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Grammar

Present progressive

Does Present progressive means imperative?

  

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No. "imperative" is when you command someone to do something. Imperatives: Go away!

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No. "imperative" is when you command someone to do something.

Imperatives: Go away! / Do your homework! / Stop bothering me! / Answer the question! / Take out the trash! / Apply for that job! / Drink your juice!

Present progressive (also called present continuous) is when you say what you are doing (or what someone else is doing) at the present moment.

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