English Grammar. Tense Comparison. Simple Present or Present Progressive in English Grammar. When to use simple present and present progressive. Signal words: simple present vs. present progressive. Conjugation. Online exercises to improve your English. Lingolia Plus English. Just here for the exercises? Click here. Advertisement. Present Progressive Tense Examples Showing Actions Happening Right Now. Present progressive tense can show us an action that is happening right this minute. If you could see the subject of the sentence, you'd see them performing the action right now. Marc is making pizza. They are eating lunch. Frances is talking on the phone. We use the present continuous tense (also called the present progressive) to describe a temporary action that is currently occurring (e.g., "I am gardening right now") or sometimes a planned future event (e.g., "We are traveling to Greece this summer"). Let's look at some more examples of sentences written with the present progressive: Danielle is trying to get there on time while (she is) driving the speed limit. (The action is happening now; the text "she is" is enclosed to indicate it can be omitted as understood.) The present progressive verb tense is used often in English to communicate actions that are happening now. This tense is also used to express actions that are in progress or will occur in the near future. Present Progressive Examples: I am swimming. (happening now) I am reading an excellent book. (in progress) zYO5e.

5 examples of present progressive tense