study this example situation
Ann is in her car. she is on her way to work.
she is driving to work.
this means she is driving now , at the time of speaking. The action is not finished.
am is ate ing is the present continuous.
i am driving.
he she it is working
we you they are doing.
i am doing something = i, in the middle of doing something; ive starte doing it and i havent finished yet. often the action is happening at the time of speaking.
; please dont make so much noise. im working.
wheres lauren? shes taking a bath.(not she takes a bath)
lets go out now. It isn't raining anymore.
Are you enjoying the party?
I'm tired. I'm going to bed now. Good night.
But the action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking. For example
Tom and Ann are talking. Tom says:
I'm reading an interesting book at the moment.
i'll lend it to you when i've finished it.
Tom is not reading the book at the time of speaking.
He means that he has started it but has not finished it yet.
He is in the middle of reading it.
Here are some more examples;
; Maria wants to work in Italy, so she is studying Italian. (but perhaps she isnt studying italian exactly at the time of speaking.
Some friends of mine are building their own house.
We use the present continuonus when we talk about things happening in a period around now (for example, today' this week' tonight. etc.
You re working hard today . yes. i hace a lot to do . (not you work hard today)
Is sarah working this week? No she;s on vacation.
We use the present continuous when we talk about changes happening now or around now;
The population of the world is rising very fast.
Is your English getting better?
(not Does your Eng get better?)
첫강이다.
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Ann is in her car. she is on her way to work.
she is driving to work.
this means she is driving now , at the time of speaking. The action is not finished.
am is ate ing is the present continuous.
i am driving.
he she it is working
we you they are doing.
i am doing something = i, in the middle of doing something; ive starte doing it and i havent finished yet. often the action is happening at the time of speaking.
; please dont make so much noise. im working.
wheres lauren? shes taking a bath.(not she takes a bath)
lets go out now. It isn't raining anymore.
Are you enjoying the party?
I'm tired. I'm going to bed now. Good night.
But the action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking. For example
Tom and Ann are talking. Tom says:
I'm reading an interesting book at the moment.
i'll lend it to you when i've finished it.
Tom is not reading the book at the time of speaking.
He means that he has started it but has not finished it yet.
He is in the middle of reading it.
Here are some more examples;
; Maria wants to work in Italy, so she is studying Italian. (but perhaps she isnt studying italian exactly at the time of speaking.
Some friends of mine are building their own house.
We use the present continuonus when we talk about things happening in a period around now (for example, today' this week' tonight. etc.
You re working hard today . yes. i hace a lot to do . (not you work hard today)
Is sarah working this week? No she;s on vacation.
We use the present continuous when we talk about changes happening now or around now;
The population of the world is rising very fast.
Is your English getting better?
(not Does your Eng get better?)
첫강이다.
영어 공부 하기 빡세겠네..
이 책 다 쓰기가 목표임.
일단 쓰면서 모르는거 더 보고..
알면 쓰고 넘어가고 고곡곡곡곡ㄱㄱㄱㄱ
