Let’s see the 50 useful examples of the present continuous tense: I am eating dinner right now. He is sleeping soundly. She is listening to music all day. Bob is always running late. The sky is looking cloudy in the evening. I am running. He is crying. We are eating dinner. Tense chart for class 5. In the chart given below you will easily understand the tenses and the forms of verbs/helping verbs used in each type of tense. Tense. Helping verbs. Present Tense. do, does, is, am, are, has, have, has been, have been. Past Tense. did, was, were, had, had been. Verbs – 10 Types; Present Indefinite; Present Indefinite – Positive; Present Indefinite – Negative; Present Perfect Continuous – Interrogative Simple present tense is different from present continuous tense, which shows continuing action and uses a form of ''to be'' plus the /-ing/ form of the verb. To unlock this lesson you must be a Tenses: Rules and Formula: Examples: Simple Present Tense: Subject + Verb in the base form/third person plural form + the rest of the sentence: Caitlin registered for courses before the semester started. Janet knows how to play the piano. Present Continuous Tense: Subject + Helping Verb(am/is/are) + Main verb + ing + the rest of the sentence The Present Continuous tense, also known as the Present Progressive tense, is one of the simple tenses in English grammar. It describes actions or situations that are happening at the present moment, or actions that are ongoing and in progress. Use the Present Continuous. Choose the present simple or present continuous exercise 1 (download the PDF) Choose the present simple or present continuous exercise 2 (download the PDF) Choose the present simple or present continuous exercise 3 (download the PDF) Choose the present simple or present continuous 4 (with stative verbs) (download the BusyTeacher.org’s 184 present simple and present continuous tense worksheets approach these tenses in a wide variety of ways. Some are simple fill-in-the-blank exercises; while others invite students to match a list of pictures with the right tenses. Some lay out exercises or activities that help students learn the differences between these 3N4QCZ.