Use
1) actions happening at the moment of speaking
- Peter is reading a book now.
2) fixed plan in the near future
- She is going to Basel on Saturday.
3) temporary actions
- His father is working in Rome this month.
4) actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions)
- My friend is preparing for his exams.
5) trends
- More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.
6) repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)
- Andrew is always coming late.
Signal words
- now, at the moment, Look! Listen!
Form
- to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + -ing
Examples
Affirmative:
- I am playing football.
- I'm playing football. You are playing football.
- You're playing football.
- I am not playing football.
- I'm not playing football. You are not playing football.
- You're not playing football.
- You aren't playing football.
- Am I playing football?
- Are you playing football?
Practise:
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