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present progressive tense
present continuous tenseWe create the present continuous tense by using the present participle (-ing form) of the verb after the present-tense form of the auxiliary linking verb “be.” Unlike the present simple tense, which is used to express things that are always the case or are at a fixed time in the future, we use the present continuous (also called the present progressive) tense to speak about actions that are currently happening, whether generally or at the exact moment of speech. It can also be used to describe actions or events that are planned for the future (but are not definitively fixed in time, such as a timetable).Continue reading...Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | present progressive tense - a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterancepresent progressivecontinuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
present progressive tense
Related to present progressive tense: present perfect tense, past progressive tenseSynonyms for present progressive tensenoun a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utteranceSynonymsRelated Words- continuous tense
- imperfect
- imperfect tense
- progressive
- progressive tense
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