Present continuous

The Present Continuous Tense is a verb tense which we use to show that an ongoing action is occurring now. It can be either at the moment of speech or now in a larger sense. We also refer to present continuous as present progressive.

Further, we can also make use of present continuous to show that an action is going to happen in the near future. In other words, this verb tense denotes that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, or may continue in the future.