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Form: present continuous

AffirmativeA declarative sentence indicating "yes"; also called a positive sentence. E.g.: John likes squash a lot.

subjectThe person or thing that performs the action of a verb or that is described by a verb. E.g.: Andy has never been to Brunei. ("Andy") auxiliaryA helping verb used with main verbs to express mood, voice and tense. E.g.: I can't stand when I am disturbed. ("can", "am") verbA part of speech that expresses an action or a state. E.g.: John seldom plays tennis. (present participle)  
I am sleeping in the garden.
He/she/it is
You
We
You
They
are

NegativeA declarative sentence indicating "no". E.g.: Tim has no friends.

subject auxiliary not verb (present participle)  
I am not sleeping in the garden.
He/she/it is
You
We
You
They
are

InterrogativeThe sentence type used to express a direct question. E.g.: What are you doing?

(question wordA word that introduces a wh-question. E.g.: What are you doing?) auxiliary subject verb (present participle)
(Where) am I sleeping?
is he/she/it
are you
we
you
they
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