{"id":3070,"date":"2023-12-22T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2023-12-22T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:17:08","slug":"4-present-progressive-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/blog\/2023\/12\/22\/4-present-progressive-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"4 &#8211; PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:556\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-COV-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3072\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Present continuous is used to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Talk about action going on at the time of speaking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To express a temporary action which may not be happening at the moment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To express an action that has already been planned or arranged to take place in the near future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:515\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3073\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:490\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3074\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4-2.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"397\" 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