present progressive - continous form of the present
The present progressive (-ing form) is used if you are doing something at a certain point in time or doing something temporarily.
► The present progressive is formed, by using a form ofbe as auxiliary as a link to the main verb -ing to which in turn the suffix -ing is added.
example: I am playing football.
► of course, there are several exceptions you will have to pay attention to:
► mute -e is omitted:
► doubling of consonants:
► negation uses also the auxiliary (be) :
► in a questions the auxiliary is put first:
present progressive the continous form of the present
" I am playing football".