The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment of speaking, as demonstrated when the video shows a person giving water and asks 'What are you doing now?' with the correct answer being 'I am giving water' because the action is occurring right now.
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All right, are you ready? Let's get started. As you can see, one person is giving water, while the other is standing and asking something.
Now, he will ask three questions.
Out of those three, comment the correct answer.
You have only 10 seconds to answer.
Let's get started.
>> What are you doing now? What were you doing?
What will you do?
>> There will be three questions here.
Now, tell us which one is correct.
Comment your answer below.
You have only 10 seconds to answer.
Answer number one, What are you doing now? Is correct. Because we can clearly see that the person is giving water right now. The action is happening at this moment, so it is in the present continuous tense.
Since question one is also in the present continuous tense, it is the correct answer.
Those who commented the correct answer first, I'll feature their comments in the next video. Okay, next one.
He asked, What are you doing now?
Now, the person giving water will answer.
Just like that, you'll have 10 seconds to give your answer.
Let's go.
What are you doing now?
>> I am giving water.
I gave water.
I will give water.
>> There will be three questions here. Now, tell us which one is correct. Comment your answer below.
You have only 10 seconds to answer.
Answer number one, I am giving water, is correct because we can clearly see that the person is giving water right now.
The action is happening at this moment, so it is in the present continuous tense. Since question one is also in the present continuous tense, it is the correct answer. That's all for today. If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to subscribe. I put a lot of effort into making these videos. Your support means a lot and helps me keep creating more content for this channel.
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