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GRAMMAR
-TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENT-

Present continuous

to talk about the action that is happening now.

e.g We're waiting for a train.

What are you doing?
She's listening to the radio.

with always, to
talk about to talk about
something that something that is
happens often, and not yet finished,
that you find even if you are not
annoying: doing it at the
moment when you
e.g He's always are talking.
asking to
borrow money.
YOU e.g I'm learning
She's always USE the guitar
phoning her
friends late He's writing
at night. a book about
fashion.

NOTE: some verbs are not used in the continuous

tenses.
For example need, want, know, hear, smell, agree,
seem, appear, understand, etc.
these verbs refer to a state, not an action:
* I need a holiday.
* She hates the new house
*They love Indian food.
*Do you know Lucy Johnston?