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Making Negative and Interrogative Sentences in Present Continuous Tense

To form the negative in present continuous tense, we add not between the helping verb and
the -ing form of the main verb. For example:

I am not painting a picture.
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She is not knitting a cardigan.
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To form the interrogative in present continuous tense, the positions of the subject and the
helping verb are interchanged and we begin sentence with is, am or are. For example:

Is she eating food?
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Are they playing football?
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We also use the present continuous tense to talk about the future time when an action or
situation is part of a plan, arrangement or situation. For example:

Anil is going to Shimla tomorrow.
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Rememberemember

Words describing any sense (hear, see, etc.) or emotion are not used in the continuous tense.

Practice Time 1

Rewrite the following sentences in their affirmative forms.
1. I am not going to help them.
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2. They are not going to the market.
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3. The baker is not selling fresh bread.
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4. All the trees are not shedding their leaves.

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5. Geeta is not taking the bus to the theatre.

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6. The children are not playing together.
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