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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

I learn/ I'm learning

I am tutoring someone in english and I'm looking for a good way to explain why he cant say "now I learning english." my ear knows to change "I" to "I am" but only because I have been speaking English my entire life. Does anyone know a good way to explain this? is there a rule here?

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Because that is how the tense is formed. It's called the present progressive. It's what happening now.

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  • Because that is how the tense is formed.
  • It's called the present progressive.
  • It's what happening now.
  • Now [subject] [appropriate form of the verb "to be"] [verb form with -ing, called the participle].
  • Now she is swimming the moat.
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Because that is how the tense is formed. It's called the present progressive. It's what happening now.

Now [subject] [appropriate form of the verb "to be"] [verb form with -ing, called the participle].
Now she is swimming the moat.
Now he is slaying the dragon.
Now I am learning English.

Didn't the tutoring program you signed up with have instruction for you on this?
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Thanks, I guess im not really tutoring but more like a penpals thing.
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Ah, so glad you registered and officially joined us. Welcome to English Forums.

You may want to encourage your friend to come to our chat room, www.thechatpage.com to get more practice chatting in English when you're not available.
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