pron. | pronoun |
| vb | verb |
Test It
Try testing your use of positive and negative in the continuous form. Test It
Practise It
On the Forum - tell me something you aren't doing.
For homework read and do the exercises in Essential Grammar in Use (Unit 4 - Pages 16 and 17 Part C - Exercise 4.4 - answers on page 266.)
