It is used to express a continued or ongoing action at present time. It expresses an action which is in progress at the time of speaking. Using the suffix '-ing'
Questions tagged [present-continuous]
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Are we having classes tomorrow? vs Do we have classes tomorrow?
Are we having classes tomorrow?
Do we have classes tomorrow?
Are these questions above correct? Does one of them sound a more 'formal' way?
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Are you not planning going to the pub this evening
Are you not planning going to the pub this evening?
Don't you plan going to the pub this evening?
Which sentence would a native speaker use? I am not sure whether the continuous form is possible.
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Confused with Present Continuous
I've just started learning English grammar. I have a book with a lot of grammars. There is a unit for present continuous and there is an exercise in which the reader should write sentences based on a picture. Here it is.
In the Key To Exercises…
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Omitting "to be" in present continuous
Sometimes I come across sentences or phrases which should (in my opinion) contain the verb "to be" (present continuous tense) but they actually don't.
Last time I saw that on CNN in the running line, there was something like "Trump and Clinton…
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I'm running on weekends or I run on the weekend?
Is I'm running on weekends right?
I mean this as a habit in the present but I'm not confident I'll keep doing that for a long time.
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"I miss or I am missing" meaning I don't have it?
I also have all the
vinyls and flexis, but I'm still missing a few tapes, the really old ones .
I think miss would be better than is missing .
Does Is missing mean that the writer thinks that he is going to find them at the end?
It could take a lot…
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Is present continuous with when not possible here
When I ... (leave) London next month I will have studied here almost a year
Why is the answer leave and not am leaving
"Am leaving" in this case expresses the future, so "am leaving" should be good,all the more that leaving can be a process.
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"I am going" meaning "I am walking"
Imagine that my friend calls me and we have the conversation while I am on my way to school (I'm walking at the moment of speaking):
-Where are you?
-I am going to school.
I know that "I am going to school" means:
1) that I'm preparing to go and I…
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The age of the delegates was ranging
1. The age of the delegates ranged from thirty to eighty years of age.
2. The age of the delegates was ranging from thirty to eighty years of age.
Is the second sentence possible? Is the progressive form here OK? I want to express that in the…
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Choosing between simple present & present continuous
If I intend to ask about somebody's major of study, should I use
Simple presents: what do you study?
or
present continuous: what are you studying?
I understand that the simple present tense is used for habitual actions, and the present continuous…
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To be leaning as motion or state?
I was wondering, when you say "He was leaning/leaning over", does it describe the state of being inclined or the motion of becoming inclined?
For example,"He was leaning over but I stopped him"?
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I am beginning to worry or I begin to worry
I begin to worry because I have not received the parcel you sent me 2 weeks ago.
If I want to emphasize the anxiety that is growing each day, can I use I am beginning to worry ?
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Why present continuous here?
Don't touch it unless you are buying it.
Why not unless you buy it. I've seen that in an pottery shop.
Is it emphasize the idea that it is strictly forbidden to touch the goods
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Use of "relish" in this context?
Can I use "I am relishing my work" or "I relish my work"?
Which one is correct? If both are incorrect what would be correct sentence using the word relish?
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When to use present continuous
If something is planned you have been imposed, can that be considered as an arrangment to use present continuous?
For example, you received an email saying there will be some work in 3 weeks along your road, and your internet connection is not…
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