Present Continuous Tense

How to form the present continuous. Take a subject I, then use the auxiliary verb to be in the present simple. I am. Then you take your verb, the compliment, the infinitive without to, for this example play, and add ...ing to make the gerund, or the present participle. This gives you, I am playing. Or as a contraction I'm playing. For second person, you are playing, you're playing, he is playing, he's playing, she is playing, it is playing, we are playing, you are playing, they are playing or they're playing. Ok, that's how you make affirmative statements, to make negative ones add not after the verb to be. So therefore, I am not playing. OK. Notice this not you cannot contract, you can only say, I'm not playing. Or as a contraction I'm not playing, OK? You are not playing, he is not playing, she is not playing, we are not playing, you are not playing, they are not playing or they aren't playing, as a contraction. To make questions change the position of the subject and the auxiliary verb to be. So, am I playing? Are you playing? Is he playing? Is she playing? Are we playing? I forgot, is it playing? Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing? So that's how to make the present continuous. Subject, auxiliary verb to be, the verb (or the compliment of the verb) with ...ing. So see you in the next video, when to use the present continuous.