The Present Continous Tense

Present continous tens Am, is, are (to be) yardımcı fiili ve fiilin üzerine -ing takısı getirilerek kurulur.

Positiv			Interrogativ			Nagativ
I	am	studying	Am	I	doing	Am	not	am not
You	are	sleeping	Are	You		are		aren’t
She He It	is	working waiting thiking	She He It	is		is		isn“t
We You They	are	raining talking listening	We You They	are		are		aren’t

Are you caming to the theatre tonight? Yes I am / No I am not
Is he flying to London now? Yes he is / No He isn’t

What are you do? I am helping my son with his homework
I am polishing my shoes/ I am looking a job

It’s snowing / talking an Italien curse right now
A loty is coming /
What’s your wife doing? She’s writing a new book.

What’s he doin? He’s smoking a cigarette. /
He’s forever losing his keys.

We are going out for dinner. / We are living in West street.

Corol is critizing me.

Somebody is disturbing me on the phone.

NOT: Fiil „-e“ ile biten fiillerde -ing eki aldığında -e düşer
love-loving take-taking
come coming mistake mistaking
Sonu „ie“ biten fiillerde -ing takısından önce „y“ eklenir.

lie-liying die-diying
fakat: age-egeing dye-dyeing

Tek hece olan ve „b,g,n,m,p,t“ harflerle biten fiillerde sessiz harf çift yazılır.

Dub-dubbing stop stopping
bazi fiillerde, son harf tekrarlanır (vowels = a, e, i, o, u)
run running
begin beginning

You are learning English now. (Şu anda İngilizce öğreniyorsun.)
They are reading their books. (Şu anda kitaplarını okuyorlar.)
What are you doing? (Ne yapıyorsun (şu anda?)
Why aren’t you doing your homework? (Neden ödevini yapmıyorsun?)
I am teaching English. (İngilizce öğretiyorum.)
Madonna is riding a bike. (Madonna bisiklet sürüyor.)
Is she writing a letter now? (Şimdi o bir mektup mu yazıyor?)
Is it snowing outside? (Dışarıda kar mı yağıyor?)
Are they surfing on the internet? (Onlar internette sörf mü yapıyorlar?)
Isn’t she writing a letter now? (Şimdi o bir mektup yazmıyor mu