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Chat with Present Progressive

Date: Jan 18 2008

Topic: Grammar

Author: mitchelk

Lesson

Present Progressive:

Do you know what present progressive is? Look for it in the chat below.

Was present progressive used in the chat above?

It was! "Palsm20: Hey Jen, checking my email..." People use present progressive almost every time they chat!

Present Progressive has two parts:

the verb to be (example: am, is, are)
verb infinitive with -ing ending (example: watching, checking)

- the basic, simple verb and add -ing

Here are some examples from chatting:

What are you doing right now?
I am sitting in front of the computer. Just chatting.
I am not working right now. Message me later.

Can you tell how you use present progressive in questions?

You can use the pattern below:

- What + verb to be + person + verb -ing?

- What are you doing?

Next time you chat and you are talking about things right now use present progressive. You can use present progressive with:

Things happening now!
I am writing this lesson.
Trends.
More and more students are finding answers online.
Things you always do!
He is always coming in late.

Next time you chat use present progressive! If you have any questions add a comment and I'll answer it!

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sanfenjobboss

China

I always will to pay attention to this part and thanks!

adesanya blessing

Nigeria

what are you doing right now

Sandy liu

China

i don't know`` that's so pity

Editke

Hungary

It' s great! Thanks!

Rubyhm

China

great! thank you!

TabrisX

Argentina

I sorry, but I thingyou forgot to tell something about the last use you can make of the present progressive (continuous) and that is that when you are talking about a repeated action with the word "allways" it usually referes to an action that represents the speaker'sbothering.

Maybe I'm meeting a mistake. But I think that's quite good to clarify that point, as is a quite common task.

Bye

alhassanjh

Saudi Arabia

How was ervery body ?

alhassanjh

Saudi Arabia

Hi , Guys

mitchelk

United States

xiazhifeng8050 If you don't understand, ask me a question. What don't you know? Present progressive is a tense (like past). You use it to talk about things that are happening right now.