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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
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Verb: To See |
Verb: To Need |
Verb: To Speak |
Verb: To Want |
Verb: To Call |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I seeing? |
Am I needing? |
Am I speaking? |
Am I wanting? |
Am I calling? |
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Are you seeing? |
Are you needing? |
Are you speaking? |
Are you wanting? |
Are you calling? |
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Is he seeing? |
Is he needing? |
Is he speaking? |
Is he wanting? |
Is he calling? |
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Is she seeing? |
Is she needing? |
Is she speaking? |
Is she wanting? |
Is she calling? |
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Is it seeing? |
Is it needing? |
Is it speaking? |
Is it wanting? |
Is it calling? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we seeing? |
Are we needing? |
Are we speaking? |
Are we wanting? |
Are we calling? |
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Are you seeing? |
Are you needing? |
Are you speaking? |
Are you wanting? |
Are you calling? |
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Are they seeing? |
Are they needing? |
Are they speaking? |
Are they wanting? |
Are they calling? |
Verbs ending in -w, -n, -m, -r, -gh
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Verb: To Know |
Verb: To Open |
Verb: To Dream |
Verb: To Answer |
Verb: To Laugh |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I knowing? |
Am I opening? |
Am I dreaming? |
Am I answering? |
Am I laughing? |
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Are you knowing? |
Are you opening? |
Are you dreaming? |
Are you answering? |
Are you laughing? |
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Is he knowing? |
Is he opening? |
Is he dreaming? |
Is he answering? |
Is he laughing? |
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Is she knowing? |
Is she opening? |
Is she dreaming? |
Is she answering? |
Is she laughing? |
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Is it knowing? |
Is it opening? |
Is it dreaming? |
Is it answering? |
Is it laughing? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we knowing? |
Are we opening? |
Are we dreaming? |
Are we answering? |
Are we laughing? |
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Are you knowing? |
Are you opening? |
Are you dreaming? |
Are you answering? |
Are you laughing? |
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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...)
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Verb: To Study |
Verb: To Cry |
Verb: To Bury |
Verb: To Fly |
Verb: To Deny |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I studying? |
Am I crying? |
Am I burying? |
Am I flying? |
Am I denying? |
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Are you studying? |
Are you crying? |
Are you burying? |
Are you flying? |
Are you denying? |
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Is he studying? |
Is he crying? |
Is he burying? |
Is he flying? |
Is he denying? |
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Is she studying? |
Is she crying? |
Is she burying? |
Is she flying? |
Is she denying? |
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Is it studying? |
Is it crying? |
Is it burying? |
Is it flying? |
Is it denying? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we studying? |
Are we crying? |
Are we burying? |
Are we flying? |
Are we denying? |
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Are you studying? |
Are you crying? |
Are you burying? |
Are you flying? |
Are you denying? |
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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)
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Verb: To Play |
Verb: To Buy |
Verb: To Enjoy |
Verb: To Betray |
Verb: To Destroy |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I playing? |
Am I buying? |
Am I enjoying? |
Am I betraying? |
Am I destroying? |
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Are you playing? |
Are you buying? |
Are you enjoying? |
Are you betraying? |
Are you destroying? |
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Is he playing? |
Is he buying? |
Is he enjoying? |
Is he betraying? |
Is he destroying? |
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Is she playing? |
Is she buying? |
Is she enjoying? |
Is she betraying? |
Is she destroying? |
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Is it playing? |
Is it buying? |
Is it enjoying? |
Is it betraying? |
Is it destroying? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we playing? |
Are we buying? |
Are we enjoying? |
Are we betraying? |
Are we destroying? |
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Are you playing? |
Are you buying? |
Are you enjoying? |
Are you betraying? |
Are you destroying? |
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Are they playing? |
Are they buying? |
Are they enjoying? |
Are they betraying? |
Are they destroying? |
Verbs ending in "-ch"
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Verb: To Teach |
Verb: To Watch |
Verb: To Attach |
Verb: To Catch |
Verb: To March |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I teaching? |
Am I watching? |
Am I attaching? |
Am I catching? |
Am I marching? |
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Are you teaching? |
Are you watching? |
Are you attaching? |
Are you catching? |
Are you marching? |
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Is he teaching? |
Is he watching? |
Is he attaching? |
Is he catching? |
Is he marching? |
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Is she teaching? |
Is she watching? |
Is she attaching? |
Is she catching? |
Is she marching? |
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Is it teaching? |
Is it watching? |
Is it attaching? |
Is it catching? |
Is it marching? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we teaching? |
Are we watching? |
Are we attaching? |
Are we catching? |
