English Grammar in use

am/is/are +- ing is the present continuous:

• I am (=i'm) ... driving
• he/she/it is (he's) ... working
• we/you/they are (we're) ... doing

for exemple:

steve is talking to a friend on the phone and he says:

i'm reading a really good book at the moment. it's about a man who...

steve says "i'm reading" but he is not reading the book at the time of speaking.

he means that he has started reading the book, but he has not finished it yet. he is in the middle of reading it.

• kate wants to work in italy, so she's learning italian.

(but she isn't learning italian at the time of speaking)

• some friends of mine are building their own house. they hope to finish it next summer.

you can use the present continuous with ( periods around now)

• you're working hard today
• the company i work for isn't doing so well this years

• is your english getting better ?
• the population of the world is increasing very fast
• at first i didn't like my job, but i'm starting to enjoy it now