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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Present continuous tense.
These are sentences of present continuous tense, which I have translated from Urdu into English. Please, see if these are grammatical and natural.
1) He is not leading the procession.
2) The governor is not presiding the political gathering.
3) The labourersare not shirking from work.
4) We are not smelling the flower.
5) He is not ashaming of his sin.
6) The boys are not drinking sugarcane juice.
8) Amjid is not changing his clothes.
9) The woman is not working on the grinding stone.
1) He is not leading the procession.
2) The governor is not presiding the political gathering.
3) The labourersare not shirking from work.
4) We are not smelling the flower.
5) He is not ashaming of his sin.
6) The boys are not drinking sugarcane juice.
8) Amjid is not changing his clothes.
9) The woman is not working on the grinding stone.
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Your sentences are OK, but you need to understand what the Present Continuous means, and when it should be used. You need to consider the context. eg Ram: What is Amjid doing right now?
- Your sentences are OK, but you need to understand what the Present Continuous means, and when it should be used.
- You need to consider the context.
- eg Ram: What is Amjid doing right now?
- We are late.
- Sam: He is changing his clothes.
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Your sentences are OK, but you need to understand what the Present Continuous means, and when it should be used.
You need to consider the context.
eg
The focus of the Present Continu
You need to consider the context.
eg
Ram: What is Amjid doing right now? We are late.
Sam: He is changing his clothes.
Pam: No, Amjid is not changing his clothes. He is watching TV.
The focus of the Present Continu
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Thanks Clive! I don't know much about English tenses but I know the use of present continuous tense , I can boast, very well. But thank you very much for the phrase "right now". This idea proved a very interesting classroom activitie. My students as well as I really enjoyed that activitie. Thanks again.
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