Present continuous tense

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Present continuous
Formando o "present continuous"
O "present continuous" de qualquer verbo é composto por duas partes: o presente do verbo "to be" + o "present participle" do verbo principal.
(A forma do "present participle" é esta: radical+ing, ex.: talking, playing, moving, smiling.)
	Afirmativa
	Sujeito
	+ to be
	+ radical + ing
	She
	 is
	 talking.
	Negativa
	Sujeito
	+ to be + not 
	+ radical + ing
	She
	 is not (isn't)
	 talking.
	Interrogativa
	to be 
	+ sujeito
	+ radical + ing
	Is
	 she
	 talking?
Exemplos: TO GO, "present continuous"
	
	Afirmativa
	 Negativa
	Interrogativa
	I am going
	 I am not going
	Am I going?
	You are going
	 You aren't going.
	Are you going?
	He, she, it is going
	 He, she, it isn't going
	Is he, she, it going?
	We are going
	 We aren't going
	Are we going?
	You are going
	 You aren't going
	Are you going?
	They are going
	 They aren't going
	Are they going?
Nota: contrações das formas negativas: I'm not going, you're not going, he's not going etc.
Funções do "present continuous"
Assim como ocorre com todos os tempos verbais em inglês, a atitude do orador é tão importante quanto o momento em que ocorre a ação ou evento. Quem utiliza o "present continuous" está se referindo a algo inconcluído ou incompleto.
O "present continuous" é utilizado:
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Tom's Diner (Feat. Britney Spears)
Giorgio Moroder 
I am sitting in the morning
At the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
For the man to pour the coffee
And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in
"It is always nice to see you"
Says the man behind the counter
To the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella
And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead I pour the milk
Everybody's welcome, come on
Come on in
Sit yourself down
The fun does never end
Love is the drug that makes you wanna drink
'Til the morning after
I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of
And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head