N5

Ongoing Actions with 〜ている

Use 〜ている to talk about actions that are happening now or around the present time.

Describe actions in progress with 〜ている.Ask what someone is doing right now.Recognize 〜ている with action verbs in daily conversation.

Guided study

Core pattern

With action verbs, 〜ている often means that someone is in the middle of doing something. It often matches English 'is doing.'

いま、本を読んでいます。

I am reading a book now.

〜ている shows an action happening now.

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母は料理をしています。

My mother is cooking.

しています is the ongoing form of する.

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