Present continuous: actions happening now
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Present continuous: actions happening now
Present continuous: actions happening now
🎯 Objective
Describe actions happening now and contrast them with routines.
📘 Essential lesson
- Use am, is or are + verb-ing for actions happening now.
- The present simple describes routine; the present continuous describes an action now.
- Time expressions such as now and at the moment often signal the present continuous.
✏️ Examples
Example 1
Model. I walk to school every day.
Why? A routine.
Example 2
Model. I am taking the bus now.
Why? An action happening now.
🧭 Method
- Read or listen to the model and identify the situation.
- Identify the key vocabulary or grammar pattern.
- Build a new sentence using the same structure.
- Check word order, subject, verb form and punctuation.
⚠️ Common mistakes
- Using the wrong verb form for the subject or tense.
- Translating French word order directly into English.
- Forgetting capital letters, apostrophes or question marks.
- Using a vocabulary word in the wrong context.
✅ Remember
I can understand the model, choose the correct words, build a short sentence and check my English before I finish.
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