PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

1. We use the present continuous for things that are happening at the moment of speaking. These things usually last for quite a short time and they are not finished when we are talking about them. (जब कोई चीज़ बोलने के समय हो रही हो. यह चीज़ें अक्सर कम समय के लिए होती हैं और हमारे बात करते समय वे पूरी नहीं होती.)

a. I'm working at the moment.

2. We can also use this tense for other kinds of temporary situations, even if the action isn't happening at this moment. (अस्थायी स्तिथियों के लिए भी इस काल का इस्तेमाल किया जाता है, यदि कार्य इस समय न हो रहा हो तो भी.)

a. John's working in a bar until he finds a job in his field. (He might not be working now.)

इसकी सामान्य वर्तमान काल से तुलना करें, जोकि सताई स्तिथियों के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है जो हमें लगता है लम्बे समय तक चलेंगी.
a. I work in a school. (I think this is a permanent situation.)
b. I'm working in a school. (I think this is a temporary situation.)

3. We can use the present continuous for temporary or new habits (for normal habits that continue for a long time, we use the present simple). We often use this with expressions like 'these days' or 'at the moment'. (Present continuous tense अस्थायी या नयी आदतों के लिए भी इस्तेमाल किया जाता है.)

a. He's eating a lot these days.
b. She's swimming every morning (she didn't use to do this).

4. Another present continuous use is for habits that are not regular, but that happen very often. In this case we usually use an adverb like 'always', 'forever' or 'constantly'. Often, we use the present continuous in this way to talk about an annoying habit. (वे आदतें जोकि नियमित तौर पर नहीं होती मगर अक्सर होती है.)
a. You're forever losing your keys!
b. She's constantly missing the train.

Future Uses

5. For definite future arrangements. In this case we have already made a plan and we are pretty sure that the event will happen in the future.

a. I'm meeting my father tomorrow.

Present Progressive Tense examples:

1. Sam and Jack are fishing off the pier.

2. He is hiding

3. They are hugging

4. He is jumping