Present Continuous Tense

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
We can use the present continuous tense for the action may not be happening exactly now, but it is happening just before and just after now, and it is not permanent or habitual. • Structure for Present Continuous • subject auxiliary verb main verb subject be base + ing I am going. • Structure for Negative sentence • subject auxiliary verb main verb subject be + not base + ing I am not going. • Structure for interrogative sentence • auxiliary verb subject main verb be subject base form Am I going? We use the present continuous tense for: action happening exactly now, action happening around now, action in the future.
USES OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
For an action going on at the time of speaking: Examples She is singing. (now) The boys are playing hockey. (now)
For a temporary action which may not be actually happening at the time of speaking: Examples I am reading ‘Future Shock’. (but I am not reading at this moment.)
For an action that is planned or arranged to take place in the near in the future: Examples I am going to cinema tonight. My uncle is arriving tomorrow.
It has been pointed out before that the simple Present is used for a habitual action. However, when the reference is to a particularly obstinate habit-something which persists, for example, in spite of advice of warning, we use the present Continuous with an adverb like always, continually, constantly.
Examples My dog is very silly; he is always running out in to the road.
The following verbs, on account of their meaning, are not normally used in the Continuous form: Examples Verbs of perception see, hear, smell, notice, recognize. Verbs of appearing appear, look, seen. Verbs emotion want, wish, desire, feel, like love, hate, hope, refuse, prefer. Verbs of thinking think, suppose, believe, agree, consider, trust, remember, forest, know, understand, imagine, mean, mind. Have (=possess), own, possess, belong to, contain, consist of, be (except when used in the passive). These verbs are used in the Simple Present. They may, however, be used in the continuous tenses with a change of meaning: Examples I am thinking of (=considering the idea of ) going to America. Mr. Shah is minding (=looking after) the baby while his wife is out shopping.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE TABLE AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I am going. I am not going. Am I going? You are going. You are not going. Are you going? We are going. We are not going. Are we going? He/She is going. He/She is not going. Is he/she going? They are going. They are not going. Are they going?

Tense
What is Tense? Type of tense Table of English Tenses	Tense at a glance Structure of All Tense
Present Tense
What Is the Present Tense? Simple Present Tense Present Continuous Tense	Present Perfect Tense Present perfect continuous tense Present Conditional Tense
Past Tense
What Is the Past Tense? Simple Past Tense Past Continuous Tense	Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Tense
Future Tense Simple Future Tense Future Continuous Tense	Future Perfect Tense Future Perfect Continuous Tense Conditional Sentences