Forming the Present Continuous Tense

Negative form

This page will explain the rules for forming the negative form of this tense with regular verbs.

Forming the present continuous tense

The negative part is inserted between the verb BE (in the present tense), and the -ING form of a verb. Here are the rules, using different examples :
Subject
BE
NOT
-ING FORM
I
am
not
singing
You
are
not
speaking
He
is
not
working
She
is
not
sleeping
It
is
not
raining
We
are
not
skating
They
are
not
going




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