Grammar

Verb Conjugation Present Continuous/Progressive - Interrogative (click on the verb to download/listen)

 

In order to form the Present Continuous Interrogative, you just have to invert the subject and the verb "To Be", + the principal verb:

 

Examples

 

Singular:

Am I disturbing?

Are you drinking your cold beer?

Is he driving his old car?

Is she buying new shoes?

Is it raining now?

 

Plural:

Are we going to school?

Are you studying English?

Are they doing their lessons?

 

Observe and analyze the conjugations below. Listen and repeat:

Verbs ending in -e, -d, -k, -t, -l

Verb: To See

Verb: To Need

Verb: To Speak

Verb: To Want

Verb: To Call

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I seeing?

Am I needing?

Am I speaking?

Am I wanting?

Am I calling?

Are you seeing?

Are you needing?

Are you speaking?

Are you wanting?

Are you calling?

Is he seeing?

Is he needing?

Is he speaking?

Is he wanting?

Is he calling?

Is she seeing?

Is she needing?

Is she speaking?

Is she wanting?

Is she calling?

Is it seeing?

Is it needing?

Is it speaking?

Is it wanting?

Is it calling?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we seeing?

Are we needing?

Are we speaking?

Are we wanting?

Are we calling?

Are you seeing?

Are you needing?

Are you speaking?

Are you wanting?

Are you calling?

Are they seeing?

Are they needing?

Are they speaking?

Are they wanting?

Are they calling?

Verbs ending in -w, -n, -m, -r, -gh

Verb: To Know

Verb: To Open

Verb: To Dream

Verb: To Answer

Verb: To Laugh

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I knowing?

Am I opening?

Am I dreaming?

Am I answering?

Am I laughing?

Are you knowing?

Are you opening?

Are you dreaming?

Are you answering?

Are you laughing?

Is he knowing?

Is he opening?

Is he dreaming?

Is he answering?

Is he laughing?

Is she knowing?

Is she opening?

Is she dreaming?

Is she answering?

Is she laughing?

Is it knowing?

Is it opening?

Is it dreaming?

Is it answering?

Is it laughing?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we knowing?

Are we opening?

Are we dreaming?

Are we answering?

Are we laughing?

Are you knowing?

Are you opening?

Are you dreaming?

Are you answering?

Are you laughing?

Are they knowing?

Are they opening?

Are they dreaming?

Are they answering?

Are they laughing?

Verbs ending in "-y" preceded by consonant (consonants are: b, c, d, f, g etc...)

Verb: To Study

Verb: To Cry

Verb: To Bury

Verb: To Fly

Verb: To Deny

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I studying?

Am I crying?

Am I burying?

Am I flying?

Am I denying?

Are you studying?

Are you crying?

Are you burying?

Are you flying?

Are you denying?

Is he studying?

Is he crying?

Is he burying?

Is he flying?

Is he denying?

Is she studying?

Is she crying?

Is she burying?

Is she flying?

Is she denying?

Is it studying?

Is it crying?

Is it burying?

Is it flying?

Is it denying?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we studying?

Are we crying?

Are we burying?

Are we flying?

Are we denying?

Are you studying?

Are you crying?

Are you burying?

Are you flying?

Are you denying?

Are they studying?

Are they crying?

Are they burying?

Are they flying?

Are they denying?

Verbs ending in "-y" preceded by vowel (vowels are a, e, i, o, u)

Verb: To Play

Verb: To Buy

Verb: To Enjoy

Verb: To Betray

Verb: To Destroy

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I playing?

Am I buying?

Am I enjoying?

Am I betraying?

Am I destroying?

Are you playing?

Are you buying?

Are you enjoying?

Are you betraying?

Are you destroying?

Is he playing?

Is he buying?

Is he enjoying?

Is he betraying?

Is he destroying?

Is she playing?

Is she buying?

Is she enjoying?

Is she betraying?

Is she destroying?

Is it playing?

Is it buying?

Is it enjoying?

Is it betraying?

Is it destroying?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we playing?

Are we buying?

Are we enjoying?

Are we betraying?

Are we destroying?

Are you playing?

Are you buying?

Are you enjoying?

Are you betraying?

Are you destroying?

Are they playing?

Are they buying?

Are they enjoying?

Are they betraying?

Are they destroying?

