Present Continuous

The Present Continuous Tense

Verbs in the present continuous tense consist of:


The Healthcare Assistant is helping George to feed himself.


I’m writing a letter.




They are taking respiration rates.
This tense is used to describe an action that is occurring at the time of speaking.
Examples:
I am sitting near the door.
We are going to London.
In the negative we put not after am, is, and are.
Examples:
You aren’t working hard.
I’m not playing music.
4- The following adverbials and adverbs are usually used with this tense:
Now, at the moment, at present, today.
The Nursing Auxiliary is changing incontinence pads now.
5- Some verbs occur mostly in the present simple tense instead of the present continuous. We can group these words according to their meaning:

a- Verbs of sensation:
see, hear, taste, smell
I see her.
b- Verbs that indicate mental states:
know, understand, believe, suppose, think (that), feel (that), consider (that), remember, forget, notice, recognize, agree, refuse, forgive, hope, intend, wish, mean, want, like, love, hate, mind, and care.
We love you.
c- Verbs that indicate states or qualities such as size, ownership, structure, consist of, include, contain, belong to, own, have (=possess), require, and need.
He needs special care.