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grammar

            PRESENT


            CONTINUOUS







                         The present continuous tense is used to:




                                                                                      The girls are reading.




                Describe an action that is
                still going on at the time
                of speaking.



                                                               Lisa is reading.




                                                We are
                                            expecting a call.



                                                                     Describe an event in the
                                                                                  future






                    i am buying a
                   computer soon.





                                          Common Errors




                      Hilda wanting to leave now.                   Hilda wants to leave now.

                     Peter is liking to eat durian.                  Peter likes to eat durian.


                    Pak Toke lived with his son now.            Pak Toke lives with his son now.

                   My mother washes and dries the                  My mother is washing and
                               plates now.                            drying the plates now.







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