Present Continuous Tense |
We make the Present Continuous with [auxiliary verb BE] + [MAIN VERB].
The main verb is the infinitive without 'to' plus '-ing':
| subject | auxiliary verb BE | main verb -ing | object etc |
| I | am | speaking | to you. |
| You | are | reading | this. |
| She | is | staying | in London. |
| We | are | not playing | football. |
| Are | they | waiting | for John? |
Look at these examples:
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| The pages are turning. | The candle is burning. | The numbers are spinning. |
Alex is listening to the radio right now.
You are studying English at present.
They are wearing school uniform today.
2. ใช้แสดงเหตุการณ์หรือการกระทำที่เกิดขึ้นในระยะยาว ไม่จำเป็นต้องกำลังเกิดจริงๆ ในขณะที่พูด ปกติจะมีเวลากำกับไว้ด้วย เช่น this week, this year
Mawin is working for an engineering company.
We are studying English One this term.
3. ใช้แทน future tense เพื่อแสดงว่าการกระทำนั้นจะเกิดขึ้นในอนาคตอันใกล้ และเชือว่าจะเกิดขึ้นแน่นอน มักเป็นกริยาที่เกี่ยวกับการเคลื่อนไหว และจะมีเวลากำกับไว้
The Browns are coming to dinner this evening.
He is leaving for London on Friday.
4. ประโยคที่ขึ้นต้นด้วยเครื่องหมายอัศเจรีย์ (ประโยคอุทาน)
Look! The train is coming.
Be quiet! The teacher is teaching.
5. ถ้า Present Continuous เชื่อมด้วย and เราจะตัดกริยาช่วยตัวหลังออก
He is smoking a cigar and reading the newspaper.
6. กริยา listen, look, watch, smell จงใจใช้แบบ continuous ได้
Don't disturb him now; he is listening to a radio.
Why are you looking at that car?
| How do we spell the Present Continuous? |
| Just add -ing to the base verb: | |||||||||||
| work |  |
working | |||||||||
| play | |
playing | |||||||||
| assist | |
assisting | |||||||||
| see | |
seeing | |||||||||
| be | |
being | |||||||||
If the base verb ends in consonant
+ vowel + consonant, double the last letter:
(vowels = a, e, i, o, u) |
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| stop | |
stopping | |||||||||
| run | |
running | |||||||||
| begin | |
beginning | |||||||||
| Note that this exception does not apply when the last syllable of the base verb is not stressed: | |||||||||||
| open | |
opening | |||||||||
| If the base verb ends in ie, change the ie to y: | |||||||||||
| lie | |
lying | |||||||||
| die | |
dying | |||||||||
| If the base verb ends in vowel + consonant + e, omit the e: | |||||||||||
| come | |
coming | |||||||||
| mistake | |
mistaking | |||||||||
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