Present Continuous Tense زمن المضارع المستمر
👉 Form: التكوين
am / is / are + v. + ing
am/is/are + reading
Notes:
👉When adding ing to the verbs, we omit e from the end ing- الفعل المنتهي بـ e تحذف قبل إضافة
invite inviting / argue arguing
👉 When a verb ends with pronounced e or ee
أما إذا انتهي الفعل بـ e منطوقةأو ee فلا تحذف :
free freeing / see seeing / be being
👉 When a verb ends with ie , ie are replaced with y+ing
y+ing إذا انتهي الفعل بـ ie تحذف و نستخدم
tie tying / die dying / lie lying
👉 Double the last letter before adding the "ing" in a single-syllable verb with a vowel:
مضاعفة الحرف الأخير قبل إضافة ing في الأفعال المكونة من مقطع واحد وبها حرف متحرك
hit hitting / run running / stop stopping
Exceptions: verbs ends with "w" "w" ما عدا الافعال المنتهية ب
grow growing / throw throwing / row rowing
👉 Double the last letter in the two-syllable verbs before adding ing
مضاعفة الحرف الأخير في الافعال المكونة من مقطعين قبل إضافة ing
begin beginning / prefer preferring
admit admitting / regret regretting
👉 Usage: الاستخدام
Present continuous tense expresses an action that is happening now or at the moment of speech
يعبر المضارع المستمر عن فعل يحدث الآن أو لحظة الكلام :
- Look! he is drawing cleverly.
- I can't see you now. I'm revising for the exams.
- Sandra is playing tennis at the moment. She is practising for a competition.
👉Key words
و يستخدم المضارع المستمر مع الكلمات الآتية :
now - at the / this moment فى هذه اللحظة - still - look! - listen! - Watch out! - at present فى الوقت الحاضر
- Look! A car is coming. - They are playing tennisnow.
- At the moment, I'm doingresearch on a computer program for my company.
⇛ Sometimes the situation indicates continuation
⇚ أحيانا يدل الموقف في الجملة علي الاستمرار :
- Please don't make so much noise. I'm working.
- Where's Aly? - He's having a bath. - Take care! A bus is coming.
- What are you doing? - I am writing a letter.
⇛⇛The present continuous tense is used to express an event that is already arranged to happen in the future:
يستخدم المضارع المستمر للتعبير عن حدث تم الترتيب له أن يحدث فى المستقبل :
- We are having a party tomorrow. - I am traveling to London tomorrow.
( We have arranged everything for the party / I am ready for traveling. I got visa, tickets and everything for traveling)
⇛⇛⇛ But we use "am / is / are going to + inf." To express future plans, intentions and decisions:
⇚⇚ ولكن نستخدم am/is/are going to + inf.للتعبير عنالخطط والنوايا والقرارات المستقبلية :
- I'm going to spendthe summer holiday in Alexandria. ( I intend to do so)
👉 Passive Form.
يتكون المضارع المستمر في حالة المبنى للمجهول من:
Obj.+ am/is/are +being + P.P.
مفعول + am / is / are + being +pp
- Somebody is cleaning the room now. = The room is being cleaned now.
- She is cleaning carpets now. = The carpets are being cleaned now.
( We replaced "is" with " are" because the new subject "carpets" is plural )