Verbs ending in "-ch"

Verb: To Teach

Verb: To Watch

Verb: To Attach

Verb: To Catch

Verb: To March

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I teaching?

Am I watching?

Am I attaching?

Am I catching?

Am I marching?

Are you teaching?

Are you watching?

Are you attaching?

Are you catching?

Are you marching?

Is he teaching?

Is he watching?

Is he attaching?

Is he catching?

Is he marching?

Is she teaching?

Is she watching?

Is she attaching?

Is she catching?

Is she marching?

Is it teaching?

Is it watching?

Is it attaching?

Is it catching?

Is it marching?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we teaching?

Are we watching?

Are we attaching?

Are we catching?

Are we marching?

Are you teaching?

Are you watching?

Are you attaching?

Are you catching?

Are you marching?

Are they teaching?

Are they watching?

Are they attaching?

Are they catching?

Are they marching?

Verbs ending in "-ss"

Verb: To Pass

Verb: To Discuss

Verb: To Dismiss

Verb: To Miss

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I passing?

Am I discussing?

Am I dismissing?

Am I missing?

Are you passing?

Are you discussing?

Are you dismissing?

Are you missing?

Is he passing?

Is he discussing?

Is he dismissing?

Is he missing?

Is she passing?

Is she discussing?

Is she dismissing?

Is she missing?

Is it passing?

Is it discussing?

Is it dismissing?

Is it missing?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we passing?

Are we discussing?

Are we dismissing?

Are we missing?

Are you passing?

Are you discussing?

Are you dismissing?

Are you missing?

Are they passing?

Are they discussing?

Are they dismissing?

Are they missing?

Verbs ending in "-ss"

Verb: To Express

Verb: To Guess

Verb: To Kiss

Verb: To Press

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I expressing?

Am I guessing?

Am I kissing?

Am I pressing?

Are you expressing?

Are you guessing?

Are you kissing?

Are you pressing?

Is he expressing?

Is he guessing?

Is he kissing?

Is he pressing?

Is she expressing?

Is she guessing?

Is she kissing?

Is she pressing?

Is it expressing?

Is it guessing?

Is it kissing?

Is it pressing?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we expressing?

Are we guessing?

Are we kissing?

Are we pressing?

Are you expressing?

Are you guessing?

Are you kissing?

Are you pressing?

Are they expressing?

Are they guessing?

Are they kissing?

Are they pressing?

Verbs ending in "-sh"

Verb: To Clash

Verb: To Crush

Verb: To Establish

Verb: To Finish

Verb: To Smash

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I clashing?

Am I crushing?

Am I establishing?

Am I finishing?

Am I smashing?

Are you clashing?

Are you crushing?

Are you establishing?

Are you finishing?

Are you smashing?

Is he clashing?

Is he crushing?

Is he establishing?

Is he finishing?

Is he smashing?

Is she clashing?

Is she crushing?

Is she establishing?

Is she finishing?

Is she smashing?

Is it clashing?

Is it crushing?

Is it establishing?

Is it finishing?

Is it smashing?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we clashing?

Are we crushing?

Are we establishing?

Are we finishing?

Are we smashing?

Are you clashing?

Are you crushing?

Are you establishing?

Are you finishing?

Are you smashing?

Are they clashing?

Are they crushing?

Are they establishing?

Are they finishing?

Are they smashing?

Verbs ending in "-x"

Verb: To Fix

Singular

Am I fixing?

Are you fixing?

Is he fixing?

Is she fixing?

Is it fixing?

Plural

Are we fixing?

Are you fixing?

Are they fixing?

Some irregular verbs: Notice that it makes no difference in Present Continuous whether the verb is regular or not. It is all the same conjugation rule.

Verb: To Be

Verb: To Have

Verb: To Go

Verb: To Do

Singular

Singular

Singular

Singular

Am I being?

Am I having?

Am I going?

Am I doing?

Are you being?

Are you having?

Are you going?

Are you doing?

Is he being?

Is he having?

Is he going?

Is he doing?

Is she being?

Is she having?

Is she going?

Is she doing?

Is it being?

Is it having?

Is it going?

Is it doing?

Plural

Plural

Plural

Plural

Are we being?

Are we having?

Are we going?

Are we doing?

Are you being?

Are you having?

Are you going?

Are you doing?

Are they being?

Are they having?

Are they going?

Are they doing?

 

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