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UNIT 1 | Practicing Cleanliness
Cleanliness means that there is no dirt, no dust, no stains, and no bad smells. The goals of cleanliness are health, beauty, absence of offensive odor, and avoiding the spreading of dirt and contaminants to oneself and others. Cleanliness gives rise to a good character by keeping the body, mind, and soul clean and peaceful. Maintaining cleanliness is the an essential part of healthy living because it is the cleanliness only which helps to improve our personality by keeping clean externally and internally.
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1.1 Reading Comprehension A Visit to the Park
02:05
1.2 Speaking: Seek and Respond
05:53
1.3 Language Practice: Must, Must not, Should, Should not | Modal Verbs
05:15
Grammar Lessons | Present Continuous Tense
05:01
1.5 Study Skills: Cloze Passage
02:03
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
00:58
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Modals & Auxiliaries
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 2 | Understanding Physical Well Being
"What is wellbeing? Wellbeing is personal and subjective, but it also universally relevant. Wellbeing encompasses the environmental factors that affect us, and the experiences we have throughout our lives. These can fall into traditional policy areas of economy, health, education, and so on. But wellbeing also crucially recognizes the aspects of our lives that we determine ourselves: through our own capabilities as individuals; how we feel about ourselves; the quality of the relationships that we have with other people; and our sense of purpose."
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2.1 Reading Comprehension: A Dream that Brought a Big Change
02:06
2.2 Speaking: Showing Willingness and Unwillingness to do Something
16:04
2.3 Language Practice: Pronouns as Reference Words
05:54
Past Continuous Tense
05:23
2.4 Writing: Describing an Object
00:00
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
03:04
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Past Continuous Tense
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 3 | Patience
"Patience is the ability to wait calmly for or through something. If it is a virtue, it seems likely that there must be some element of suffering in the waiting, even if the suffering is only boredom and not necessarily physical pain. Some commentators have suggested that patience is not a single virtue, but a combination of others, including: Self-control, to be able to control our own reactions to the situation, and endure it without complaint; Humility, to accept that you are no more important than anyone else, and there is no particular reason why you should not wait; and Generosity, to smile at the world even when it seems to be conspiring against you."
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3.1 Reading Comprehension: Try Again
01:21
3.2 Speaking: Agree or Disagree Politely
00:00
3.3 Language Practice: Nouns
00:00
3.4 Writing: Describing an Animal By Using Simple Present
06:44
3.5 Study Skills: Cloze Passage
04:47
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
01:14
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Simple Present Tense
10:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 4 | The Value of Labor
"Every individual on earth deserves equal respect and harmony to be catered to. This vast topic deals with the importance of labor hood, the dignifying role of labor & their determination & devotion towards society. The value of labor can only be understood when their endless efforts will be recognized globally."
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4.1 Reading Comprehension: Diary Entry
00:00
4.2 Language Practice: Noun Gender
11:20
4.3 Writing: Narrative Writing
00:00
4.4 Writing Practice: How to write a story
00:00
4.5 Basic Grammar | Using Conjunctions
05:30
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
07:13
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Story Elements
15:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 5 | Knowing Children From Other Nations
"Child development is a dynamic, interactive process. Every child is unique in interacting with the world around them, and what they invoke and receive from others and the environment also shape how they think and behave. Children growing up in different cultures receive specific inputs from their environment. For that the reason is there’s a vast array of cultural differences in children’s beliefs and behavior."
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5.1 Language Practice: Preposition of Time
00:00
5.2 Writing: Autobiography
03:29
5.3 Reading Comprehension | Children From Different Countries
00:00
5.4 Fun with Verbs
05:04
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
01:29
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Prepositions
10:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 6 | Learning Through Personal Interests, Abilities And Hobbies
"I’ve always maintained that the only way to learn something properly is to get out there and do it. No one learned surfing by, pardon the pun, surfing the web. Sportspeople don’t learn new skills and advantages by reading instructions from a book; they train and make mistakes. Hobbies are a fantastic way of learning, simply because people get out there and actually practice their chosen discipline and experience trial and error, whether it is flower arrangers, woodworkers, or people who tinker with old tape players."
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6.1 Reading Comprehension: Yes, You Can
02:26
6.2 Language Practice: Wh Question Words
05:24
6.3 Writing a Descriptive
09:03
6.4 Grammar: Parts Of Speech
00:00
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
01:19
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Descriptive Basics
10:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
English – VI
About Lesson

James is traveling around Australia. He is staying at a youth hostel in a little Australian town. The town is becoming more and more popular because of its beautiful beaches.

James is meeting his friend Brad in town tonight. Brad is working there as a tour guide over the summer.

James is in the town center now. Look! James is taking a picture of another tourist.

What is the English Present Progressive Tense?

The present progressive, also known as the present continuous tense, is formed with the verb be and the present participle or -ing form of the main verb. We use this tense to talk about actions that are in progress at the time of speaking and temporary actions. We can also use the present progressive to talk about future arrangements and plans.

When to use the English Present Progressive Tense

We use the present progressive tense to describe:

  • actions that are taking place at the present moment, i.e. now
    Example:
    Look! James is taking a picture of another tourist.
  • predetermined plans or appointments that have been made for the near future
    Example:
    He is meeting his friend Brad tonight.
  • actions that are only happening temporarily
    Example:
    James is travelling around Australia.
    Brad is working there as a tour guide over the summer.
  • actions that are currently happening, but not at the moment of speaking
    Example:
    He is staying at a youth hostel.
  • situations that are changing
    Example:
    The town is becoming more and more popular because of its beautiful beaches.

There are four present tenses in English grammar. Besides the present progressive, there is the simple present, the present perfect and the present perfect progressive.

Learn about the differences between English present tenses on Lingolia’s English Tense Comparison page:

Exercise Files
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