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The present continuous tense describes actions occurring currently, temporary situations, future plans, ongoing trends, and annoying habits. Examples include sentences like 'I am reading a book' and 'We are going to the beach tomorrow.' Key indicators of this tense include temporal expressions such as 'now,' 'at the moment,' and 'just.'

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The present continuous tense describes actions occurring currently, temporary situations, future plans, ongoing trends, and annoying habits. Examples include sentences like 'I am reading a book' and 'We are going to the beach tomorrow.' Key indicators of this tense include temporal expressions such as 'now,' 'at the moment,' and 'just.'

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Concepts

Present continuous:tense describes actions happening right now or during a specific


period of time,and it’s also used for future arrangements .

Key uses of the present continuous:


• Actions happening now:”I am reading a book”

• Temporary situations:”she is staying whit use for a week”

• Future plans and arrangements:”we are going to the beach tomorrow “

• Ongoing trends or changes: “more and more people are becoming


vegetarian “

• Annoying habits:”He is always complaining “.

Examples of present continuous


Action happening now:
-I am writing an e-mail.

Action happening now or over a period :


-she is working on her project.

Planned future action:


-The are going to the cinema tonight.

Negative form:
-we are not studying for the exam.

Question form:
-are you listening to music?

À good way to identify the present continuous is to look for temporal expressions
that are recurring among which the following stand out:now ,at the moment,at
present,just ,already and still

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