Question

Sarala ____ (be+earn) money by giving tuition

Answer 1

Answer:

salara earn money by giving tuition

Answer 2

Sarala is earning money by giving tuition

Explanation:

• A present participle is most usually used as part of the continuous form of a verb, after verbs of perception, as an adjective, or after verbs of movement.
• Present participle is a verb form that uses the word base "-ing." It usually performs an adjective function, although it also functions as a noun or a subject in construction. This verb form is completely regular. It is also known as a “-ing” form, and uses the auxiliary form “be” to express a progressive aspect of the tense.
• Present participles are an element in all continuous verb forms (past, present, future, conditional, and so on ). The helping verb will indicate the tense, while the present participle remains unchanging.
• The present progressive aspect is a verb construction made up of a present form of the verb to be+a present participle, for example, Caroline is singing her heart out. The progressive conveys a sense of ongoing action (and is at times referred to the present continuous).
• A present participle by itself cannot serve as the main verb of a sentence. A verb in the present progressive aspect may itself serve as the predicate of a sentence.
• The present progressive may imply that in the future an event will take place, in particular with verbals that express the idea of a plan or of movement from one position or situation to another. Since the present progressive may represent either the present or the future, it is usually modified by time adverbs, for example, The team is arriving in four hours
• As we have seen, the present progressive is used for continuing activities; that is, for actions taking place at the moment of speaking and for actions that go on for a short period of time, for example, The clown is crying, .