We make the present progressive by using a form of the verb be in the present tense, followed by the main verb with nd -ing ending, for example, I am writing, you are waiting.
The present progressive tense is used in the following ways:
(1) To talk about something which is happening at the time you are speaking or writing. The words and phrases which are used in this tense:
Bats need to eat a lot to power long flights. One species, the Japanese pipistrelle bat, eats enough insects in a single night to increase its weight by 20 percent. So when they go out hunting, they need to eat as much as they possibly can. A new study in the
abound: (verb) to exist in very large numbers
(Example)
(1) Rumors abound as to the reasons for his resignation.
(2) Examples of this abound her book.
(3) The worlds of scinece-fiction abound with wonders.
Your mental folder of dinosaur facts may need to be updated soon. Most people are taught at a young age that dinosaurs went extinct when a large asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, but according to new research, that may have been the last chapter of a 40-million-year-long story. As Discovery reports, a study
Two main ways of talking about the present time:
(1) The Simple Present
(2) The Present Progressive
1 - The Simple Present
We make the simple present by using the verb in its basic form. We add -s or -es to the verb in the third person singular.