Are we marching? |
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Are you teaching? |
Are you watching? |
Are you attaching? |
Are you catching? |
Are you marching? |
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Are they teaching? |
Are they watching? |
Are they attaching? |
Are they catching? |
Are they marching? |
Verbs ending in "-ss"
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Verb: To Pass |
Verb: To Discuss |
Verb: To Dismiss |
Verb: To Miss |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I passing? |
Am I discussing? |
Am I dismissing? |
Am I missing? |
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Are you passing? |
Are you discussing? |
Are you dismissing? |
Are you missing? |
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Is he passing? |
Is he discussing? |
Is he dismissing? |
Is he missing? |
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Is she passing? |
Is she discussing? |
Is she dismissing? |
Is she missing? |
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Is it passing? |
Is it discussing? |
Is it dismissing? |
Is it missing? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we passing? |
Are we discussing? |
Are we dismissing? |
Are we missing? |
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Are you passing? |
Are you discussing? |
Are you dismissing? |
Are you missing? |
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Are they passing? |
Are they discussing? |
Are they dismissing? |
Are they missing? |
Verbs ending in "-ss"
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Verb: To Express |
Verb: To Guess |
Verb: To Kiss |
Verb: To Press |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I expressing? |
Am I guessing? |
Am I kissing? |
Am I pressing? |
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Are you expressing? |
Are you guessing? |
Are you kissing? |
Are you pressing? |
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Is he expressing? |
Is he guessing? |
Is he kissing? |
Is he pressing? |
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Is she expressing? |
Is she guessing? |
Is she kissing? |
Is she pressing? |
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Is it expressing? |
Is it guessing? |
Is it kissing? |
Is it pressing? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we expressing? |
Are we guessing? |
Are we kissing? |
Are we pressing? |
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Are you expressing? |
Are you guessing? |
Are you kissing? |
Are you pressing? |
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Are they expressing? |
Are they guessing? |
Are they kissing? |
Are they pressing? |
Verbs ending in "-sh"
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Verb: To Clash |
Verb: To Crush |
Verb: To Establish |
Verb: To Finish |
Verb: To Smash |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I clashing? |
Am I crushing? |
Am I establishing? |
Am I finishing? |
Am I smashing? |
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Are you clashing? |
Are you crushing? |
Are you establishing? |
Are you finishing? |
Are you smashing? |
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Is he clashing? |
Is he crushing? |
Is he establishing? |
Is he finishing? |
Is he smashing? |
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Is she clashing? |
Is she crushing? |
Is she establishing? |
Is she finishing? |
Is she smashing? |
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Is it clashing? |
Is it crushing? |
Is it establishing? |
Is it finishing? |
Is it smashing? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we clashing? |
Are we crushing? |
Are we establishing? |
Are we finishing? |
Are we smashing? |
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Are you clashing? |
Are you crushing? |
Are you establishing? |
Are you finishing? |
Are you smashing? |
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Are they clashing? |
Are they crushing? |
Are they establishing? |
Are they finishing? |
Are they smashing? |
Verbs ending in "-x"
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Verb: To Fix |
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Singular |
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Am I fixing? |
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Are you fixing? |
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Is he fixing? |
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Is she fixing? |
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Is it fixing? |
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Plural |
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Are we fixing? |
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Are you fixing? |
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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.
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Verb: To Be |
Verb: To Have |
Verb: To Go |
Verb: To Do |
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Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
Singular |
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Am I being? |
Am I having? |
Am I going? |
Am I doing? |
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Are you being? |
Are you having? |
Are you going? |
Are you doing? |
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Is he being? |
Is he having? |
Is he going? |
Is he doing? |
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Is she being? |
Is she having? |
Is she going? |
Is she doing? |
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Is it being? |
Is it having? |
Is it going? |
Is it doing? |
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Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
Plural |
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Are we being? |
Are we having? |
Are we going? |
Are we doing? |
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Are you being? |
Are you having? |
Are you going? |
Are you doing? |
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Are they being? |
Are they having? |
Are they going? |
Are they doing? |
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