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Those are called "linking verbs". Those are the ones with the restriction (we don't use them in present continuous). However, the verbs that you list in the title (look, sound, taste, feel, smell) are part-timers: in some sentences they are "linking verbs" and in other sentences they are normal "action verbs", and can use present continuous.
I’m posting here hoping you all can help me help my student better understand the present tense of to be vs the present progressive. I made a PowerPoint with explanations, examples, and hopefully-accurate translations of those. She still keeps trying to just use “am/is/are”, though, in situations where she needs to use the present ...
Only when the figurative meaning is possible does the tense change come across as natural. "I'm vacationing here happily since last summer" works when "I'm vacationing here occasionally since last summer" doesn't, because "happily" triggers the figurative emotional aspect of the change to present tense.
The present continuous is possible when you are complaining about something that happens frequently or is happening right now. It's also ordinary to use other tenses in complaints. I do agree with Parla that the simple present is normal with the adverb "never" in remarks about the present: She never lies. He never gets to work on time.
In a present tense narrative, the simple present moves the action forward, while the progressive aspect lingers on the action (in the case of a dynamic verb) or simply describes the scene (in the case of a stative verb). Mary sits down, looks at the menu and orders a hamburger. A series of actions Mary is sitting at her table, studying the menu.
Deny80 was asking about the use of the present continuous tense with frequency adverbs to express annoyance.... EDIT: Phew, thanks, biblio - good to see we agree! LV4-26
A forum discussion on the uses and forms of the ing-form of the verb in English. Learn how to distinguish between gerund and present participle, and see examples and explanations from native speakers.
Yes, this sentence is correct. These days can go with present progressive. Peter has been working in the factory these days. The above sentence is also correct. The sentence with present continuous, or present progressive, would be less usual or less common. It comes across as emphatic, at least somewhat.
I have to chose between present simple and present continuous : I am studying/study tonight. I know that the right choice would be the present continuous...
To form progressive verbs in mainstream Persian, the past & present tense of the verb "داشتن/to have" is used. according to this paper, (the link was provided by Qureshpor in this thread) this style of combining داشتن as an auxiliary with another verb, was first seen in written Persian around 130 years ago and also that it was most ...