The Present Continuous

 

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The Present Continuous is used when the action is happening at the time of speaking. The action is not over, it’s not yet done, it’s still happening.

 We use the Present Continuous with this: Subject/Subjects + Be-Verb + Verb-ing

 Examples:

The cat is smelling the lobster.

The men are fixing the truck.

 The Present Continuous answers the question “What is/are Subject/Subjects doing?

 Examples:

A:What’s your dad doing right now?

B: He is playing golf.

A: What’s that noise? What’s happening?

B: The cats are fighting on the roof again.

In some cases, we use the Present Continuous to talk about things that started in the past and are still happening at the time of speaking, although they are not necessarily happening at the moment.

 Examples:

A:Where’s your sister?

B: She’s in France. She’s studying fashion designing. (My sister is not necessarily learning fashion designing now; maybe she’s eating  breakfast, maybe she’s taking a shower, etc., but, she started fashion designing at a point in the past, and that action is not yet over.)

We also use the Present Continuous when we talk about things that are happening around the time of speaking.

 Examples:

 A: Is Jack working this week?

B: Yes. He informed me about it last night.

Some examples of time expressions that are used with this pattern: today, this week, tonight, this month, this year

We use the Present Continuous when we talk about things that are changing at the time of speaking.

 Examples:

The population of Japan is declining.

Jack always studies English hard. His English skills are getting better.

JAPANESE TRANSLATION

By: Google Translate

 The Present Continuous

現在形は、話しているときにアクションが発生しているときに使用されます。アクションはまだ終わっていません、まだ終わっていません、それはまだ起こっています。

 これで現在形を使用します：主語/主語+動詞+動詞-ing

Examples:

The cat is smelling the lobster.

The men are fixing the truck.

 現在の継続は、「サブジェクト/サブジェクトは何をしているのですか？

Examples:

A:What’s your dad doing right now?

B: He is playing golf.

A: What’s that noise? What’s happening?

B: The cats are fighting on the roof again.

 場合によっては、現在形を使用して、過去に始まり、話している時点でまだ起こっていることについて話しますが、現時点では必ずしも起こっているとは限りません。

 Examples:

A:Where’s your sister?

 B: She’s in France. She’s studying fashion designing.

 （私の妹は今、必ずしもファッションデザインを学んでいるわけではありません。朝食を食べている、シャワーを浴びているなどの可能性がありますが、彼女は過去のある時点でファッションデザインを始めており、その行動はまだ終わっていません。）

 また、話している頃に起こっていることについて話すときは、現在形を使用します。

 Examples:

 A: Is Jack working this week?

B: Yes. He informed me about it last night.

このパターンで使用される時間式の例： today, this week, tonight, this month, this year

話すときに変化していることについて話すときは、現在形を使用します。

Examples:

The population of Japan is declining.

Jack always studies English hard. His English skills are getting better.

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