JLPT N5 grammar

〜ている(進行)

〜ている(進行) means be doing (in progress). It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. "〜ている" can show that an action is happening right now. Forms like "食べています" and "読んでいます" describe what someone is doing at the moment.

Japanese sources describe it as 「動作が進行中である」.

〜ている(進行) examples

父は新聞を読んでいます。

My father is reading a newspaper.

弟は水を飲んでいます。

My younger brother is drinking water.

〜ている(進行) exercises

Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.

  1. 今、母は料理を( )。

    • しています ✓
    • しました
    • しません
    • する

    My mother is cooking now.

  2. 兄は今、本を( )。

    • 読みました
    • 読んでいます ✓
    • 読みません
    • 読む

    My older brother is reading a book now.

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