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VISUAL LEARNING
Place an action in time.
English verb forms help signal when an action happens. Compare the same action across past, present and future before learning each tense in detail.
1) Present Continuous Tense is used to tell the action which is happening at the time of speaking; as,
- She is playing on the ground.
- Why are you mocking at me?
2) Present Continuous Tense is used to denote the action which may or may not be happening at the moment of speaking; as,
- I am writing a fiction.
- She is working in company.
3) Present Continuous Tense is used to denote the plans taking place in near future; as,
- My mother is taking me to the cinema today.
- Are you attending the physics lecture tomorrow?
In such type of sentences we must mention the time of action to avoid confusion between the meaning in present and future tense.