When to use it

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you

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and you

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are listening to me

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right

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because these things are happening

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right now

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we use the present continuous

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maybe this will help you remember the

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name of this tense

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do you know what the verb to continue

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means

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it means to do something

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without

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stopping

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it's continuing

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so think about something that's

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happening right now

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it already started

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and it's continuing or it's still going

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on

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right now

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so what are you

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doing right now

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you are watching this video

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right

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are you sitting on your couch

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are you eating a snack

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see

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all these things are happening

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right now

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present continuous

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okay so what about

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negative sentences