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present progressive tense

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Noun1.present progressive tense - a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
present progressive
continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
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Using the present progressive tense turns a problem into a process that is going on now, and hence can be changed.
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Present Progressive Tense Describing any movement in progress begins with a first- or second-person description in the present progressive tense, as expressed in a sentence like the following: "A stone I am watching is falling down the slope.
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