Today you are going to learn how to make present continuous questions and how to answer them with this simple guide.
These are some examples of present continuous questions:
- Are you playing soccer?
- Is he cooking dinner?
- Am I being arrested?
- Where are you going?
- Who are you meeting with?
- Why are we watching this dumb documentary?
- Are you babysitting?
- Are they doing anything cool tonight?
- Are we opening a Facebook account?
Let’s check what you need to know to make present continuous questions
Table of Contents
- Present Continuous Questions: Recommendations
- Present Continuous Questions: Structure
- Present Continuous: Closed and Open Questions
- Present Continuous Questions: TV, Music & More
- Present Continuous Questions: School
- Present Continuous Questions: Games
- Present Continuous Questions: Love & More
- Present Continuous Questions: Sports & More
- Related Information
Present Continuous Questions: Recommendations
If you want to make present continuous questions, you need to know five things:
- Wh – Questions
- Personal Pronouns
- Verb to be
- The continuous form of the verbs
- Vocabulary
Let’s analyze each one of them
- The most common questions words are: what, where, who, why and which
- The personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we and they
- The conjugation of the verb to be is: am, is and are
- The continuous form of the verbs is created by adding ing to the verbs such as cooking, renting, making
- Some vocabulary to add information to our sentences: I am playing soccer
Now that you know what you need to know, let’s check the structure to make present continuous questions.
Present Continuous Questions: Structure
This is the structure to make basic present continuous questions
| Verb to Be | Subject | Verb + ing |
| Are | we | playing soccer? |
If you want to make an open question, the structure is similar
| Question | Verb to Be | Subject | Verb + ing |
| Why | Are | we | playing soccer? |
Now let’s check example of closed and open questions
Present Continuous: Closed and Open Questions
These are some examples of closed questions:
- Are they coming to the party?
- Are they throwing a party for her?
- Are you reading her new book?
- Are you writing an essay or something?
- Is she singing?
- Is she driving her new car?
These are some examples of open questions with what
- What are you doing?
- What are you watching?
- What are you listening to?
- What are you cooking?
- What’s that cat eating?
These are some example of present continuous questions with where
- Where are you heading?
- Where are you cooking?
- Where are you sending these letter?
- Where are you throwing those bags?
- Where is she traveling to?
These are some present continuous questions with why
- Why are we doing this?
- Why are you taking a break?
- Why is she quitting?
- Why are they making excuses?
- Why are we fixing her car?
Present Continuous Questions: TV, Music & More
These are some question about TV, Music and some other things
- What are you watching?
- What are you watching on Netflix?
- What are you listening to?
- What podcasts are you listening?
Present Continuous Questions: School
These are some question about school
- What are you studying?
- What language are you learning?
- What classes are you taking?
Present Continuous Questions: Games
These are some question about video games
- What games are you playing?
- Are you playing among us?
- Are you playing call of duty?
Present Continuous Questions: Love & More
These are some question about love and more
- Who are you dating?
- Are you seeing someone?
- Are you getting married?
- Are you going on a date?
Present Continuous Questions: Sports & More
These are some question about sports and more
- What sport are you playing?
- Are you playing soccer?
- Are you running?
- Are you doing exercises?
- Are you doing yoga?
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