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I am doing - English lesson
Study those following situations carefully:
1st Situation
Joseph is in his car. He's on his way to work , he is driving to work.
This means: he is driving now at the time of speaking , the action is not finished yet.
Am/is/are + v-ING is the present continuous tense
I am = (I'm)
| Driving
Working
Studying |
He / she / it is = (he's/ she's / it's)
| |
We / you / they are = (we're / you're / they're)
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I am doing something = I'm in the middle of doing = I've started doing it but I haven't finished it yet. The action is happening at the time of speaking
Example:
- 1) Please don't make so much noise, I'm studying. You can't say
(Please don't make so much noise, I study)
- 2) Let's go out now, it isn't raining any more. You can't say
(Let's go out now it doesn't rain any more)
- 3) I'm tired ,I'm going to bed ,good night. You can't say
(I'm tired, I go to bed good night)
- 4) Are you enjoying the party? You can't say
(Do you enjoy the party)
2nd Situation
In this situation the action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking.
Jane says to Paola: I'm reading an interesting book, I'll lend it to you as soon as I've finished to read it.
In this situation Jane isn't reading the book at the time of speaking
It means that she has started to read a book but she hasn't finished it yet
Some more examples:
1) Catherine wants to work in France so she's learning French but perhaps she isn't learning French at the moment of speaking.
2) Some friends of mine are building their own house. They hope it will be finished before next summer.
3rd Situation
We use present continuous tense when we talk about things happening in a period around now. (To day /this week / this month)
Example: You're working very hard today. (You work very hard today)
4th Situation
We use the present continuous tense when we talk about changes happening around now
Example:
•1) The population of the world is rising very fast. (The population of the world rises very fast)
- 2) Is your English getting better? (
Does your English get better)
Now complete the sentences below with one of the following verbs in the correct form, you can use a verb more than once.
come get look make start stay try work happen

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