a We use the present progressive tense when we talk about
something that is happening at the time of speaking:
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For example: “Where is Arsya?” “He is taking a bath.” not he takes
b We also use present progressive tense when we talk about
something that is happening around the time of speaking, but not necessarily exactly at the time of speaking, study this example
situation: “Tom and Ann are talking in Café. Tom says, “I am 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 begun the book and has not finished it yet. He is in the middle of reading it.
” c
We often use the present progressive tense when we talk about a period around the present.
For example: Today, this week, this season, etc:
“You are working hard today,” “Yes I have a lot to do”.
d We use the present progressive tense when we talk about
changing situations: For example:
The population of the world is rising very fast. Is your English getting better?
5. The Way to Transforming Simple Present Progressive
Tense
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ed, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 2
There are the following of ways to transform simple present progressive tense which has auxiliary + verb-ing can be presented as
follow: a. To transform affirmative sentence into negative sentence with
the subject “I”, use or add to be “am + not + verb-ing”, the subject “we, they, you”, use or add to be “are+not + verb-ing”
after subjects. E.g.:I am studying English.
I am not studying English. You are writing a poem.
You are not writing a poem. b. To transform affirmative sentence into negative sentence with
the subject “he, she, it”, use or add to be “is + not + verb-ing” after subjects.
E.g.: He is swimming now. He is not swimming now.
She is reading magazine. She is not reading magazine.
c. To transform declarative statement into interrogative statement yesno question move auxiliary on the beginning of
sentence and put a question mark ? at the end of sentence. E.g.: They are selling vegetables.
Are they selling vegetables?
He is teaching math. Is he teaching math?
D. The Simple Past Tense 1.
The Understanding of Simple Past Tense
English insists on marking every finite verb group for absolute tense, whether or not the time orientation would be clear without it. Many other
languages, however, often do not require such marking of the verb group where the time location is either unimportant or is clear from the context.
This may partly explain why some learners of English tend
