The Present Continuous Tense: Open Questions

Grammar - The Present Continuous Tense: Questions ➤ Many Answers

Be comes before the subject in questions.

For open questions (questions with many possible answers), we use a question word.

• Q. + BE + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE-ing ... ?
• BE → am/are/is
• Q. + am + I + INFINITIVE-ing ... ?
• How am I doing now?
• You're doing well/great/fine/... .
• Q. + are + you/we/they + INFINITIVE-ing ... ?
• Where are they fishing right now?
• They're fishing by the river right now.
• Q. + is + he/she/it + INFINITIVE-ing ... ?
• What is he reading at the moment?
• He's reading a book at the moment.