TIP#5: Use the Present Progressive Tense for Current Actions

The present progressive tense is for anything that is happening right now. All of the progressive tenses are easy to spot because their verbs always end with "-ing" and get a helping verb. A helping verb is just so we know who and when we're talking about. In the present progressive, the helping verbs are the present tense conjugations of "to be."

For example:

• I am drinking Lapsang Souchong tea

• The barking dogs outside are driving me crazy

• Mary is playing with her hyperactive dog

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