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'Ducks' is plural, so we use 'are' plus the -ing form.","The horses are running across the field right now.",[141],{"id":142,"blankNumber":9,"options":143},"019d063d-6520-7ddb-9c7c-50a82983c5dd",[144,147,150],{"id":145,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d063d-6520-7d77-9c7c-50a826e95a03","are swimming",{"id":148,"optionText":149,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d063d-6520-7d9b-9c7c-50a827cf6ac2","is swimming",{"id":151,"optionText":152,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d063d-6520-7dbb-9c7c-50a828859f90","swim",{"id":154,"sentenceTemplate":155,"displayOrder":137,"explanation":156,"exampleSentence":157,"blanks":158},"019f4b1c-f73b-72c7-9697-31d46a44af67","I __1__ ice cream on the bench at the moment.","We use the present continuous to describe actions happening right now. With the subject 'I', we use 'am' plus the -ing form. The phrase 'at the moment' shows the action is happening now.","I am reading a magazine at the moment.",[159],{"id":160,"blankNumber":9,"options":161},"019f4b1c-f73b-728f-9697-31d469691929",[162,165,168],{"id":163,"optionText":164,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4b1c-f73b-7233-9697-31d468aa6924","am eating",{"id":166,"optionText":167,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4b1c-f73b-7253-9697-31d468d338ce","is eating",{"id":169,"optionText":170,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4b1c-f73b-7273-9697-31d4690d33ec","are eating",{"id":172,"sentenceTemplate":173,"displayOrder":174,"explanation":175,"exampleSentence":176,"blanks":177},"019f4b1c-f73b-73a7-9697-31d46d1c3814","A man __1__ his dog near the fountain right now.",5,"We use the present continuous to describe actions happening right now. With a singular subject like 'a man', we use 'is' plus the -ing form. The phrase 'right now' shows the action is happening at this moment.","A woman is feeding the ducks by the pond right now.",[178],{"id":179,"blankNumber":9,"options":180},"019f4b1c-f73b-736f-9697-31d46c37ab95",[181,184,187],{"id":182,"optionText":183,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4b1c-f73b-7307-9697-31d46b38f2eb","is walking",{"id":185,"optionText":186,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4b1c-f73b-7327-9697-31d46b927e17","are walking",{"id":188,"optionText":189,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4b1c-f73b-7353-9697-31d46bf6b274","is walk",{"id":191,"sentenceTemplate":192,"displayOrder":193,"explanation":194,"exampleSentence":195,"blanks":196},"019d063d-6521-7260-83a9-7551ba7675c1","Some teenagers __1__ basketball on the court.",7,"We use the present continuous to describe what we can see happening now. 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