Present Progress
When the verb indicates in the middle of an action, add ing to the right of the verb (action)
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Singular = one person or one thing (to talk about)
He is eating potato.
Singular = one person or one thing
He is eating potato.
[summary]
The nuance of being in the middle of performing an action,
the action is incomplete
. A verb that can be in the progressive form is an action that can be stopped every 5 seconds.
Present progressive negation
He is not eating potato.(Translation: He is not in the middle of eating potato.)Just put not after the be verb (here is).
Present progressive questions
Is he eating potato?Just put the be verb (is) to the far left.
What is he eating?
Put the question word as the first word and the [be verb or auxiliary verb] as the second word
. Original sentenceHe is eating Object (food).
Small talk about the progressive tense
. A great many students are not taught the difference between the present tense and the present tense.live, love, etc. are generally not made progressive but have different nuances.
Nakajima is living in Oakland.
Nakajima is (temporarily) living in Oakland.
[= Nakajima is likely to move out of the city...]