Present continuous form = am/is/are + verb + ing (something is happening NOW)
In the negative: add not after am/is/are (something is not happening NOW).
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"I'm not sitting. I'm standing." |
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"He's not (he isn't) standing. He's sitting." |
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"She's not (she isn't) running. She's walking." |
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"It's not (it isn't) walking. It's running. " |
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"They're not (they aren't) working. They're playing. " |
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"We're not (we aren't) watching television. We're surfing the Net." |
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standing |
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sitting |
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walking |
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running |
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playing |
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working |
Dictionaries come in many sizes and kinds. Small dictionaries are called pocket or compact, larger dictionaries are often called shorter and very large dictionaries are often called greater.
Small dictionaries are useful for finding everyday spellings and meanings. Some dictionaries have pictures to show the meanings of words. They are good for checking words that can be confused:-
| horse n a four-legged animal with hooves .... hoarse adj. of the voice, rough or croaking. |
In a dictionary after the word they tell you what kind of word it is in italics:-
| adj. | adjective |
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| adv. | adverb |
| conj. | conjunction |
| interj. | interjection |
| n | noun |
| prep. | preposition |
| pron. | pronoun |
| vb | verb |
