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PRESENT PROG TENSE
practica gramatical. VERBS
example | use |
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i cant answer the door. I am washing the dishes | 1. to refer to sth happening at the moment of speaking. Aspectual meaning: imperfective./ Grammatical aspect: progressive/ time reference: present |
i am on a diet. im having my coffee wothout sugar these days | 2. to refer to sth happening AROUND the moment of speaking. it generally refers to temporary situations or habits that take place over an extended period of time Aspectul meaning: imperfectve/grammatica aspect: progressive / time reference: present |
the climate in this area is getting drier and drier | 3. to refer to chaging situations, states developing into other states. we use verbs that indicate increase/decrease in the activity, usually with comparative adj/adv (little and little, fewer and fewer, better and better) |
she is always yawning in class | 4. to show annoyance on the part of the speaker, especially when referring to habits that upset him/her. In this case, the use of frequency adverbs is compulsory. grammatical aspect: progressive/ aspectual meaning: imperfective./ time reference: present |
the gardener is pulling out weeds / i am jumping | 5. to refer to a series of mometary, short, continuous acts. time reference: present/ gram aspect: progressive / aspectual meaning: imperfective |
Madonna is performing on June, 3rd. at 10pm | 6. to refer to a previous arrangement. the use of advderbials is compulsory. gram aspect: progressive / aspect meaning: prefetive / time reference: future |
im not doing that! | 7. future refusal/volition time reference: future/aspec meaning: irrelevant/ grammatical aspect: progressive |