routine actions to express a permanent state in exclamatory sentences in subordinate clauses beginning with if and when in imperative sentences to indicate a planned future action or series of actions when they refer to a journey in running commentaries to introduce quotations e.g. Mahatma Gandhi says, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” 10th - - Forms and Uses of Present Continuous Tense First person Second person Third person Affirmative *Singular *Plural I am singing now. We are singing now. You are singing now.
You are singing now. She/He/It is singing now. They are singing now. Negative I am not singing now.
You aren't singing now. She/He/It isn't singing now . Note: The contracted form of 'am not' is aren't and the contracted form of are not is also aren't. Uses The Present Continuous Tense is used for an action that is in progress at the time of speaking.
It is used for an action that is in progress and will continue in future. e.g. Paul is learning English. It is used to denote an action that is planned to take place in the near future e.g.
Yazhini is meeting the Prime Minister tomorrow. It is used along with adverbs such as 'always, constantly, repeatedly' etc. to express an action that has become a habit by doing it over and over again. e.g.
Sumithra is always asking questions. Note: Verbs of perception and some other verbs are not generally used in the present continuous tense, for example see, smell, hear, taste, know, understand, hate, like, want, wish, etc. Forms and Uses of Present Perfect Tense First person Second person Third person Affirmative *Singular *Plural I have already sung. We have already sung.
You have already sung. You have already sung. She/He/It has already sung. They have already sung.
Negative I haven't recently sung. You haven't recently sung. She/He/It hasn't recently sung. For an action which began in the past and is in progress now.
e.g. Bharani has called the