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Verbs


                     29    Present   Continuous

                                       FORM
                                       Positive                               Question
                                        I      am   - I'm                     Am     I

                                        He            He's                           he
                                        She    is  - She's                    Is     she
                                        It            It's     working.              it       working?
                                        We            We're                          we
                                        You   are  — You're                   Are    you
                                        They         They're                         they


                                       Negative  with  not                    Negative  with  n't
                                        I     am  — I'm                       —

                                        He           He's                     He
                                        She    is  - She's                    She    isn't
                                        It           It's      not  working.  It              working.

                                        We           We're                    We
                                        You    are  - You're                  You    aren't
                                        They         They're                  They

                                       USE
                                       •  For  an  action  in  progress  now:
                                         I'm  reading  a grammar book  now.
                                         What  are you  looking  at?
                                         She  isn't  eating  at  the  moment.


                                       Practice

                                       Rewrite  each  sentence  as  a  positive  or  negative  sentence,  or  a  question,
                                       according  to  the  instructions.

                                           1  She's  watching  television  now.  (question)
                                              Is she watching television now?
                                           2  He  isn't  staying  at  this  hotel,  (positive)
                                              He's  staying at thle hotel.

                                           3  She's  reading,  (negative)
                                              She isn't reading.
                                           4  They're  working,  (question)







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