يستخدم زمن المضارع المستمر للتعبير عن حدث يحدث الآن أي مستمر وقت الكلام.

     وللتعبير عن خطط في المستقبل.

يتكون المضارع المستمر من 'am / is / are + V. + ing' .

Ex: He is working now.

في حالة انتهاء الفعل ب'e' تحذف و نضع 'ing'.

Ex: write → is writing   come → is coming        

أما إذا كان الحرف 'e' يسبقه حرف متحرك فلا يحذف.

Ex: see → is seeing        agree → is agreeing

أما إذا جاء الفعل ينتهي بحرف ساكن و يسبقه حرف متحرك واحد تتم مضاعفة الحرف الساكن ما عدا

     'r / w / y'.

Ex: run → is running     hit → is hitting     endanger → is endangering    

                  draw → is drawing                            play → is playing

إذا جاء الفعل ينتهي بـ 'ie' تحول إلى 'y' ثم نضع 'ing'.

Ex: lie → is lying

# ياتى هذا الزمن مع :

now, look, listen, at this moment, at the present, hurry up, still.

& يتكون النفي بوضع 'not' بعد 'V.To.Be'.

Ex: He is not playing football now.

& Exercise:

@ Choose the correct answer:

1-    Now I (am / am being / be) at home and I (do / am doing / done) my homework.

2-    I usually (read / am reading / reads) detective stories but now I (read / reads / am reading) a love story.

3-    He generally (wear / wears / is wearing) a black suit but he (does not wear / is not wearing / do not wear) it now.

4-    Listen she (sing / is singing / sung).

5-    She (read / is reading / was reading) now.

@ Correct the verbs in the brackets:

1-    My mother (be) in the kitchen now. She (cook) the dinner.

2-    She usually (write) her homework in the school but she (write) it now.

3-    Look, he (hit) the little boy.

4-    Now, he (finish) some work for the college.

5-    He (watch) T.V. every evening, but he (not watch) it now